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I like cars and electronics. On what should I focus?
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mrburnzie:
I work as an IoT developer, where I develop the electronics and code for the electronics that controls a smart house.

Since I have been young I loved cars. I like mechanics too, because my dad is a mechanic and when I was in highschool I worked on autonomous robots where you had to know quite a lot about mecahnics.

As I'm getting older, I want to set a bit more precise goals. One of my goals before was to do what I like, which is electronics. I achieved that.
Now I'm looking deeper and where I see myself is in the car industry or some other vehicle.

What are the seniors suggestions that work with vehicles? What should I work on? What should I focus on? What mentors should I search for?

Thanks!
NiHaoMike:
Plenty of electronics to work on in modern cars:

I would say that the mechanical side of cars is trending towards simplicity.
Zucca:

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Depending on what your starting level/skills are, working on cars could be very expensive.
I suggest to start to repair motorcycle or even bikes. Cheaper and tons of stuff to learn.

Another idea if you want to stay on cars and EE: take a popular old car and redo the ECUs to make it a smart in 2020, step 2 EV conversion.
AndyC_772:
This is a tricky question.

I've been an electronic engineer for nearly 25 years, and I've always been interested in cars. Quite by chance, I've ended up doing a lot of design work in and around the automotive industry - accessories, sensors, motor sports etc.

The internal combustion engine is going away, and with it, many of the opportunities to design electronics related to it. Electric vehicles are definitely on the way in, but they're designed by a relatively small number of teams at major OEMs, and there's not a great deal of scope to work on them unless you happen to be able to get a design job at one of the big car firms.

Outside of the power train, cars are undoubtedly also getting a lot of extra technology - ICE, self driving, radar and the like - but again, it's all very software intensive and closed. If the major manufacturers happen to have R&D groups located where you are, then that's great. If not, you'll have a hard time finding electronics work in the automotive sector.

My advice? See what jobs exist near your location. Be prepared to diversity and look outside the automotive sector if necessary.
mrburnzie:
Yeah, this is something I thought of too. As I started with robotics I love to work on things that I fan touch and see how it works, moves.
Any industry that is like the car infustry but more electronics oriented?
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