How can a BSEET grad get a real engineering job?

Navyfc
Mon, 30 Dec 2013 00:34:11 +0000

BSEET here

I was in the navy as well as a FC. I got my BSEET 1 year after I got out from a state school. I xfered in all my FC credits and the classes I took part time. I was hired as a test engineer with the intentions that I would be finishing up my BSEET degree. As it was suggested by others here moving into an engineering position is very hard with a BSEET degree. However I made the move a few years ago. 2 things that got me there.


I asked the engineers what was required to do the job.
Any classes that would help out.


Long story short after graduating I took Calc 2/Diff equations and circuit analysis class, and 2 years later I was brought on as a staff engineer. I doubt this can happen coming from the outside, but it does happen We actually have bought on a few. They all came from ET programs that stress the math with the theory. Anyways having a military background with the fundamentals behind you can take you a long way with the right opportunity. When I hit the job market to see what was out here I got the same funny stares, but when I talked about what I was doing at work and how I was doing it I actually got some offers.