<p>hi guyz... i wonder what kinds of jobs that engineers have ?
espescially for those who take the electrical, mechanical, chemical, and computer engineering. anyone here willing to share ?</p>
<p>My dad was an EE major and now he's a (surprisingly enough) Electrical Engineer. Which means he designs boards (basically very advanced and complicated circuts on green plastics thingies) for stuff like Analog/Digital Conversions, CCD camera processing, Radar, Communications, the like.</p>
<p>Investment bankers, consultants...</p>
<p>Engineering jobs.</p>
<p>at jpl, they hire you for a project. when you get here, they'll tag you on to a bunch of other projects on the side. in essence, there is an ultimate goal to get something built. it is your job to use a specific amount of the company's money to get the job done (with others on the team) on time. when that is finished, you get another project or work on other projects that you haven't finished.</p>
<p>The jobs engineers perform are widely varied and will likely vary throughout their career. Many will start by performing the specific job one identifies with the major - EEs designing boards and systems, CSs writing and designing software, CSEs working at a firmware level or with microcontollers, etc. Others will immediately go into other areas such as project management, sales support, product support, etc. As they gain experience, they might choose to move into management and be leading a group of engineers. They might end up moving through management into the top ranks and become CEOs, CTOs, etc. They also might start their own companies to produce their own inventions or designs.</p>
<p>Obtaining an engineering degree is only a start and there are really hundreds of paths one may follow with their particular field.</p>
<p>Does an engineer will do innovation, invention and design ?..</p>
<p>levin:</p>
<p>Of course. Engineers are where a substantial number of inventions and patents come from. Engineering can entail a very creative aspect. Look around you and you'll see many items that were created and invented by engineers.</p>
<p>I graduated in May with a MechE a degree and I work in the performance engineering department at a coal-fired power plant. My job entails completing outage project, maintenance operations, machine failure analysis, cost-benefit reports, etc. A major portion of my job is boiler tuning...ensuring good combustion and low pollution emissions.</p>
<p>yah.. sometimes my dad tells me that you will pursue MBA one day ... so why not take business rather than engineering. yah i know this is a suck statement, since i am also not really know what an engineer will do, maintain the machinery, maintain the chemical, and maintain the performance</p>
<p>levin:</p>
<p>Generally speaking, technicians maintain, engineers design. Look at your TV, computer, iPod, car, microwave, a bridge, a building, an airplane, etc. - all designed by engineers (with other aspects designed by other disciplines).</p>
<p>My cousin graduated from Purdue w/ Mech.Eng. He's now with Messer Construction as some type of project manager- overseeing all the mechanical aspects of projects-- big thing being security systems lately, like at the Ohio Supreme Court Building. My uncle is an engineer (I don't know what type though) with GE & he's on the designing end of it. He's been to France twice & Mexico once. All in all, engineers typically have good jobs.</p>
<p>I'm working as a chemE right now. Engineering is a very diverse field, as you know. I'm becoming an expert at electroplating, washing and the process that accompanies it. There are many financial, economical, environmental, and efficiency concerns that are always in play. I travel all over the world (I love that part of it). If you work with a big company (DANA) with plants all over the world, you may be called to go and support them if they have problems or projects going.</p>
<p>It has a lot to do with the industry you are in, I'm from Detroit and am stuck with automotive applications. You have to be willing to relocate anywhere in the country (or the world) to do what you really want (if you know)</p>
<p>I'm transitioning back to school right now. I've always wanted to do R&D and a Ph.D. is what I feel I need.
As an engineer, you never stop learning whether it is in school or on the job. If you do, you'll get tossed into a pigeonhole and never come out.
Good luck, the world needs Quality scientists and engineers</p>
<p>The few which haven't been off-shored yet.</p>
<p>Oh_Dad:</p>
<p>Contrary to popular belief, not all of the engineering jobs have moved off-shore. There's plenty of opportunity in the US. For example, there are more opportunities for CS grads now than there was at the height of the dot com days. Also, many companies are discovering that trying to move development to India and other locations can end up costing them even more money due to higher overhead costs and loss of flexibility.</p>
<p>Yeah, Over seas is definetly a problem right now, but once countries like India and China increase the lifestyles of their populus and their worker's standard of living starts catching up with ours, (and I sure hope it happens sooner than l8r) competition will level off. </p>
<p>I've been to both China and India - we have plants in both countries. The US is still teaching those countries how to do buisiness. We got capitalism down pretty good.</p>
<p>Plus, most of the R&D is still done in country. Large US companies want to keep cutting edge tech in house. Manufacturing and distribution are what is going overseas.
I hope I'm right ;)</p>
<p>"The US is still teaching those countries how to do buisiness."</p>
<p>:rolleyes:</p>