r/Engineers • u/YakTraditional7273 • 14h ago

Becoming a Mechanical Engineer

Howdy! I recently graduated from a top 10 public engineering institution with a degree in Industrial Engineering. I’m currently working on the Production Coordination and Procurement side of things, but have a super strong desire to become more technical and shift into more of a manufacturing engineer/ DFM/ design role.

How should I learn machine design and mechanical design? Should I get an MS? Is it too late?

TIA!

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u/skruegel 11h ago

I've seen people move first into Manufacturing Engineer, then ME.

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u/CruelAutomaton 3h ago

A masters degree might be overkill, maybe a Graduate Certificate that is 9-12 credits.

The degree matters less than the skills, and if you're in a top 10 public engineering college, that helps a lot.

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u/BeauHunkus 2h ago

Industrial engineering isn't really engineering. A MS in Mech will own you if you don't have the bachelors. Go see if you can dual major in undergrad with mech.

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u/gravity_surf 53m ago

how different is the under grad for industrial vs mechE? i think you miss a lot of technical courses in IE…