What's the average entry-level engineering job like?

carnelian
Tue, 19 May 2009 17:06:16 +0000

It usually also depends who you work for. If you work for a big, established company (i.e. Michelin, BMW) you probably would work as part of a team. They tend to be more organized and efficient. If you worked for a smaller place, you probably would on a wider range of things (i.e. jump in to fix something when it is broken), but the advangtage of this is that you could learn how to do more.

The best way to get to be part of a team that does a lot of design work is probably to go to a good school, get good grades, and perhaps get an advanced degree (MS). The latter is probably the best way to get a more “advanced” position as a entry-level engineer.