SA has no engineers?

friesepferd · September 11th, 2007, 04:59 PM

Ok. So I am a soon to be engineer and was looking around at possible places to get a job (specifically gun manufacturers).
Anyways. I email springfield armory (as well as many others) with some general questions and this was my reply from SA:
---------
Thank you for your interest in Springfield Armory. Regretfully we do not
have an engineering department, nor do we employ an engineer at this
time. Most of our guns are built to spec according to long-standing
drawings/in-house standards. Please reply to this e-mail if you have any
questions.
---------
So my first reaction was

! SA has no engineers?
then i read more carefully and realized maybe they have an engineer or two but just doesnt have an engineering dept and arent looking for any engineers right now (but my email wasnt implying i wanted a job as an engineer there- i wanted general info about engineers there).
So i donno. Im confused

glocksandkahrs · September 11th, 2007, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by friesepferd

Ok. So I am a soon to be engineer and was looking around at possible places to get a job (specifically gun manufacturers).
Anyways. I email springfield armory (as well as many others) with some general questions and this was my reply from SA:
---------
Thank you for your interest in Springfield Armory. Regretfully we do not
have an engineering department, nor do we employ an engineer at this
time. Most of our guns are built to spec according to long-standing
drawings/in-house standards. Please reply to this e-mail if you have any
questions.
---------
So my first reaction was

! SA has no engineers?
then i read more carefully and realized maybe they have an engineer or two but just doesnt have an engineering dept and arent looking for any engineers right now (but my email wasnt implying i wanted a job as an engineer there- i wanted general info about engineers there).
So i donno. Im confused

What about other manufacturers? I see you carry a Kimber Aegis. Nice pistol and I love mine! Have you tried them? Try calling Kel-Tec as they're coming out with new stuff all the time and they're still a fairly small company that might be expanding soon. Also, I wonder if gun manufacturers actually use "real" engineers or, rather, CAD/CAM type designers, etc...

P95Carry · September 11th, 2007, 06:39 PM

Must be several manufacturers who could provide jobs for engineers, if they are into enough of systems aspect, PLC etc.

I doubt there is as much hands-on these days but - reckon you just gotta go thru em all and make contact.

glocksandkahrs · September 11th, 2007, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by P95Carry

Must be several manufacturers who could provide jobs for engineers, if they are into enough of systems aspect, PLC etc.

I doubt there is as much hands-on these days but - reckon you just gotta go thru em all and make contact.

PLC?

JD · September 11th, 2007, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glocksandkahrs

PLC?

Programmable Logic Computer

You tell it what to do, it does the work.

glocksandkahrs · September 11th, 2007, 08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JD

Programmable Logic Computer

You tell it what to do, it does the work.

Ah, thanks. I refer to is as Computer Aided Manufacturing...

In general, all computers use programmable logic...

MikeNH · September 11th, 2007, 08:55 PM

I don't know if you'd be willing to relocate, but Sig seems to have an opening or 2 often enough you ought to be able to catch one. I was at a class led by Sig instructors earlier this year and speaking with them after the class they were adamant that it was a great place to work for all levels of employees. Plus its in NH, which after traveling quite a bit I think is still a pretty good place to live. Plus I'm sure you get a discount on their products

Heres a link to some of their openings-
http://www.jobsinnh.com/seek/coresul...x?co_num=10125

friesepferd · September 11th, 2007, 11:33 PM

yea. i know theres plenty of other places to look. iv emailed quite a few ppl. im currently going through the whole 'get a job or go to grad school' debate in my head. i think im gonna explode

OD · September 12th, 2007, 01:09 AM

Quote:

SA has no engineers?

Maybe not, their 1911 are made by IMBEL and the XDs are imported from Croatia.

rocky · September 12th, 2007, 01:12 AM

How do they get new designs out then? Specifically the EMP? Who re designed the Champion feed ramp and other slight modifications?

September 11th, 2007, 04:59 PM	#1
friesepferd Distinguished Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: what used to be the state of Franklin (look it up) Posts: 1,719	SA has no engineers? Ok. So I am a soon to be engineer and was looking around at possible places to get a job (specifically gun manufacturers). Anyways. I email springfield armory (as well as many others) with some general questions and this was my reply from SA: --------- Thank you for your interest in Springfield Armory. Regretfully we do not have an engineering department, nor do we employ an engineer at this time. Most of our guns are built to spec according to long-standing drawings/in-house standards. Please reply to this e-mail if you have any questions. --------- So my first reaction was ! SA has no engineers? then i read more carefully and realized maybe they have an engineer or two but just doesnt have an engineering dept and arent looking for any engineers right now (but my email wasnt implying i wanted a job as an engineer there- i wanted general info about engineers there). So i donno. Im confused

September 11th, 2007, 06:39 PM	#3
P95Carry Assistant Administrator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: South West PA Posts: 25,366	Must be several manufacturers who could provide jobs for engineers, if they are into enough of systems aspect, PLC etc. I doubt there is as much hands-on these days but - reckon you just gotta go thru em all and make contact. __________________ Chris - P95 NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member. "To own a gun and assume that you are armed is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!." If a BG dies as the result of pointing a gun at me, then he has merely succumbed to an occupational hazard of being a thug

September 12th, 2007, 01:12 AM	#10
rocky Senior Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: MI Posts: 11,624	How do they get new designs out then? Specifically the EMP? Who re designed the Champion feed ramp and other slight modifications? __________________ "In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." Thomas Jefferson Nemo Me Impune Lacesset Link to my kydex builds:http://rocknloadkydex.blogspot.com/

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September 11th, 2007, 08:55 PM	#7
MikeNH Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: NH Posts: 36	I don't know if you'd be willing to relocate, but Sig seems to have an opening or 2 often enough you ought to be able to catch one. I was at a class led by Sig instructors earlier this year and speaking with them after the class they were adamant that it was a great place to work for all levels of employees. Plus its in NH, which after traveling quite a bit I think is still a pretty good place to live. Plus I'm sure you get a discount on their products Heres a link to some of their openings- http://www.jobsinnh.com/seek/coresul...x?co_num=10125

September 11th, 2007, 11:33 PM	#8
friesepferd Distinguished Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: what used to be the state of Franklin (look it up) Posts: 1,719	yea. i know theres plenty of other places to look. iv emailed quite a few ppl. im currently going through the whole 'get a job or go to grad school' debate in my head. i think im gonna explode