Career Change: Chemical Engineer to Automotive Engineer

I have no first hand knowledge of the automotive industry but I'd seriously reconsider work as an "Automotive Engineer" in the US based on what I've seen and heard over the past several months although a MSME with a BSCE coupled with the fact that your from India (assumed to be smart) would make you very marketable for head hunters.

You may want to think about a metallurgy type career "niche market'.

At this point you should also ask yourself if you want to be true hands on engineer, a desk jokey crunching numbers or a budget hound / brown nosing, back stabbing, pass the buck "yes man" becase you could put yourself in a box that you can't get out of.

A few of things you may want to note. First, it is not that hard to transition from a BS in any technical field to a MS in another. Typically, however, any US engineering program in a reputable institution will be ABET certified at the BS level at least. These engineering programs will likely require you to fulfill the core curriculum undergraduate requirements and prerequisites for any courses in your program before matriculating into the MS program. You should note that many engineering programs in the US and Canada do not fully recognize engineering educations outside of the US, Canada, or England, as ABET or an approved equivalent board does not certify the educational corusework. Thus you could end up retaking some course work at undergraduate level that is not transferrable to the MS program you seek. You can however receive a degree from a non-reputable online program with minimal prerequisites. You should be wary of these, as they are not fully recognized by many States (though for a ME in auto industry a PE license is not usually necessary, and it is unlikey you would be seeking public agency work).

To work in the United States you need to have a few things. The first is time, and the second is a good reputation and summary. I am grateful to this site https://craftresumes.com/career-change/ for the summary. I work in a Ford factory.

Perhaps you should start by transferring to mech engg right away to begin with, as that discipline gets you closer to the auto engg you wish to work as.