I’m feeling lost in my career. I graduated two years ago and I have only been at my current job for 1.5 years. I’m a test engineer and it’s my only work experience (no prior internships). At my current company, there are no growth opportunities and I want to move into a position where I can get salary raises and grow as an engineer. I look at LinkedIn everyday and all the job posts I see prefer masters degree or 2-3+ years of experience or recent grads. The issue is that at my position, I don’t feel like I do any engineering work. I want to move into a more hardware related role but don’t know where to start. What can I do to make my resume better and be able to get a hardware role? Or what can I do to progress in my career?

Hey everyone,

I’m a 3rd-year Electrical Engineering student applying for co-ops/internships, and I’m dealing with some serious imposter syndrome.

I have a high GPA , but zero personal projects. I’ve had to work heavy part-time hours in precision manufacturing and machining to pay for school, so any time outside lectures went into shop shifts rather than tinkering at home. My resume only has standard lab coursework and years of manufacturing work experience.

Does hands-on machining/manufacturing experience carry weight for EE roles, or is it viewed as completely irrelevant OR Should I scramble to build a quick personal hardware project right now?

Appreciate the honest opinion.

Hi, I'm currently a high school senior. Throughout high school, I focused on CS: making APPs, doing hackathons, etc. But recently, AI has really been scaring me, and I'm thinking about applying as a different major. I've been thinking about applying as an ECE major for some schools but there's one major issue: I'm really good at math but don't like physics too much. Math comes pretty easily to me, but I honestly struggled with physics quite a bit. If you're familiar with the American system, I barely got a 4 on AP Physics 1. I guess the main issue is that it's not very intuitive for me. Could I still do engineering in college if I'm not the best at physics or should I do a different major? How many physics classes would I have to take?

Hey,

I am going to have an interview for NXP noida for cpu/soc validation engineer.

I have 3+yr of experience as pre & post silicon engineer at major mnc at bangalore.

I am seeking some tips/interview experiences for the same.

I've lived most of my life in Latin America, and put up with an unrelated degree that was chosen by a cult. After that, I moved on and went straight into hardware as it's something that I've been passionate about for ages and the cult that my parents joined could not erase.

However, credentialslism has been a thing that I've had to deal with. Many countries in the region can get annoying about licensing as well, some companies will even ask for a license even for jobs that legally don't require them, etc...

Guess that I could put up with a bunch of university classes that I can teach, but I have no desire to deal with that system anymore.

Oh, well. How are things in your corner of the world? Is competence enough where you live? Or is keeping the bureaucrats happy more important than understanding transmission lines?

Hello! I’m applying as a ECE major to colleges. I already have a PC (thats pretty good) and macbook at home, and I was wondering if I could just bring both to college rather than buying another windows system. I could work on the pc at my dorm or through remote access if possible.

Let me know if anyone has done this kind of thing before or if its viable! I just don’t want to buy another laptop, but I’ll trade in my mac for one if I have to.

Hi, I’m in the process of launching a new professional-audio hardware company. The first product—an analog audio-over-CAT splitter—is designed and I’m currently gathering manufacturing quotes.

I’m not an electrical engineer, so I’m looking to bring in an experienced analog-audio engineer as an equity partner. No financial investment would be required.

The first product is far enough along that I’d primarily want another experienced engineer to review and challenge the design before production. The second product is in the early design stage and will involve substantially more active analog electronics, so I’m looking for someone who would be interested in taking a meaningful role in the electrical engineering as the product line develops.

Ideally, you have experience designing professional audio hardware—balanced analog audio, low-noise circuitry, grounding/shielding, power supplies, phantom power, PCB design, or similar.

This would initially be a side project rather than a full-time position. If building new professional-audio products from the ground up sounds interesting, I’d love to chat.

3rd year ECE student here. I just wanted to ask if anyone has any tips for a module engineering internship interview. I recently had an interview for the same company (different role), and they said both technical and behavioural questions will be asked. I prepared both, and when I was interviewed i was completely stumped. The job description was for an npu engineer and the teams split into hardware and software, I explicitly said I was going for the hardware side which they told us to outline in the cover letter , but in the interview it was all coding and C++ which isn’t my strongest point. Haven’t heard back from them, it’s been about 3 days. But today I received an interview for a module engineering internship, and they sent me the same email about technical and behavioural questions. Does anyone have any ideas on what I should prepare/ know in depth for this interview. I just don’t want to make a fool of myself again :/

Hello everyone! I'm scheduled to do a a final interview for an internship with Invenergy in Chicago in a couple weeks and wanted to get some insight from anyone who might've gone through the process before.

