Advanced Manufacturing Engineers

Starting Out

It’s a good idea to begin looking for a job while still in college. Use the resources of your college’s career services office, attend employment fairs, build your personal and professional network to obtain job leads, become an active student member of professional engineering and advanced manufacturing associations, try to find a mentor (who can steer you toward career opportunities), and participate in internship and cooperative education opportunities (they provide a good experience and promising interns and co-op participants often receive full-time job offers). Apprentices often receive job offers from the company that employed them as apprentices.

New graduates and experienced engineers can obtain job leads by attending job fairs and networking events, working with recruiters, using the resources of professional associations (including job boards, mentor programs, and networking groups), and researching job opportunities on the career pages of company Web sites.