Engineers at non-engineering firms?

<p>I was conversing with a fellow student earlier today about majors; he was a communications major, commenting on how nice it must be to be an engineering major and all; despite all that, I assured him that there are plenty of engineering companies looking for non-engineering potential employees, like financial analysts, PR, marketing, so on and so forth.</p>

<p>It made me think on the flip side: what are the kinds of companies that i should be investigating for possible internship/employment which are not exactly known as an "engineering brand"? Granted, all companies have some element of engineering in them, but I'm talking about companies like, makeup companies, toy companies, law/financial companies, food-resource distributors/producers, niche (but cutting edge) companies, random corporations. Thanks!</p>

<p>Hey I work in the financial service industry and let me tell you, there are plenty of engineers in this industry. I kid you not, engineers have an easier time getting a top finance job than a finance/business/econ major. Engineers can easily transition to quant finance, become analysts at hedge funds, etc. Engineers have good technical and quantitative skills, which a lot of business/econ students lack.</p>

<p>A finance/business guy can get a job at an engineering firm, but they can not get an engineering role. It’s definitely easier for an engineer to get a non-engineering role than it is for a non-engineer to get an engineering role.</p>