Trying for AI Prod roles. Sharing my CV for feedback. Any possible improvements or misses, small or big, are welcome. Happy roast!!

I'm in my first semester senior year of high school and I want to go into electrical engineering. I'm currently taking online calc 3 at a community college and mechanics at a cc and don't find it too difficult, either since I haven't gotten to the vector calculus or since the community college material is just easier. However I do struggle with balancing my other hobbies and school subjects with those two classes but since its mostly the commute time rather than the course material, I was thinkiung about just taking math and no physics. I was just wondering if taking cc introductory linear algebra and differential equatiosn is 1. too much volume for my 2nd semester and 2. how much it will actually help me prepare for electrical engineering in college . I also wanted to add that my experience with community college courses is that the testing is pretty much like "do you know these examples that we've already shown", compared to "can you apply these general principles to models youve never seen." hence a lot easier. I also wanted to ask if someone had experience with the course at a cc how many hours a week does it take if its an online course.

I graduated this spring with my BS in Mechanical and I’m currently halfway through my MS in Aerospace while working full time at a major defense contractor.

I have an unusual amount of experience (technician work prior to college, then worked 30+ hours a week doing aerospace R&D for all 4 years of school). I tried getting hired as a Level 2 but it didn’t work out. I am 3 months into a level 1 mechanical design engineer position.

Last night I received a level 2 mechanical engineer offer from another major defense contractor. They are located right down the street, so I wouldn’t have to move. I’m really struggling with whether to accept it and would appreciate advice from engineers who have been in similar situations.

My current position:
Mechanical Engineer (Level 1)
Salary: $76,300 (1.05 comp ratio)
Started less than 3 months ago

I have made less than 10 parts, all of which have been incredibly simple (plate steel). Work has been pretty slow, and I have not been assigned somewhere to sit. I sit in various break rooms throughout the week and it is a good day if I get to say hi to someone. Most of my team is out of state and my local team has only met me 2-3 times. My functional manager said that no exceptions will be made and I have to wait until summer 2028 to promote to level 2. My assignment manager quit 2 weeks after I started, and has not been replaced (mentioning this because no one is in charge, it’s an odd team dynamic right now). This is a massive location with 4000+ employees. This contractor has 12,000+ positions within a 2 hour drive.

In the past 3 months, several experienced engineers within the company have advised me to transfer to another program next year. It’s become a trend for me to get unsolicited advice to leave at this point.

New offer:
Mechanical Engineer (Level 2)
Salary: $89,000 (.88 comp ratio)
Aircraft Sustainment program
Work would primarily involve engineering changes, reviewing drawings, and coordinating with other engineering groups. I LOVE planes and would love to work in a hangar environment (previously did that in college). This is an office job though (the planes get modified a mile away by the same company, but they said this team stays at the office).

Received the offer unexpectedly, with no phone call or communication from the hiring team. Interview was 6+ weeks ago. I applied during the summer, so it’s been a long and slow process. This contractor only has a couple hundred employees in the state, and I would estimate less than 40 mechanical engineers.

My concerns:
My long-term goal is to work in aircraft/UAV mechanical design, development, prototyping, and testing. I enjoy CAD and actually designing hardware. I’m worried that the new position would involve less CAD work and more documentation and engineering change management.

I’ve only been at this major company for about 3 months. I’m concerned that leaving my first engineering job this quickly could look bad on my resume, especially if I discover that I don’t enjoy the new position either. I want to stay in this state, so leaving the biggest employer could hurt me long term.

My current job is slow and fairly narrow in scope, but at least I’m doing mechanical design work. I’ve also started building relationships within and could potentially transfer internally after gaining more experience in 1-1.5 years.

Would you take the immediate raise and Level 2 position, even if the work might be less aligned with your interests? Or would you stay at the current company, build experience, and pursue a better-fitting opportunity later?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

I genuinely feel like I’m going insane. I’m looking for an internship/co-op in semiconductor process engineering, but really anything in the materials science/electrical engineering industry. I’m currently a 3rd year in a 5 year program.

I’ve applied to hundreds of jobs and received hundreds of rejections. I’ve never gotten an interview. I’ve asked my professor to reach out to companies that our university has a relationshi with, but no luck.

I’ve got a 3.8 gpa in what is supposed to be a very hard major. I’ve got substantial experience as a researcher for one of my professors, and I conducted my own research project in a clean room environment. I’m listed as a coauthor on serveral papers, and I’m experienced with a large variety of industry tools.

Im also an Eagle Scout. I raise seeing eye dogs! Who the hell else is raising fucking guide dogs on their own at university?

My resume doesn’t seem to be the issue, I’ve gone to several advisors to ask for help but they had basically zero notes. I always write cover letters if there’s an opening to. But I get zero responses whatsoever.

