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    A list of US companies that suits my career interests?

    The MDA division in BC Vancouver does mostly software, people with more advanced degrees work on more remote sensing applications. I've already applied to some positions in eastern Canada, which was related to robotics. Last i heard MDA had a hiring freeze for most of their positions due to the...
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    A list of US companies that suits my career interests?

    I am a Canadian citizen that has 'recently' (may 2008) graduated from an Engineering Physics (Bachelor's degree) program from an accredited university. I have knowledge and entry level experience in the following (through internship/co-op terms and academics): Controls systems /...
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    Engineering A career in Aerospace Control Systems with an Engineering Physics degree?

    Excellent insight, thanks. Unfortunately i don't have too much programming experience (some C, C++, some basic microcontroller programming), since my background mainly focused on physics and elec engineering (i think it wouldn't of hurt to have taken computational physics courses). I am thinking...
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    Physics What Career Opportunities Are Available in Medical Physics?

    I'm not in the field but I'm familiar with a few topics related medical physics. There is a a lot of R&D involved with MRI (more specificlly, nuclear-magnetic-resonance) machines. In undergrad a prof who taught a physics course i took once said "you'll never fully understand how an MRI...
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    Help choosing undergraduate study for robotics-like work

    Physics (mainly classical mechanics) would be useful if you want to create a control systems responsible of stabilizing robot motion and control, other than that i don't see much use in Physics for robotics. It sounds like you're more interested in machine learning and AI.. which is an entirely...
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    Engineering A career in Aerospace Control Systems with an Engineering Physics degree?

    Hello, first time poster (can't say I am a long time reader) and I've been looking for the answer to a question in regards to Aerospace Engineering. First a bit of background about my degree. I graduated with a bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics with a focus on electrical engineering. I...
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