Mechanical Engineering offers a huge variety of work opportunities. In the past 15 years, technical companies have hired a greater percentage of mechanical engineering graduates over any other engineering discipline. Nearly every company that produces any sort of product employs mechanical engineers as their training overlaps into all other engineering discipline. In addition to technical opportunities, mechanical engineers are often hired for management positions in a variety of companies not limited to engineering firms.
Here are just some of the fields you might work in as a mechanical engineer:
- Acoustics
- Aeronautical
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Biomedical
- Energy Mechanics
- Engineering Consulting
- Fluid Mechanics
- Heat Transfer and Thermofluids
- Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
- Industrial Processes and Manufacturing
- Industrial Robotics and Control
- Mechanical Research
- Micro Robotics
- Military Technology
- Nuclear Power
- Power Generation
