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Aravind
Melligiri - President
Quality Engineering & Software Technologies (QuEST)
The role of a modeling engineer is more an entry level job
in the field of prototyping and simulation. However, it
cannot be dismissed as a simple low-end job because it
involves a huge amount of learning. It provides an
opportunity for a freshly hired engineering graduate to get
a feet of the prototyping and simulation industry.
It is definitely helpful if these students are able to work
on atleast one CAD tool before they enter the, industry.
This will help them in grasping things faster. However they
are Indeed expected to have a complete understanding of the
strength of materials, which is taught very well during
their days as a mechanical engineering student.
A modeling engineer's career need not necessarily be domain
specific in nature because most of his time and energy is
spent towards .learning. As a result- it is during this time
that a student begins to pick and chose domains of his
preference for the future. The learning process is not
domain-specific and tools are common for most domains. A
student can use this knowledge to branch out into a domain
of his choice in the future. Automobile and aviation are
definitely the two most interesting domains today.
Now, the students have a choice when it comes to domain
selection. For instance, due to the excessive use of steel,
the construction industry is presently opting for a design
related activities prior to execution.
A student is already well groomed during his final year at
college on various aspects of engineering. The things that
are learnt during his tenure as a modeling engineer will
only add to his skills. Today, software companies are even
giving good education - to improve the skills of their
employees, especially during the training period. |
