Design and technical support
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I worked in an engineering company in Shanghai for 4 years on instrument and electrical design, and now I have switched to Pfeiffer to work as technical support for sensors. I plan to spend a few years delving deeper into sensor technology; perhaps in a few years I will return to working on instrument and electrical design. Does anyone have similar work experience? Let’s talk about it
Why change jobs? Was the previous engineering company not formal enough? Technical support has little to do with the original design work; design institutes operate at the product application level and do not need to know too much about sensor manufacturing techniques. For example, if you choose a pressure transmitter, you don’t need to worry whether it uses diffused silicon technology or capacitive technology – as long as it meets the requirements specified in its data sheet. Personally, I feel that experience in technical support isn’t very helpful if one wants to return to a design institute in the future, and it also has limited impact on improving professional skills.
Putting aside some general factors, there isn’t much that can be learned from previous engineering companies. I have studied the specifications for petrochemical instruments and electrical design standards provided by our boss several times; the knowledge required for the projects I’ve worked on is basically similar, so it doesn’t lead to much improvement in my skills； Taking on technical support work is motivated, on the one hand, by the desire to expand one’s knowledge, and on the other hand, by the fact that I have never done technical support before and want to give it a try; after all, it’s important to try different types of jobs in life. But overall, I think the challenges of engineering design are greater than those of technical support.
My greatest dream is to work in a design firm and engage in professional design work in the future, even if it means starting as a junior designer. Designing is a very challenging task; moreover, as the projects one takes on become larger and more complex, technical support roles only involve working on one specific aspect of things, which limits one’s perspective. So I suggest it would be better for you to return to the design institute in the future.
Yes. . . . The same. . .
Where are you from? If you have time, let’s add each other on WeChat and chat: lol
However, my field is different; I used to work in a design firm dealing with pipeline materials. . For various reasons over time, I now provide technical support for valves. . . It feels a bit similar to you as well, right?
After working with valves for a few years, I want to go back to working with piping materials, but I’m not sure if there will be such an opportunity. .
Do you do control and programming debugging, or just design? It doesn’t feel right to focus only on design.
If programming is not done, then focus on the detailed design of instruments, electrical panels and cabinets, cable trays, etc
As long as one has a few years of practical work experience and is familiar with certain standards, I don’t think it’s a big problem to take on the same job again