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dreamer101
post Apr 25 2006, 06:50 PM

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QUOTE(smallfry @ Apr 25 2006, 03:00 PM)
HI all,
I am a graduate in Electrical and Electronic. I have been working for 2 years already. My job scope is software base, using C programming. I would say, it is more to firmware engineering. The problem now is, if I want to move on, I do not know whether the skills I have now is sufficient for me or not.

What if I change field, back to hardware or production? Will my pay be cut down as well? Current salary is 3k plus.

Really doubtful about the my job scope here and also the needs of the current market.

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What kind of firmware? Do you use Real-time O/S?? What kind of processors?? What kind of device do you do firmware on?? Do you know finite state machine??

This is a great area!!! If you are bored of doing stuff in your current company, you could always do firmware for something else. Nowaday, there are about 35 procesors in a car and they are putting processor in washing machines and so on..

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post Apr 25 2006, 10:28 PM

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QUOTE(smallfry @ Apr 25 2006, 08:48 PM)
Yeah. Real time OS. My job scope does not touch a single thing on hardware (hardware layer stuff). I am doing the interfacing of the hardware and user interface. Ya Finite state machine stuff. Not bored with colleague but sometimes, i felt that I believe a engineering line does not stop here. I want to explore more because the market out there requires. Nope to production and testing. I prefer RnD. But it is kinda hard to find in KL. I'm in Penang by the way.
Dreamer, is firmware engineering having a good future?
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I still do not understand why you cannot find a job in R&D with firmware engineering experience?? What industry do you work in? Firmware engineering is fairly portable across multiple industries. You could be working on designing test equipment, telecom equipment, automotive and so on... In fact, any kind of equipment with embedded processor is sort of open area for you. There are so many opportunities out there for you. Even if you are in Penang.

What kind of RTOS do you use?? What kind of processor do you use??

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