Hi I am at a bit of a cross road in my career. I graduated in mechanical engineering about 15 years ago in the UK and have had a few different mechanical design roles in different industries - medical and building services have been my longest standing roles. I believe I have gone as far as I can in my current role so I have started looking for other roles. I have always had a passion for cars and while I have been looking for jobs the ones that have caught my eye are the automotive ones. I have now applied for a few however the response I have got is generally “we are not considering candidates without automotive expertise”. I have switched industries in the past without any issue, really just carrying across all of my mechanical design skills. I was just wondering if any body had switched into the automotive industry later in their career (not taken a graduate automotive engineer job). Or is this an impossible move? Ideally I am looking to go into powertrain design.

 

I don't know how to help you, but maybe you could try automotive tuning industry.

 

Am sorry for asking this in the reply section...Am half way same as you...Could you please email me how to find for the links or site to try my hands in sending them my Cv...please..? My email...."[email protected]"...anyone can please help...