Question:
I've got a friend in Russia. He is an electrical engineer, based on
what I understand. What would be the best way for him to find a job
abroad?
Since, I don't specialize in electrical engineering I even don't know
how valuable his skills are on today's market.
I used his terminology. It'd be good if you correct his terms, so I
can do some research using the right terminology.
Specialization: "Electric Drive and Industrial Automation".
He knows about electrical machinery, automatic control theory, control
systems, power electronics, industrial automation. In brief it is
what engineers need to design, create electric drive for automation of
industrial equipment or technological process.
Communication protocol realization is what he is doing today. Next I
will build program module for equipment automation with several
drives.
Keywords can be: electrical drive, electromechanical systems, control
systems, communication protocols, automation systems and robotics.
His currently working with electrical drive, which is being
manufactured in Russia. He develops new features for this equipment.
I know that he is doing embedded programming. He writes software at
the assembly or C level to control electrical drives. He programmed a
device with modbus protocol:
MBAXP Modbus RTU/ASCII ActiveX Control
Answer:
To work in the US he needs good english... then he needs to
contact Contract Employment Weekly in Kirkland Washington (
or town nearby)...try searching google for CE Weekly...also
.. and get his resume distributed and get on thier mailing
lists etc (thats all inexpensive). Then take the first job he
can get at real low money and come up to speed US methods and
get good at the language and learn the ropes..that will take 5
to 10 years.. after 2 years at any one job put the resume out
again at CE Weekly and take another job at more money...In 10
years he will be an americanized and in the engineering
market... which pays poorly by US standards,,, for him 60,000
dollars a year ( close to half gone in taxes)..90,000 would be
tops.
If he goes into business for himself doing industrial
automation personally, the engineering and installation...
200,000 dollars a year is possible. But he will have to learn
how to do business in the US...he can do that in 10 years if
he pays attention, reads books and goes after projects.
The US and world economy is due to go south shortly as I see
it...it will not be easy anywhere.
