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Possible jobs for a mechanical engineer? |
What the most common jobs for a mechanical engineer? The college major of mechanical engineering is fairly unusual among fields of study, because when you get a degree in mechanical engineering, you almost always become a mechanical engineer, if you see what I mean. The most common job for a mechanical engineer is to become a mechanical engineer. In terms of a more specific answer, there are definitely a lot of opportunities in the defense industry. That includes companies like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. You can break this into many different fields and possible positions. First, you can look at the breadth of the mechanical engineering discipline. It is commonly divided into machine design (including materials, mechanics, etc.), HVAC, and thermal/fluid systems (including piping, power systems, hydraulics, etc.) Each one of those 'areas' has many different subpositions and specialties for engineers. Second, you can look at the area of business: sales, design, academia, maintenance, consulting, industry, manufacturing, management. This list goes on and on. Mechanical engineering is very broad and jobs are not limited to areas that are typically deemed 'mechanical.' (i.e. bolts, cars, etc.) Mechanical engineers are in all sorts of our society. They work in the military, private and public sectors. These types of engineers work in places that you wouldn't normally think os, like post offices and pharmacuetical plants. The most common places that you can find work is drafting, engineering, even consultant firms. Where I work, there actually aren't many mechanical engineers as opposed to naval engineers who must have a broadened perspective of the entire mechanical and industrial field. I work as a naval architect in a firm that employs naval architects, marine engineers, drafters, civil engineers downstairs, and some other various types throughout. Bracket designer. That's about it. You can design brackets; 9 hours a day, 6 days a week, 50 weeks a year. And on those days off, you can design adapter plates. Yessirree, that is all a mechanical engineer does. I started in the nuclear industry. Got my Masters in Mechanical and started working in Aerospace designing thermal system for radars. Then I started overseeing design projects as the lead mechanical engineer, including structural, vibration, thermal, etc. Then I started working more performance issues with systems engineering and moved to overseeing mechanical and electrical subsystems. Now I currently head a group of four subgroups. Two are almost entirely electrical designs, two are about equal mechanical and electrical. All have systems engineering, plus operations, test, and program support personnel. I'm responsible for all aspects of the technical design and team management, and report directly to the program manager on a $300M project. I have a several intermediate engineers and leads reporting to me. My next project, in about 2 years, will be to manage a full project estimated to be in the $50M range. So in the end, your degree is just a tool. How you wield it, what you do with it, is entirely up to you. |
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