[rhead]

Hey everyone
 
So I'm an Electrical Engineering student from the University of Illinois. Im going to be a junior come this spring and I think audio is the field I want to work in for the rest of my life. To reflect this I've tried to take a bunch of signal processing and embedded/analog IC classes. The thing is, the only dedicated audio firm that I recognized at our last job fair was Shure and they don't hire very many interns/grads every year. I was wondering if someone knew of what opportunities were out there. Firms that are based in the states that I can apply to, Or even international firms. I don't know where to look and Im definitely not googling the right keywords, since every search I try leads me into music production or some subsidiary which isn't what I had in mind. Also, I had planned to do at least a masters (Mtech) at some point, do you guys think it's necessary to make headway into the field, or could I get an introductory job and go back to finish my masters a few years down the road?

 

[davidsh]

Guess you'd wanna work with amplifiers, DAC's, cd-players, and that kinda stuff?
 
Schiit audio springs to mind..

 

[rhead]

Ideally I'd love to work with headphones, but yeah any sort of audio related engineering sounds incredibly exciting.
 
I just checked out the Schiit website, emailing them to find out if they're looking for interns/permanent hires. Thanks! I'd still appreciate any other leads people had in mind.
 

 

[davidsh]

https://www.google.dk/search?q=made+in+usa+amplifiers&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=da&client=safari

 

[tomb]

Quote:

Hey everyone
 
So I'm an Electrical Engineering student from the University of Illinois. Im going to be a junior come this spring and I think audio is the field I want to work in for the rest of my life. To reflect this I've tried to take a bunch of signal processing and embedded/analog IC classes. The thing is, the only dedicated audio firm that I recognized at our last job fair was Shure and they don't hire very many interns/grads every year. I was wondering if someone knew of what opportunities were out there. Firms that are based in the states that I can apply to, Or even international firms. I don't know where to look and Im definitely not googling the right keywords, since every search I try leads me into music production or some subsidiary which isn't what I had in mind. Also, I had planned to do at least a masters (Mtech) at some point, do you guys think it's necessary to make headway into the field, or could I get an introductory job and go back to finish my masters a few years down the road?

Analog Devices (http://www.analog.com/en/careers/content/index.html) or Texas Instruments (http://careers.ti.com/ ) might be more willing to hire a degreed EE than some audio component manufacturer.  Even the seemingly largest audio component mfrs might be running with a few key individuals and subcontracting all of the manufacture (if not the design, too).  It's probably not the environment to find a "real" job.
 
I hate to be discouraging, but unfortunately - the market for audio electronics in the US is very limited.  Be careful about getting the Master's, too - you can easily price yourself out of the market while having no experience to go along with it.  It's a path for academics or in some cases, Government, but it's not really all that helpful for industry, IMHO.  An engineering degree proves that you have a toolbox for analysis, but not specific knowledge.  Working in the industry is what gives you that knowledge.

 

[GrindingThud]

Sounds like your interested in consumer electronics, but have you considered acoustics and sonar? It may be far easier to find employment in the military industrial sector than home audio.

 

[rhead]

Im an international, so I don't think any military work would be possible
 

 

[GrindingThud]

Bose: http://worldwide.bose.com/com/en_us/web/careers/page.html
http://worldwide.bose.com/com/en_us/web/engineering_careers/page.html

Panasonic: http://panasonic.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobsearch.ftl

 

[davidsh]

Emotiva is US based as well?