# Testing waters... Fluid power design engineer
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345
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**Created:** [May 1, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345 "2013-05-01T18:40:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/1 "2013-05-01T18:40:11Z")
Like the title says I am testing the waters, it is probably a super long-shot on here.
I will need to replace a long time design engineer in the coming months. He is retiring after many years of working directly with our distributors and customers designing pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders.
I can only think of a couple people on here I would consider hiring but I certainly don’t know everyone on here. Maybe you know someone who is not on here but may be qualified and you could pass this along to them.
The salary would vary immensely depending on education and experience. I hate to even post numbers because then every Tom, Dick and Harry thinks they deserve $80,000. We are a small company so going north of that would be very difficult unless you convinced me you could double my sales. 🙂 I am always looking to diversify.
[Mike@springvillemfg.com](mailto:Mike@springvillemfg.com)
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### Author:  [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/2 "2013-05-01T18:46:59Z")
I can’t seem.to pry myself away from the joys of business ownership. GLWH.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/3 "2013-05-02T03:34:02Z")
Is that sarcasm? 🙂
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### Author:  [@TRP951](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TRP951)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/4 "2013-05-12T16:05:14Z")
Didn’t want to clutter up Newman’s thread but I am a recent college graduate from UB with a BA in mechanical engineering. The only thing is I don’t have any experience ☹ if your still interested I’m willing to talk more about the job.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 7:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/5 "2013-05-16T07:12:08Z")
I am really looking for someone with real world experience too. I have hired “new” engineers in the past that don’t know what the difference is between a socket head cap screw and flat head machine screw. I made the mistake of assuming an engineer would know the difference but I was quickly told these things are not learned in school.
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### Author:  [@Geoff](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geoff)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/6 "2013-05-16T07:36:34Z")
> [@TRP951](#):
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> if **your** still interested I’m willing to talk more about the job.
Good luck with the job search!
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### Author:  [@Jim1234664](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jim1234664)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/7 "2013-05-16T12:56:26Z")
> [@Geoff](#):
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> Good luck with the job search!
hes also the only guy in the world with a BA degree in mechanical engineering lol.
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### Author:  [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/8 "2013-05-16T13:09:06Z")
This is what UB is turning out as Engineers?
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/9 "2013-05-16T13:47:29Z")
What would you pay me and can I use the shop for personal projects? 😃
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/10 "2013-05-16T13:54:51Z")
1 Krugerrand per week and yes as long as you help me design my personal projects. 🙂
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/11 "2013-05-16T14:05:21Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#):
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> I have hired “new” engineers in the past that don’t know what the difference is between a socket head cap screw and flat head machine screw. I made the mistake of assuming an engineer would know the difference but I was quickly told these things are not learned in school.
I would assume that someone in the fluid power industry would know the difference between tube and pipe:
[http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?230798-5-foot-1.5x.095-dom-tube&highlight=tube+pipe](http://www.nyspeed.com/showthread.php?230798-5-foot-1.5x.095-dom-tube&highlight=tube+pipe)
🙂
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/12 "2013-05-16T14:12:42Z")
You scare me.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/13 "2013-05-16T16:57:07Z")
Hey just because he called out the ID instead of the OD doesn’t mean it’s pipe.
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/14 "2013-05-16T17:13:10Z")
You should read the first post. He was asking for tube, which is specified by OD, and then he was offered a product in the 2nd post that was measured by ID.
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### Author:  [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/15 "2013-05-16T17:18:45Z")
> [@fairgentleman Z](#):
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> You should read the first post. He was asking for tube, which is specified by OD, and then he was offered a product in the 2nd post that was measured by ID.
I did read the post. He said he had tube and he knew what the ID was. I know for a fact I have some mech tube with a 1" ID across the street but I don’t know what the OD is… I’m not going to say… yeah, I have some but I can’t tell you anything else about it because I don’t know the OD.
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### Author:  [@fairgentleman\_Z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fairgentleman_Z)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/16 "2013-05-16T18:35:01Z")
All I know if I order 100 feet of 1.5 x .095 DOM steel tube, pay $400, and I end up trying to cram it (1.69" is that even a size?) in a 1.5" die I am going to be confused and pissed.
On the other hand; If I have a “new” engineer, and they don’t know the difference between flat head and socket cap head machine head screw is, I will take 2 minutes grab some out of a store room and train them.
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### Author:  [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/17 "2013-05-16T18:58:15Z")
Some people just have far too much time on their hands.
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### Author:  [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/18 "2013-05-16T22:03:37Z")
> [@fairgentleman Z](#):
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> All I know if I order 100 feet of 1.5 x .095 DOM steel tube, pay $400, and I end up trying to cram it (1.69" is that even a size?) in a 1.5" die I am going to be confused and pissed.
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> On the other hand; If I have a “new” engineer, and they don’t know the difference between flat head and **socket cap head machine head screw** is, I will take 2 minutes grab some out of a store room and train them.
Two heads are better than one.
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### Author:  [@TRP951](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TRP951)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/19 "2013-05-16T23:15:42Z")
> [@Geoff](#):
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> Good luck with the job search!
Damn you got me :ham: I should have read over my post lol.
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### Author:  [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2013, 9:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-waters-fluid-power-design-engineer/230345/20 "2013-05-17T09:39:29Z")
> [@Blue Eyed Devil](#):
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> I am really looking for someone with real world experience too. I have hired “new” engineers in the past that don’t know what the difference is between a socket head cap screw and flat head machine screw. I made the mistake of assuming an engineer would know the difference but I was quickly told these things are not learned in school.
there are so many people that are “engineers” who think they know everything that i talk to and i wonder WTF did they learn. i havent had half the classes they do as im part time for school and i have a better understanding of how to properly design the shit when they have no idea. real world experience is huge. degrees are given way too much credit these days. last year i was checking out the baja buggy the guys at buff state built, that chassis was definitely a piss poor design. those money making machines that are supposed to “teach” arent doing a good enough job with “teaching”.
goodluck with the search. unfortuneatly i deal with a different type of fuilds design…shit pipes and fire sprinklers.
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