<p>I am thinking of switching from Aerospace E to ME because I don’t want to work in the military contracting/weapons industry. Would there be plenty of choices in the ME field that are independent of the military? Thank you.</p>
<p>That’s weird. I switched from Aerospace Engineering to M E even though I want to work in the military contracting/weapons industry. I switched because aerospace was too specific for me. I believe M E is a very broad field, so you’ll have plenty of choices. You can work on cars, robotics, machines, medical equipment, etc.</p>
<p>So why did you sign up for AE when you know most (but not all) companies are defense related?</p>
<p>Because the courses and material seemed the most interesting to me. I would rather work on commercial planes or anything that didn’t require security clearance.</p>
<p>You can still do commercial planes for Boeing.</p>
<p>ME is much broader that ASE and I feel that you can get nearly any job as an ME that an ASE can get. If not, a year or two for a Masters will fix that problem.</p>