Anything in the energy field is full of many opportunities for a young engineer. Petroleum engineering has already been mentioned. But aero guys are in great demand in the gas turbine and jet engine world, and they are very hard to find.
Billions are being spent to develop new science...
You might be more specific as to was sort of development work you want to do and design your own education around that. Maybe you want to develop better thermal barrier coatings for turbine blades. That would make you very employable. You could do that with either a physics or an engineering...
I have an engineering degree and I work with a company that helps customers developed their products. Some of my coworkers have physics degrees and the same job description as me. They were able to get their jobs by learning to do things that are useful to engineers. Most handle the heavy...
There is no standard routine. Each job is different and there is a huge variety. That is true of all engineering fields. I'm a mechanical design engineer in a closely related field. I've worked with pwr folks in many capacities in the last several decades. But looking ahead for the next...
A huge growth field with increasing demand for energy, the establishment of a smart grid, and a large move toward distributed power on micro grids. All this cheap and abundant natural gas creates a large demand in this field.
All would be good, and all work with all types of energy and all ways of using the energy.
Better to decide which interests you the most and go for it.
Jake: I'm doing productive work after ten months of training. But the assignments are of low criticality and I'm closely supervised. It is the sort of work a new grad might do after 2-3 years of he were really sharp, perhaps 4 would be more common. This from a guy who has been an engineer...
I’ve worked mechanical engineering jobs in many fields over the last 35 years. Everyplace I’ve been, I’ve had coworkers who were very well paid with PhD’s.
But here is the kicker. Whatever your level of education between a BS and PhD, what you learn in school teaches you only a very tiny...
Nano-passion: I work with a group of 150 engineers who do consulting for various companies who need help developing their ideas, or whose own engineering staff is overwhelmed with work. I'm humbled to be working with such awesome talent.
I've been watching this thread and am amazed that it has continued for so long. I see a bunch of posts that pretty well express my views.
Some of my classmates who went into business or finance make more than me, but most make less. I went into science and engineering because I wanted to...
In the last 35 years I've had many engineering coworkers who made the transition simply by applying for an engineering job. Just be ready in the interview to give them good reason to believe that you have a high interest and passion for the type of work they want you to do.
This has been a very interesting and useful thread. After 35 years working many aspect of several engineering fields, I thought it might be fun to take early retirement and get a law degree. Both patent and product liability look attractive.
Nobody who gets your letter wants to waste time reading boiler plate. They throw that in the trash without reading it. They want to see evidence of creative thinking and a convincing reason as to why you want to work for them rather than someone else.
Some of the engineers who graduated with me and got the same degree became civil engineers, others became mechanical engineers.
One thing that is difficult for students to understand is that their education does very little to prepare them for a real engineering job. I've had many highly...
I’ll give you one possible answer. I’m sure that other people working in other fields could also give you other answers.
I’m a mechanical design engineer, so that is what I’m familiar with.
My coworkers with a background in chemistry have specialized in materials. That is metallurgy...
I can only speak from my 30+ yrs in mechanical engineering. I've had many coworkers with physics degrees. Only a few were in design. Most were very successful in analysis: stress, thermo, heat transfer, fluid flow, aero sub & super sonic. Get familiar with the software and start filling out...
There is currently massive amount of research money being spent in energy. Some of it will pay off on the next few years, and then they will be hiring as many engineers as they can find to develop new things. That is the very best type of engineering job.
Go study whatever field you have the most Passion for. You will do well in that field, and you will have no regrets after you figure out that you have been in it long enough to be stuck in it. All branches of engineering offer many options. You can have a job that travels all the time, or not...