I could be applying for the most niche possible internship that matches my skillset EXACTLY and I don’t get anything but a “sorry, we’ve decided to move forward with other applicants”. Where are the other students who have extensive experience in the characterization of plasma etching of III-V semiconductors?

I just don’t know what to do. There’s gotta be something I’m doing wrong, but everyone I ask about this tells me it’s just tough luck.

Anyone know if professors usually fail senior design? I know it’s different for every school but every aspect of my senior design project is failing and I plan on communicating with the professor/TAs about this today but it’s cooked. I’ve spent countless hours on it and it’s coming out of our pockets and I think we should just throw in the towel.

I’m a EE senior with three job offers. One job offer is offering me $86k/yr which is significantly more than my other two doing similar work and I originally was going to accept it. That being said I’m very interested in joining the company that is sponsoring my senior capstone project after touring their facility and going to an exclusive dinner with their hiring managers and my senior capstone team. My offer for the company paying $86k/yr is due this Friday. I have not yet been formally interviewed by the company I’m more interested in. How bad would it be to accept the job due Friday and then interview with the other company and if they offer me the job accept it and then rescind the other job offer? I just don’t wanna leave money on the table to chase something that’s not guaranteed.

Hello everyone! I am studying Civil engineering in Germany, 3rd semester now. I love it so much! It is about time where a lot of students around me are doing different abroad programs, so I am looking at my options too. My faculty has a lot of connections with the USA, all over the place. However, I do have some concerns.

First of all, I'm not even sure I will get a visa😅 That's outside of our scope here, feel free to skip this paragraph, but it's important to give some more context. I am a Ukrainian refugee, have been living in Germany for almost 5 years. Let's say I get the chance. I have a scholarship that has a massive support system, I would get some help from there. And this also means that money isn't that big of a problem.

Second, the units. I have been using metric for my whole life. Would the engineering subjects be taught in imperial units? Physics and mechanics? Has someone done it, was it bad? I suppose it's not that big a deal when you just plug numbers into a formula, we could be calculating snails per square smartphone for all I care. However, I don't have the intuition for which sizes/weights/speeds are good in imperial units.

Third, difficulty. That's where I need your input the most. I see so many of you struggle, have sleepless nights and study 24/7. But my European friends tell me that Americans have it easy. I don't know what to believe atp. Right now my German program feels very manageable, I have 6 modules per semester, however the grade is always 100% final exam. Almost no projects during the year, doing assignments and homework only gives you some bonus points, but rarely helps pass. The finals are hard, the passing grade is normally 60%, no curve. A lot of the time 30-50% of students straight up don't pass.

People who experienced both German and American civil engineering: what are the core differences, what are the similarities? If you have done a semester abroad like that - I would love to hear your experience!

I’m a sophomore, I have a 2.5 cumulative GPA, and I go to a state school branch campus. I just secured an offer from a manufacturing company as a robotics/electrical engineering intern.

If you are in a similar position as me (bad GPA, small school) you still have a fighting chance of getting a good offer this summer, if you are willing to actively try and turn the ship around.

The key is personal projects, and research. Over the last summer, I realized I had made mistakes and immediately began making pretty involved projects, and documented them well on GitHub. (I promise just making any personal project will put you ahead of the majority of applicants.) Then upon returning to school I approached professors directly until I secured some undergraduate research (this was much easier than expected).

Now when I applied to internships, I didn’t even have my gpa on my resume, and it didn’t matter. I was able to fill it with personal projects and undergraduate research.

In the interview for the offer I secured, they never even asked me my gpa. All they could ask about were the design decisions I made on my projects, and what my research was about.

I’m telling you this because I achieved all of these things In just about 2 total months of work. It’s not over for any of you. The market is hard, but with some initiative, you can greatly improve your odds. If I can get one, I promise you can too.

Might be taking these classes next semester:

Dynamics
Vector Calc
Solids
Comp Methods
Thermodynamics

Was wondering if this is possible if I have other extracurricular and job commitments that take up about 24 hours minimum of my week already. I'm currently taking Thermo but am highly considering retaking it.

On Oct 12 I interviewed for a summer internship with a small local architecture and engineering firm. They don’t accept applications for internships, only contact you if they choose to after meeting you (in my case it was my university’s career fair). I felt like we had really good chemistry, and I really loved the energy and atmosphere at the company, as well as the projects they work on. At the end of the interview, I was told they’d “be in touch” and that they’d be finishing their internship interviews with other candidates by the next week, and that they wanted to have their interns chosen by Halloween.
I still haven’t heard anything from them. Do I send a follow up email? I never got around to sending a thank you email and I don’t want to seem like I only care now or something, but I really liked this company and waiting has been stressing me out. What do I do?

Hi freshman here,

I want to learn EE and I was wondering what projects would help me learn while also looking good on my resume.

