Hi,
I have an opportunity to change positions within my company and join a group that does PRA in the Nuclear industry. Currently, I am a "Control Systems" engineer who works on HMIs and PLCs for robotic tools used in repair and refurbishment work of reactors.
I am having a hard time determining if this is the right move. Although, I have made very good money due to working lots of OT in the field (but I am not sure if that will continue), I have not learned very much as I had previous experience as an CS integrator and management has not been very stable. I have been at this job for a year, and within that time span my group merged with another one, and I lost my initial director, manager, and supervisor. Also the long hours have been getting to me and the travel, I barely have a life.
But I don't know much about PRA and its future prospects. I don't think it has much scope outside of the nuclear industry (does anyone else use it? chemical plants maybe? whereas my current skill set is pretty industry generic - for anybody that requires industrial automation). Do you think this is or will be a useful/valuable skill to have?
It'd be great if someone could provide me a lil' advice or input. Also, I must add that I'm still fairly young, just 6 years out of school and this would be my fourth job switch, does that look bad even thought I left each time on my own terms for what I considered were better opportunities?
Thanks,
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