<p>As an example from Virginia Tech’s post grad survey for 2013 grads-7 people list their employer as Boeing (could be more since not everyone bothers to fill out the survey). Majors were : 2 aerospace, 2 mechanical,1 biological systems engineering, 1 computer engineering, 1 electrical engineering. 5 to Washington, 2 to California. </p>
<p>The move of the HQ has given Boeing a more national/international outlook and freed them somewhat from the Seattle mindset. That’s why they did it. They are not expanding much in Seattle anymore but are focusing on other lower costs areas like South Carolina. They also plan to move 100s of engineers out of Seattle.</p>
<p>^Because of the union in Seattle is what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>I went to a MOS&T reception a few days ago at an Aerospace firm (LMI Aerospace). They had roughly 7-8 employees there present, all of whom studied engineering in college. None of them did aerospace engineering. The CEO was an electrical engineer, and there were mostly other mechanical engineers. I’d assume it would be a similar situation with Boeing and other aerospace companies.</p>
<p>Aerospace is essentially a subfield of mechanical, and mechanical is more broad. I would personally vouch for mechanical (even though you can work in Aerospace with almost any engineering major), if you are truly interested in aerospace, since its the most directly applicable. Plus, if the aerospace industry is down when you graduate, you’ll have plenty of other options available to you in arguably the most versatile engineering degree.</p>
<p>One thing I think is unique is how your college major doesn’t necessarily translate to a job title. Engineers are inherently versatile so you can basically look into the industries you want to work and most of the time be able to find an opening.</p>
<p>I speak none of this from personal experience, just research.</p>
<p>I am most familiar with the Boeing plants in Southern Calif and in Huntsville Alabama. Alabama is a right to work state, so maybe Boeing will expand even more here.</p>
<p>again, since there are Boeing divisions across the nation, you can go to school at any good eng’g school and be fine. </p>
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<p>I plan on majoring in material engineering in college. I live in Illinois. I have a 4.03 gpa and I hope to get an ACT at least a 28.</p>
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<p>Are you an incoming senior? How much will your family pay each year? That will largely determine where you should apply.</p>
<p>^Because of the union in Seattle is what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>That is certainly a consideration. Boeing very unhappy with the unions. And vice-versa. </p>
<p>That was all solved. As a negotiating ploy, Boeing threatened to move the work out of Seattle, all the states came running with tax incentives thinking there was an actual chance Boeing would move the work there, and as predicted the union and Boeing settled with the work staying in Seattle.</p>
<p>It’s not negotiating ploy. I was told very recently they are hiring in Southern Cal for that reason. I have relatives who still work there.</p>
<p>Boeing recently said much future work will be added to SC</p>
<p><a href=“http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2024197648_charleston787xml.html”>http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2024197648_charleston787xml.html</a></p>
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<p><a href=“Boeing will save $60,000 per job by moving engineering center to Alabama; average salary will be $89,000 - al.com”>Boeing will save $60,000 per job by moving engineering center to Alabama; average salary will be $89,000 - al.com;
<p><a href=“http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2023341837_boeingcasengineeringxml.html”>http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2023341837_boeingcasengineeringxml.html</a></p>
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<p>I’m sure I’ll miss some. I think we had more math majors than anything else. We also had people with degrees in CS, IE, Aerospace, ME, Physics, CE. We even had a guy with a PhD in Fisheries. (He was great at statistics.) I’d guess at least 50% of the people had graduate degrees.</p>
<p>As for Boeing moving HQ away from Seattle, part of the reason was that Boeing has plants all over the country, and access to them was easier from Chicago than Seattle. The CEO at the time was also very unpopular at Boeing, and I suspect another reason he moved the HQ was so he could get away from all the criticism he was getting in Seattle.</p>
<p>I doubt Boeing is going to do much expansion in Seattle. It looks like they have their sights set on expanding in the south, where labor costs are cheaper.</p>
<p>Missouri S&T has an agreement with the St. Louis version of Boeing. </p>
<p>Boeing is certainly moving jobs to South Carolina, and is re-adjusting its operations in California. But there will be major jobs in the Pacific Northwest for a while to come because Boeing got a billion-dollar set of subsidies from Washington State this past spring, AND…the union voted to accept contract (cost-saving) concessions. Plain to see that Boeing will continue to seek to save money by means of expansion in Dixie, but the Seattle base is firm, for now. Heck, there’s even some talk of Airbus sniffing around the PNW to place a facility in the region. Of course that’s just talk and wishful thinking. But it’s not out of the question. BMW has a major composite fabrication plant in Washington State, therefore the precedent for a major unionized European manufacturer setting up shop somewhere besides Dixie has been established.</p>
<p>Just saw the news that Boeing will break ground on wing factory for 777X. I would think there will need a lot of material engineers.</p>
<p><a href=“Boeing breaks ground on wing factory for new 777X (NYSE:BA) | Seeking Alpha”>http://seekingalpha.com/news/1931915-boeing-breaks-ground-on-wing-factory-for-new-777x</a></p>
<p>The Moses Lake, WA area is attracting aircraft related cos with large airport, cheap land, cheap power, low COL, and even sunshine. </p>
<p>sunshine in WA?</p>
<p>I don’t know that the new building for the 777 wings indicates anything about Boeing’s long-term growth in Seattle. It’s more likely that people who already work for Boeing in the area will be moved over to the 777 wing factory. It’s always been like that - workers moving from aircraft that are being phased out, like the 747, to newer generation aircraft. And as mentioned, Boeing workers had to take major hits to their employment benefits to bring the work to Seattle.</p>
<p><a href=“http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021460878_boeingearningsxml.html”>http://seattletimes.com/html/businesstechnology/2021460878_boeingearningsxml.html</a></p>
<p>BTW - It’s actually pretty sunny on the eastern side of the Cascades, where Moses Lake is. Boeing’s been doing flight testing at Moses Lake forever.</p>