Manufacturing engineering internship with ford, or systems engineering with Honeywell?

I have to make a decision between the two. Ford is giving better pay and housing assistance. I don't know too much about the job description but it seems like they have planned things out well. Honeywell seems good to, but less financial support however it is in a much better area.

Systems engineering overviews an entire project and can basically be called "project management" and it deals a lot with emergency power and liquid cooling (note: since I'm an intern it won't be that involved)

Manufacturing engineering deals with processes and the production of cars. It would be nice to see the automotive industry, however I don't want to be limited to only car companies in future career fairs.

Congratulations to you for nailing down two offers. Since you don't feel much more interested in one job than the other, you may as well take the one that offers more money. Both companies are quite well known, and either one will look good on your resume.

Look over the offers of each company, especially the benefits: medical, dental, 401K, profit sharing… Not necessarily the pay and the location. How far drive to work, traffic. Hours. Decide what you want. Look at experience you will gain. Which will be better on your resume. What about advancement possibilities. Weigh worker attitudes at each location, they will tell you if people are happy there.

This is a very tough choice.

I'm currently a manufacturing engineer who worked with Honeywell's Competitor, ABB. And I have a masters in systems engineering. Project Management and Systems Engineering do overlap, but they are slightly different. Systems Engineering is technical where you focus on the "How" for technical or complex systems. Project Management is higher level and focuses on planning, scheduling, and risk management. It is less technical and does not dig deep into the engineering side of things like Systems Engineering does.

I have always wanted to work for a car manufacturer and have interviewed with Honda and Tesla. My wife worked with Volvo Powertrain for 3 years after college. Working in the auto industry does not mean you are stuck there. After Volvo, my wife went on to work in a pharmaceutical company. I know another person who worked for a metals company that made parts for all industries, including automotive. He was the manufacturing engineer in charge of 1 gear that was going in the new Subaru CVT transmissions. Then he left that company and got a new job as a design engineer designing airport baggage conveyor systems. I worked in biomedical facility construction for 1 year, power and automation with ABB for 4 years, and then residential HVAC manufacturing with Ingersoll Rand/Trane. These industries are unrelated.

This is a tough choice because systems engineering has more earning potential since you will be managing large complex projects. It is a higher level job title. However the automotive industry and cars is much more exciting than power electronics or liquid cooling. I think I would go with Ford.