JOB ANALYSIS

Job title: Mechanical Engineers Beginning Salary: $83,590

Skills required:
Creativity
Listening skills
Math skills
Mechanical skills
Problem-solving skills
Education required: Bachelors degree
Experience required: Internships while in schools to gain practical knowledge of
concepts.

Positive Features:
Benefits

Health Care
Life Insurance
Dental Insurance
Retirement Plan
Promotion Opportunities
A Ph.D. is essential for engineering faculty positions in higher education, as well as for some
research and development programs. Mechanical engineers may become administrators or
managers after obtaining the requisite experience.
Other Considerations* (Such as travel, expense accounts, bonuses, working hours,
training programs, etc.)

*Include the job outlook for your career: 5%

Negative Features:
Employee expenses

Work requirements:
Analyze problems to see how mechanical and thermal devices might help solve a
particular problem
Design or redesign mechanical and thermal devices or subsystems, using analysis and
computer-aided design
Develop and test prototypes of devices they design
Analyze the test results and change the design or system as needed
Oversee the manufacturing process for the devices

Other Considerations* :
Many engineers work more than 40 hours a week.