You definitely don't want to be the "FEA guy" in some companies. Running a "quick" FEA on an item to make sure it will handle 3x the load it was initially designed for because sales can say whatever they want to close the deal.
It sounds like management will boot him before he can get up to speed.
"You're an engineer you should be able to control the weather right?"
Sincerely
Greedy Moron
At least you have the chance to influence the design. I've worked with techs/fabricators who would make products and then use engineering to create drawings and models from the completed part. Of course, if a problem surfaced with the part, engineering was questioned on our design decisions...
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