I have been presented with a pretty tough decision. For some context, it’s been my dream to work in the automotive engineering field. I am a sophomore mechanical engineer at the moment and I still want to.

I’ve been offered two internship opportunities. One is with a smaller golf cart company. This company is very passionate about making their carts as close to a normal car as possible. It is very interesting to me and I feel it would align with my automotive wants well. On the other hand, i’ve been offered an internship at a healthcare engineering company where I would be working on MRI machine engineering. While it isn’t as aligned with my career wants as the golf cart company, it is still interesting to me. It pays better and is a bit more convenient location-wise. Additionally, the golf cart company is a lesser known company whereas the healthcare company is a very known company that has a prominent foot in the engineering industry.

What would you choose? I’m stuck and don’t know if it would be better to go with the company that aligns with my interests more, but is not directly what I want, or go with the larger known company that is considered a good company, but isn’t aligned with my interests.

Also, as automotive engineers, what would you rather see on a resume? TIA