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Mechanical Engineer

ARIANA SMITH
LOVEJOY HIGH SCHOOL- 1ST PERIOD
JANUARY 29, 2016

Table of Contents

1. Title page
2. Table of contents

3. Job Description
4. Work Environment

5. Job Duties
6. Requirements
7. Skills Needed
8. Job Outlook

9. Salary
10. Personal Career Profile

11. Job Sites
12. Source of Information

Job Description

 Provide efficient solutions to the development of processes and products,
ranging from small component designs to extremely large plant,
machinery or vehicles.

Work Environment

 They hold over 243,000 jobs in a wide range of industries, such as
manufacturing industries, research and development, the federal
government, and engineering services.

 They usually work in offices, but sometimes need to visit worksites to solve
equipment- related issues.

Job Duties

 Analyze problems to see how mechanical and thermal devices might help
solve the problem

 Design or redesign mechanical and thermal devices using analysis and
computer-aided design

 Improve and test prototypes they design
 Examine the test results and change the design as needed
 Supervise the manufacturing process for the device

Requirements

 Have at least a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering
 Have professional engineering license

Skills Needed

 Excellent communication and presentation skills
 Good problem solving skills
 Excellent technical skills
 Good team working skills
 Ability to manage projects
 Budgeting skills
 And many more..

Job Outlook

 Stable with an estimated 18% growth rate Georgia
 209 estimated annual job openings [state-wide]

Arizona  Stable with an
[state-wide] estimated 11%
growth rate

 175 estimated annual
job openings

Salary

 As of January 29, 2016, the median is $81,000

Personal Career Profile

High school program of study Postsecondary Options Paid & Volunteer Work
Experience
 CTAE Pathway classes: AFJROTC and  Georgia Tech
Business Communications  Chick-Fil-A (October 2105-
o North Ave NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 Present)
 Calculus (help me become a o (404) 894-2000
mechanical engineer)  Community Service in
 Georgia Southern University AFJROTC and in my
mentoring program with
o 1332 Southern Dr, Statesboro, GA Delta Theta Sigma.
30458

o (912) 478-4636

 Tuskegee University

o 1200 W Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee,
AL 36088

o (334) 727-8011

Job Sites

 NASA
 Google
 Apple
 Microsoft
 Ford Motor Company
 Walt Disney Company
 Lockheed Martin Corporation
 And many more..

Conclusion

 The career I choose to do after high school is mechanical engineering. I
have to obtain a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering first. I will
do that by going to Georgia Southern under the major mechanical
engineering. After obtaining that degree, I want to land a job at Google
or either Apple. Once I stay working for one of those companies for a
while, I want to potentially own a company that can be as big as those
one day.

References

 http://www.prospects.ac.uk/mechanical_engineer_job_description.htm
 http://study.com/mechanical_engineer.html
 http://www.indeed.com/salary/Mechanical-Engineer.html
 http://www.careerprofiles.info/mechanical-engineer-career.html
 https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/mechanicalengineer.aspx
 https://www.gacollege411.org/Career_Planning/Career_Profile/Career_Profile.aspx?id=mu1AXAP2FPAXUz7kSOf

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 http://engineeringcareercoach.com/2013/10/16/top-mechanical-engineering-companies-work/
 http://www.truity.com/career-profile/mechanical-engineer