shredder111

I really like the hobby of remote control cars, and I was just wondering what it takes to become an RC Car Designer/Engineer? This is a highly possible job option I am looking at for my future and was wondering if anyone knew anything about it. Are there any known positions or ways to get hired? HPI has one position open, but that is a project coordinator, Team Associated has none at the time, and Duratrax has a whole bunch not related to building, designing, and molding, etc.


Where should I start and what should I do?



Thanks, Shredder111[>:]

annie_himself

Start at Duratrax, even it may not include designing you won't start out that high most likely anyway. Start at whatever they offer if it pays well ad the hours are good. You may get promoted or may get asked for opinions for their upcoming buggy.

jkrustchinsky

My Feedback: (7)

you have a better chance at winning the lottery, highly unlikely you would ever make it to a hobby level design team without knowing somebody already on it or you went to yale or MIT,

instead of following, lead, i could care less if i make money at this hobby but im 16 and its the direction im going in, i will be an engineer of some sort, or at the very least a metal worker or fabricator. and i will do rc cars on the side for the rest of my life, i will give it a shot designing and building my own car, i may or may not get far, i dont think im even close to smart enough to even get into college.

remember that you are not the only one who is young and likes this hobby and thinks they are going to to it for living, there are hundreds of thousands of us, and your competing with people like me, so if you are dead serious you should be ready to make sacrifices and have a back up plan because i will.

dustin7837

My Feedback: (1)

A lot of times its as much who you know as what you know. I would imagine that designing RCs would either require a ton of experiance in a similar field, or working your way up from the bottom. Unless you have a Bachelors degree in materials engineering or strength and design or something similar to that.

sleepy23

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mechanical engineering with a concentration in design is what you need along with prolly some racing experience.
you also have to be willing to move to Cali where the cost of living is about 50% higher than where you live now.
now here is the reality check....AE had a design job listed while back, i almost applied until i did a cost of living comparison....
it worked out like this, the avergae pay for the area for that type of job was about 55k a year..but the cost of living is soo high that it was going to take almost triple that for me to make what i do know.
i personally like rc and would love to design them and have enough real world experience and the degree to be able to, but i would rather just make more money doing something else.

boltech

If you want to get into such a field or a similar field you will first have to have a good working knowledge of CAD software or similar products. Before I got into IT I was going to get into 3D animation and Design. I'll tell you now it takes a lot of patience.

Bkag

I have only been in RC one year and in england we have to do a work experience where you work somewhere for a week, i went to D3 or design and display and designed shop fittings on cad using solid works, at the end of my week i got offered a job and £100, not too bad, I'm hoping to when i leave school do something similar as to what shredder is talking about but i will probably start in some sort of other engineering job.