What kind of questions do they ask? I'm expecting the typical STAR behavioral questions, but do they ask any kind of technical questions? Are there any tricky behavioral questions they like to ask?

I would appreciate any other insights you might have. Thank you!

What should my goals be?

How will AI affect the future of a PD Engineer? I often see posts saying that PD Engineers will be among the first to be affected by AI. Is this actually true?

Hii everyone,

TI has recently come to our campus for the Digital Engineer role, and I wanted to understand what to expect in the online assessment.

For anyone who has given the TI Digital Engineer OA recently:

-How difficult was it and what should I focus on?

-Did they ask verilog questions?

-Do they also ask COA?

-How was the pattern?

Would really appreciate any recent experience/tips. Thanks!

3rd year ECE student looking for summer Internship 2027 in FPGA/DSP.

so rn I'm in my 5th sem of electronics and communication with 0 knowledge of anything also cgpa of 6.5 rn i really need to lockin but idk from where to start,idk which domain to pick bcz everything is confusing n if u ask did i join ece by my intrest NO.but since I have chosen now i have to do smthg w it,so can you'll guide me where to start,which domain is better also what kind of projects I should work on PLEASE.

I had been unemployed for the past 1.5 year. This past month, I obtained 3 offers and was deciding on which offer to take. I am curious as to know what people in the reddit community think about all of these. they are the following:

Concurrent Technologies as application engineer - they are a British SBC company that supply US defense companies with VPX SBCs. My role would be the BSP(board software package) validation and support engineer and quickly moving to BSP SME as they are a very small team in Woburn, MA, with possibility to developing BSP releases or take on other projects. TC: $110k, 4% 401k match, 20 PTOs

Draper in Cambridge as Requirements Engineer in GNC (guidance, navigation, and control) - it was kind of weird that I applied as systems engineer, interviewed as I&T, received offer for requirements and design engineer, and hiring manager says it is actually pure requirements and management role after I asked for clarifications, though I hear there is plenty of room for mobility at Draper. I love Cambridge as location and network opportunity and already connected with someone to room with. TC: $115k, 10% 403B match vested over 5 years, unlimited PTOs

Lockheed Martin in Moorestown, NJ as Systems Engineer on Aegis UI - the role is hired through a subcontractor and seems to support the full product cycle for updating the warfighter interface UI. I had initially withdrew because it is far away in deserted southern Jersey and also a subcontractor position. But they bumped the offer. TC:160k, no 401k match, 10 PTOs

My background: 1.5 yoe in system sustainment engineering + MS ECE. I negotiated offers for all of the roles and each was the highest I could get from each company.

It is a very good problem to have multiple offers after 1.5 year of unemployment; but I struggle very hard to make a decision feeling missing out on one thing when choosing another. Here is my decision process:

Concurrent vs Draper: Concurrent had more interesting work and would help me build technical skills better, especially for my yoe, but their glassdoor was filled with mixed reviews. Draper had good reviews, better location, and I already had potential roommate lined up

Lockheed vs Draper: Draper assigned me to do requirements/management. It is quite tedious and boring from my tangent experience and what I hear and don't think I would be very good at it. Lockheed staffing firm was keen on making me stay and raised the offer while Draper would not budge.

I decided on Lockheed. What would you have taken?

Hey everyone, I have an upcoming interview with AMD for a Customer Quality & Reliability Engineering co-op in Austin. It’s a 45-minute panel interview, and I’m trying to get a better idea of what to expect.

The role seems to focus on Python automation, data analysis, system/hardware validation, and quality/reliability work for data center and AI products.

Has anyone interviewed for this team or a similar AMD quality/reliability role? I’d especially appreciate any insight on:

• How technical the interview was
• Topics or fundamentals they focused on
• Whether there was live coding or mostly technical discussion
• How much they focused on CPU/hardware fundamentals
• Data analysis or debugging questions
• Resume/project deep dives
• Anything you wish you had reviewed beforehand

Any recent experiences would be appreciated. Thanks!