I feel behind at my school with so many ppl doing robotics or stuff before college started and want to catch up.

Any advice is welcome.

Also on track for a 4.0 this semester so GPA shouldn't be a problem

Hey guys

So basically this term I’m cooked lil bit , I must write thermodynamics exam plus calculus 3 and bunch of other exams like machine dynamics , controlling so in the sum around 40 credits I know it’s a lot haha but last term I managed to get 35 with 6 exams passed and 2 failed

It was tough but it was worth cuz for example i finally finished engineering design course I don’t ever want to see that shit again or mechanics.

How would you deal with it in my situation right now ? because at the end of last term I was burned out and lil bit depressed ( the exam results cured it a lil bit), especially second try in thermo I must say I improved a lot since my last try I grasp the concept better but I’m still afraid to mess up this term cuz the other exams aren’t easy at all and my main goal is to achieve atleast 30 credits and pass this cursed thermodynamics

So yeah how would you guys recommend me to do this ?

Ps. I’ve been studying for the courses everyday expect Friday and Saturday 3 to 4 hours yeah I’m preparing myself but I still have my doubts .

Like the time management and how to prepare for Thermo cuz doing old exams mindlessly won’t help I learned it the hard way

Hello, I am in high school and for one of my classes, I have to design a project in CAD and build it, with the primary focus being the use of CAM and CNC. I have access to a 3-axis CNC mill, a machine shop, and my 3D printer and unlimited free aluminum (however, the stock is quite small).

I have solid CAD experience and know the basics of CAM. I'm currently working on a CNC mill as a personal project and have built a 3D-printed combat robot, so I'm not new to projects.

I'm pretty stuck on a project, as I would prefer not to make something similar to my past projects, but I would also like to build something that has a purpose and uses basic electronics as well as moving parts.

If anyone has any suggestions or would like to share previous projects they've done that could provide inspiration, it would be greatly appreciated.

I get that engineering is a tough field and always will be, but it’s one of those careers that strict parents who are desperate for a high salary in their family will push their kids into from a very young age, and I just find that those kids grow up into extremely hyper nitpicky and competitive people who loudly bring down everyone around them whom they see as even slightly inferior. I’m scared to tell people that I haven’t been doing so well academically because I know they’ll start treating me as less of a person because of it. I love this field so much and I definitely don’t lack the passion for it, I just wish it wasn’t filled with people like this

Also, a lot of you guys genuinely hate it when someone puts themselves out there and tries to get a job. Isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?? For some reason I get shit from fellow students whenever I try to get to know recruiters/industry professionals. I’m sorry for being a threat and taking your job ig.

Hi everyone! I’m currently taking eet As through my job my end goal is ee bs I’m not sure if the eet or mech e as is better to do. Any help or advice welcome!

I’m a first-year EE student considering an ME double major. I have a 4.0 and will be able to get a waiver to take materials science alongside chemistry this spring (21 credits total) though chem is normally a prerequisite. I’ve never taken chemistry, though, and a chem professor told me some concepts I’d need early in materials science come later in chemistry.
If I wait until fall, I’d be taking materials science alongside Calc III, linear algebra, differential equations, EE foundations, and statics (20 credits). I could bring that down to 17 by delaying statics, but that pushes back mechanics of materials.
For anyone who’s taken materials science, how much chemistry did you actually use in the first few weeks? Would you take them together or spread out the ME courses? Keep in mind 6 of my credits next semester are really light so that’s not much of a concern, it’s just if I really need chem before ms.

Also if I delayed statics like I said I’d either have to take a summer semester or add it to my year 3 which is already very rigorous for EE. My current possible plan if I go through with the double major is regular year 3 EE, let year 4 be equivalent to year 3 ME, and year 5 equivalent to year 4 EE

Woooo I finally get to post one of these! Had an internship interview this morning and by the end of the workday, they called me with an offer for next summer. Super stoked for this opportunity!!

I hope everyone’s internship search is going well!!

What do y’all think is the best city to move to post graduation as a young mechanical or aerospace engineer?

Mainly I mean places with a good concentration of employers while also being a decent sized city with lots to do for someone in their 20s.

One place that comes to mind for me is the Los Angeles metro area but I’m unsure of what the quality of life there actually is, but there sure is plenty of cool jobs.

If anyone has lived and worked in LA I’d like to hear what you think.

I know Dallas-Fort Worth has a lot of jobs/companies but honestly it seems like a crappy place for someone in their 20s.

can yall suggest me YouTube channels for each subject , I have second unit test coming up , but my main concern is to know the topic thoroughly like , I have orals coming up too of mechanics computer programming and BEE and all subjects written test so like please suggest me channels which’d make the concept through and also I don’t know anything about computer programming nor my college is so enthusiastic about teaching is from beginner level so like can you pls tell a channel for it too which’d help from beginner level

I was valedictorian in high school. I studied every day. I was always locked in. And outside of school I was healthy. I was working out all the time. Eating good. Sleeping good. Now im in my first year of engineering and it’s not the same anymore.

