Undergraduate major decision - electrical engineering vs mechanical engineering

tsbna44
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 02:55:12 +0000

If he wants to do ME, he should do ME. I work in automotive - on the sales side. The only engineers I know are mechanical - I believe.

My son is ME at Alabama He interned two summers in a row at an automotive OEM I used to work for.

His colleagues at his internships are also ME amongst other majors including supply chain and data science.

You can look at jobs for Ford, GM, Tesla, whomever - and they will be seeking MEs - but go ahead and look.

Both are fine degrees - but I have no idea who would have stated that related to automotive. Perhaps they are looking at tomorrow and not today - and with batteries, etc. the skillsets match better.

I don’t know - but ME is definitely a solid choice (as I’m sure EE is). As I said, I’m not an expert - but I would be of the belief that for the larger percentage of jobs ME is more applicable.

Do note though - today automotive OEMs don’t manufacture as much but rather assemble - so for example, a vehicle may have parts from 100 suppliers. I imagine that’s why even when my son worked in the plant, he said - it wasn’t really engineering. In fact, I’ve read 75% of engineers don’t “engineer” - but as he said this summer, they want people who think like engineers hence they seek out the engineering students.

Good luck.