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Hi everybody,
I have an engineering degree in Instrumentation&Controls and I worked on engineering positions in my country(Eastern Europe) in oil&gas industry for several years.Those were mainly field(on site) jobs but I'm interested in R&D work.I've had enough of maintenance and fixing,now I want to create and develop electronic,measuring and controls equipment by myself.I constantly develop myself in electronics,programming,physics,maths,mechanics and some other disciplines making devices and experiments,reading special books and journals.The thing is that there are no any relevant interesting R&D positions in my country.
I searched a lot through the internet and I'm ready to relocate anywhere on the globe and start from the initial research position but all R&D positions require previous R&D experience(which I don't have) or at least Ph.D(which I don't have,either).I think there are not so many chances for the guy like me(without Ph.D and research experience,except the study at the university) to be hired in R&D department of some company in the US or other English-speaking country.So,I need your advice-should I get Ph.D(I'm thinking of Ph.D in Electrical Engineering&Electronics in the US or,perhaps,in Applied Physics) or there's a chance to find an interesting R&D position without Ph.D just with a background and experience that I have nowadays?Then,maybe,you could advise some R&D companies to apply for?
Anyone who pays attention to that and finds time to anwser is highly appreciated.
I have an engineering degree in Instrumentation&Controls and I worked on engineering positions in my country(Eastern Europe) in oil&gas industry for several years.Those were mainly field(on site) jobs but I'm interested in R&D work.I've had enough of maintenance and fixing,now I want to create and develop electronic,measuring and controls equipment by myself.I constantly develop myself in electronics,programming,physics,maths,mechanics and some other disciplines making devices and experiments,reading special books and journals.The thing is that there are no any relevant interesting R&D positions in my country.
I searched a lot through the internet and I'm ready to relocate anywhere on the globe and start from the initial research position but all R&D positions require previous R&D experience(which I don't have) or at least Ph.D(which I don't have,either).I think there are not so many chances for the guy like me(without Ph.D and research experience,except the study at the university) to be hired in R&D department of some company in the US or other English-speaking country.So,I need your advice-should I get Ph.D(I'm thinking of Ph.D in Electrical Engineering&Electronics in the US or,perhaps,in Applied Physics) or there's a chance to find an interesting R&D position without Ph.D just with a background and experience that I have nowadays?Then,maybe,you could advise some R&D companies to apply for?
Anyone who pays attention to that and finds time to anwser is highly appreciated.