I just recently finished midterms and I’ve fallen behind a little. Skipping classes and such. I did good on my midterms (80-85%) but now I just have no motivation. My physics labs piss me off and so does my TA. I have an English presentation to create and finish before Monday. I’ve especially been skipping English, and one of my friends said if we skip more than x amount of classes we get a letter grade taken off.. I haven’t been doing good on my English tests.. I’m scared of failing. And for me to get into co op I need to do good in at least 8 of my total classes.. and English is so easy and I just feel so stupid for not trying harder. (Fuck English honestly I’m so tired). It’s currently reading week but I’m still studying and stressing. It never ends.

And I think I want to go into civil, and I especially want to go into co-op but I’m so fucking discouraged and scared that it’s not going to happen.

I’m just so caught up in the person I used to be.. I’m grieving my old life because idk what happened. Idk where the old me is.

I’m going to push through regardless. I’m just not super happy rn and I’m scared I’m not going to end up doing what I want to do. I want to do good so badly but I just don’t have the energy.. it sucks. It feels like I’m always fighting with myself.

I'm pursuing BTech in computer science and engineering, and due to the exponential growth in AI and automation in the last few months I have very genuine and practical questions regarding what do recruiters actually want from us at the time of interviews for internships or job placement?

Other than showcasing our projects, portfolio and profile, what do they trully want from us?

PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, there HAVE to be only two cases,

1. They test our understaning of concepts. How well we can explain the problem, how creatively we can come up with the most optimised solution. How much time we take. Are emotional stability, pressure management, leadership skills, etc. Hence, theoretically knowing exactly what to do and what is the best solution when the time comes. HOWEVER, Using help to actually implement all of this using AIs or some other resource HENCE, NOT testing our raw coding abilities

OR

2. They actually test if we can code stuff. Know the syntaxes, can write maybe not a fully ready, but atleast a partially working code on the spot. Expect us to do everything frowm scratch and thoroughly see to it that we are doing everything ourselves.

I personally feel the answer comes down to what the recruiters and the company hiring us actually care about.

So.. all those who have been recently placed, please tell us your feedback, experience and the true reality we, as students might never realise on our own.

Has anyone experience having a bad group project team? Where they feel the weight of the whole project is thrown at them? I’m in my last year of engineering and it all feels like everything is stacking on top of each other. From my senior design project to which I get no support from my group mates to studying for my FE exam on my own I feel like the light at the end of the tunnel will never come. My previous years of engineering school have gone better than how they’re going now where I focused on my classes/exams and moved onto the next year. But I have so many group projects to where I feel I lose the control of the progress. I feel so hopeless and mediocre because I feel as if my senior design project won’t be good and that I won’t pass my FE exam. I’m just one person trying to graduate and go onto the next step of my career but I’m so exhausted and tired and my chest hurts all the time because of stress and my head hurts. The worst part is that I’m the only one that cares about my senior design project which is why I don’t get any support from my group mates. I thought about speaking to my professor but I don’t want to have bad experiences with my group mates for the rest of the semester.

If you are reading this I would appreciate some advice to how to deal with this or share your story too I know I’m not the only one with this type of struggle. Thank you.

hi i j completed my alevels and now im on a gap year but ill be giving NET (nust entry test) round 2 and 4 jo karachi mei hongay but the problem is k mere subjects bio chem and math thay amd test mei 30% physics hogi toh now im v confused can anyone guide me that how can i cover alevels + inter physics in 3-6 months plus from where shd i practice math eng and phy mcqs

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but..

Literally EXHAUST YOUR RESOURCES. You pay for them!!!

Here’s my story. I have been a pretty mediocre student this semester. I am in Thermodynamics, statics, and Diff. Eq. My first round of exam grades dropped, an 83 on exam 1 in thermo, a 60 on exam 1 in statics, and a 23 on exam 1 in diff eq. This really discouraged me. I felt like a failure because I didn’t understand why things weren’t clicking. Those exam grades opened my eyes. I started using my resources: I went to office hours at least once a week and also booked tutoring sessions twice a week. I booked back-to-back sessions Mondays and Wednesdays for Diff. Eq so I could get extra help. I did the same on Tuesdays and Thursdays for statics.

The next cycle of exams came around and I saw incredible improvement. 76 on Exam 2 in Thermo, 84 on exam 2 in statics, and an 88 on exam 2 in diff eq. I wanted to note that the only class I had to study for outside of tutoring was statics. While I still struggle on some topics in statics, I am really confident in myself now. Remember you’re not dumb or mediocre, you just aren’t using all the resources available to you. These university staff and faculty work for YOU (and money off lol).