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“Math” wise, a math major is qualified for engineering jobs because the most math used at work are trig and calc (my experience-80% and 20% of the time, respectively). Forget about fourier analysis, I’ve never seen it once at work… used to be able to do it at one point, but totally forgot now…</p>
<p>As a math major, the only thing that put you at a disadvantage is whether or not the company is willing to spend more money in teaching you engineering stuff.
For example, the place where I work for sure is not willing to spend time and money training new employees about structural analysis and design, hydraulics, highway design, geotech, etc although we know that you can do the math. There is no incentive for a company when there are lots of civil engineering students that are readily available to do the work with relatively fewer direction compare to math students.</p>