Career Paths for Mechanical Engineers

This video explores all the potential career paths that you can take as a mechanical engineer, from aerospace and biomedical engineering to manufacturing, mechatronics, product design, project management and more. Whether you're a student or experienced mechanical engineer, I break down the skills required, companies you can work at, and how easy each role is to enter. Having worked on Sloan's automatic flush valves and Apple's iPhone 15, I know how hard it is to navigate a career in mechanical engineering. If you’re looking to fast-track your career and avoid wasting time on unnecessary skills, this guide will help you find the right path.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:14 Aerospace Engineer
02:50 Biomedical Engineer
04:32 Manufacturing Engineer
08:08 Product Design Engineer
09:41 Test Engineer
10:44 Quality Engineer
12:00 Systems Engineer
13:18 Mechatronics Engineer
14:58 Automotive Engineer
16:21 Project Manager

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[ConRa-eq]

Thank you very much for all these free videos, I have watched 90% of all the videos you have uploaded. I literally have a degree as a mechanical engineer and I am so tired of job searching to get an actual engineering job. Covid fucked up my ability to get an internship, I hope one day I can watch these vids and relate to your experiences,

[demontimepiecess]

Opportunity is largely based on location too, here in the southern US near houston the majority of mechanical engineering jobs are oilfield pipeline FEA related.

[lucaneleger]

i truly appreciate this content, you just made my job search so much easier

[shathan.]

You are one of my favorites ME Youtubers ever, keep up withe ME content, I just graduated with ME and found myself really interested into product design engineering compared to the rest since I’m creative and I pay attention to details plus I love CAD the most out of everything in engineering

[Sarki]

Aerospace & Automotive engineer >>>

[suntrezfletcher]

Thanks for the video & breaking down all the different fields you can go into. It helped me gain understanding about where I may want to work.

[umar]

You never really talk about mechanical design that goes into buildings like HVAC, piping, fire protection which also has mechanical engineers working in this field. I personally work in this sector and would like to transition to product design in the future but I wanted to see some representation lol. Great video btw though.

[sohan]

What about entrepreneurship for mechanical engineers?

[vegan.rex_]

Hey Victor, is it possible to move to wastewater engineering as a mechanical engineer? Like working on the pumps, pipelines, hoses, and the general infrastructure of the plant? or is it more civil?

[ahmednasef]

i’m electrical engineer and interested in mechanical engineering

[Barboy]

One correction / suggestion: Manufacturing engineer should actually be Industrial Engineer. It should be mentioned you can major in Industrial engineering as well.

[AnujSharma-hk]

Can you share some sources please from where we can learn softwares like Ls Dyna, multibody dynamic, computational fluid and thermal, etc with less cost and high quality. Because money problem is something which bothers me always .

[chaitanyapatankar]

Which one pays more ? And have more startup potential

[somelazyguy]

i am in 2nd year of my bachelors in mechanical engineering and i am looking for going in product design engineering, could you suggest some personal projects that i could do as of now that would help me in finding a role related to product design engineering later on when i graduate?

[gh]

So I’m a CS major but wanna switch to mechanical engineering and focus on HVAC any advices

[joywong]

glad to know that don't have to study mechatronic engineering degree to become mechatronic engineer. I am studying mechanical engineer and think of if able to do mechatronic engineering job..

[MonTazzz]

I’m a computational mechanical student, but I’m thinking to change to naval/marine engineering. Is it a worth decision?

[adrianramos]

U guys just need to study EE and stop messing arround...

[Jerin-nw]

mechanical eng is not a good option. please take medical related courses that pays u well and give happiness in life without the fears of others.