Jacquelyn Berry

Jacquelyn Berry

Staff Engineer, Materials and Processes, Collins Aerospace
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  • Aisyah

    Added Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM

    Hi! I've always been interested in engineering because I thought I would be building and designing things. Until recently where I met someone who is a Civil Engineer (the field I'm thinking about) told me that she 98% work in an office-- in a cubicle-- and that its meetings after meetings. The reason why I'm interested in Engineering is because of the hands on and the variety of projects, I didn't expect to work in an office and I feel like I would die if I do. So how often are you using your ...
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    Jacquelyn Berry, Collins Aerospace
    Answered Friday, October 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
    It really depends on the type of engineering role you get, and the industry. There are a lot of different job types for engineers - design, stress, test, manufacturing, research, specialty analysis (aero, thermal), quality, project. 
    
    For example, a ...
  • Claudia Ketcham asked Jacquelyn Berry, Collins Aerospace

    Added Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at 12:57 PM

    I worry that because my school isn't well-known for its engineering degrees (we only have 2) that it will make it difficult to find a job because employers will hire people from schools with bigger names, so I feel like I should transfer to a more well know school to have a chance. How much does school name really matter in the hiring process? Am I overthinking this?

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    Jacquelyn Berry, Collins Aerospace
    Answered Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 4:19 PM
    I am sure people have differing opinions on this, however, from my standpoint, the school matters a lot less than what you did at that school, what your grades were, and what you got involved in. I went to a California state school, and while it was ...
  • EngineerGirl Team asked Amber Hall, City of Somersworth

    Added Wednesday, November 27, 2019 at 3:02 PM

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    I've heard that engineering professors and professors of related subjects are really tough and try to fail out half of the class. I don’t want to be in a field where people are trying to get rid of me. Is this really true? Do professors do this, and if so, why? And what do people do about it?

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    Jacquelyn Berry, Collins Aerospace
    Answered Monday, August 10, 2020 at 9:29 PM
    This question already got a lot of good feedback regarding the difficulty of the curriculum so I will not repeat it all, but one professor sticks out to me. He was known to fail a lot of his classes and was the professor that sorted through those that ...