One other piece would be to map of the hot spots in the US market. California, NE, SE, Chicago and Texas are hot spots for Electronics manufacuring. Target companies in these areas and hit them with resumes. Some areas are starved for manufacturing engineers.Good Manufacturing engineers know contributing engineering areas (i.e. Chemistry, Mechanical, materials, electronics, industrial) since all have significance. Participate with Industry associations (i.e. IPC). With the information you provided 2.5 years in SMT, your best bet is to hire on as an Machine Technician, and work your way up.I have been in SMT for +12 years and learn something knew every day. I do not know who you do field service work for, But large Equipment manufacturers have Field positions open all the time. Try Universal, Siemens, Fuji, Cyber Optics, BTU, Speedline as a field engineer and transition into Applications engineering. Haveing a "big boy" name behind you helps.
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