Unless you can "fall into" an ab-initio program, most ME jobs require some "transport category" aircraft time.(right now).be it regional jet, or regional turboprop time..ie: Dhc-8, ATR-42 etc...etc...good luck, never say never, and contacts and friends are the wedge into the door...keep on truckin' and applying...it's a very fluid pilot market here, and things change very rapidly...