Electrical engineering job outlook and salary question?
which specific area of electrical engineering helps me earn more salary...the categories being..comntrol, asic, embedded, hardware, RF...etc....... for an entry level EE but with a masters degree?.....which state has the highest job opportunity? thanks
Best type of engineering?
Aerospace, in my opinion. Its a fast growing field with lots of opportunity, not to mention that its extremely interesting! Salaries are not too bad either, I've been looking through some of the adverts for positions in the aerospace field and they have quite attractive wages. I'm an aerospace student btw :)
Any civil engineers have tips on finding an entry level job?
As an Industrial Engineer, my first 2 job offers out of college with no experience were as a Civil Engineer and Mechanical Engineer. But it was not easy. I graduated in 2011. By the time I graduated, I had zero experience and had already applied to over 500 jobs easy. After 2 months, I got offered those jobs I mentioned above. I took the Mech Eng. position. Keep in mind that us engineers pretty much share 70% of the coursework and classes. You can go ahead and apply to work as other types of engineers. In my 2.5 years since graduation, I worked as a project manager, industrial engineer, mechanical engineer, electrical engineer, structural engineer, chemical/safety engineer, process engineer, manufacturing engineer and product development engineer. They keep throwing me all over the place and adding roles and responsibilities and job titles to my name, but the experience is great. For the Civil Engineering role, I applied for jobs with the Department of Transportation. (For example: PennDOT if you live in PA.). They have many roles for entry level "civil engineering" and "civil engineering trainee." The trainee position is a 1 year program where you only get paid about $40,000/yr. After that 1 year passes, you get hired as a Civil Engineer and you lose the trainee position. At that time, your salary goes up to $50,000. And then they "usually" require you to get your PE license within 3-5 years. Civil Engineering is really the only degree that pretty much requires an EIT and PE to get a job while other engineers can get away with never taking those exams to find jobs. To get a PE, you need 4 years of relevant experience. To keep the PE, you need to constantly take classes to earn CEU's and recertify your PE license each year. After applying with my State's DOT, they set me up with one of their consultants who does many highway construction jobs for the state. It was a well known large company in my area called Penoni Associates, who bids for contracts on projects for the State. Don't give up. Keep trying. Good Luck.
How much do engineers get paid?
Paid is completely dependent on what the market need, living wage around that area, professional licenses that you earned, your personality, and how high is your GPA. Any engineers can be well off. Chemical engineers working for petroleum company make tons of money, environmental engineers working for fed/state are extremely well off (might not get paid as much as petroleum career but they don't have to work as hard), mechanical and electronic engineers working for airline company or military contract, etc... As a chemical engineer I can work in south CA and get $60k a year out of school and still consider poor ($1500 a month apartment, high taxes, etc). Where as if I work in NM and get paid $45k a year and be fairly well off ($700 a month for a nice apartment, low taxes). While money is a legitimate motivation for working in engineer, don't be surprise if your peers dislike you. Many engineers out there, including myself, doing it because that's what we good at or it is what we want to do; the paid is just a bonus.
What are the highest paying IT skills in the United States for an entry level software engineer?
Software engineering, getting into then graduating from a well-regarded Computer Science department, and packing boxes.Software engineers making products which can be resold to many customers generate more value and are therefore paid better than IT workers doing cost-center activities like maintaining internal software used by non-tech companies.Thinking logically, writing loops which terminate, handling edge conditions, and choosing appropriate data structures are the specific engineering skills which have been hot for decades.Graduating from a well-regarded college gets you interviews at companies with far more applicants than positions that must filter based on arbitrary criteria like school. Attending such a college also makes selection as an intern more likely which leads to post-graduation jobs. If you failed to do that, you can work your way up to a senior engineering position independently handling moderately complex projects at less popular companies then take those skills to large growing public corporations regardless of where your degree came from or if you graduated.Packing boxes enables moving to Silicon Valley where companies grossing $3M per engineer compete among themselves with that money for software engineers.
How does one actually get a high-paying job?
There are different ways to a high-paying job. Here’s one path.Get trained in a high-paying field. For example, software engineering. You’ll need both practical (coding, software engineering) and theoretical knowledge. Graduating from a top program with a high GPA and some research or advanced project experience will help land an interview at the right companies.Get a job at a top company in that field. At Google recent BS/MS graduates start at SWE II (about $145k according to Glassdoor) and recent PhD grads start at SWE III (about $200k). Other top tech companies have similar compensation.Get promoted. The next level after SWE III is Senior SWE which clocks in at an average of $250k.Go into management. At most companies compensation will cap out for individual contributors. Google is a bit of an oddball in this regard. Individual contributor roles go all the way to the top (senior fellow is equivalent to SVP). However, many of the engineers above Senior SWE have reports. The next level on the engineering ladder is Staff SWE which is listed at $350k. Senior Staff SWE is $525k. At this point you’d be in the top 1% of earners.Make it to the top. There are four levels beyond Senior Staff. Salary data for these levels is scant, however it is likely that many of these positions are compensated at $1M or more. The highest paid positions at Google clock in at $40M-$130M.Progressing through each of these steps involves a considerable amount of time, energy and accomplishment. Those who like the work tend to better endure the effort. So when picking a lucrative field make sure it’s also something you enjoy.A majority of the people at each step won’t move on to the next. (The exception being from 2–3. Most people will progress to senior levels over time.) In 2015 only 134 Americans made over $50 million from their jobs. You have to have a lot of things going for you to make it that far.There are some “shortcuts.” E.g. founding a successful startup or freelancing can have greater returns, albeit with a greater risk of a much smaller payout (or in some cases a financial loss). These paths are still a lot of work but they can accelerate income growth. They also have a much higher upside.
How do you get an entry level job/internship in Electrical Engineering after college?
You have several options: 1. Send out your resume with internship and/or entry level expectations. 2. If you find that your work experiences don't stack up you may want to go back to school for an MBA or an MSEE. This will give you an edge against other entry level candidates. 3. There is an exam called the FE (Fundamentals of Engineering). If you take this and pass you can then take the PE (Professional Engineering) exam and this will add value to your resume. Any of the above choices are do-able. The key is getting the interview, taylor your resume to each company by targeting specific engineering departments. Once you get an interview then you sell yourself and no resume is needed.