CAREERS & MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING MAJORS

Click to download Major Paths, which includes representative internships, study abroad opportunities, jobs, fellowships, and graduate programs that other Princeton students majoring in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering have chosen.

Employment Pursuits of Recent MAE Majors*

• Analyst - Cental Intelligence Agency, Langley, VA
• Engineer - The Boeing Company, El Segundo, CA
• Testing Engineer - Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, WA
• Vehicle Design Engineer - Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI
• Analyst - Merrill Lynch, Hong Kong
• Associate Product Engineer - General Motors, Pontiac, MI
• Teacher - Teach for America, New Orleans, LA
• IT Consultant - PricewaterhouseCoopers, Atlanta, GA
• Process Engineer - Procter & Gamble, Hunt Valley, MD
• Engineer - Central Intelligence Agency, Reston, VA
• Biomedical Engineer - National Science Foundation, Alexandria, Egypt
• Engineer - Boeing, Philadelphia, PA
• Assistant Fencing Coach - Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
• Scientist - Scitec, Princeton, NJ
• Analyst - Goldman, Sachs & Company, New York, NY
• Production - McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ
• Affiliated Middle School (Princeton in Asia), Guangzhou, China
• Analyst - Navigant Consulting, Washington, DC
• Research Associate - Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA

* These are actual jobs new graduates accepted.

Selected Resources in the Career Services Library

• Advice to Rocket Scientists: A Career Survival Guide for Scientists & Engineers
• Careers in Focus Engineering
• Great Jobs for Engineering Majors
• Environmental Jobs for Scientists & Engineering
• High Tech Hot Shots: Careers in Sports Engineering
• Is There an Engineer Inside of You?
• JobBank Guide to Computer & High Tech Companies
• Job Opportunities for Engineering and Computer Science Majors
• Resumes for Engineering Careers
• Resumes for High Tech Careers

Resources and Information Online

• Careers in Science and Engineering - A Student Planning Guide
  http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/careers/contents.html
  
  
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
  http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm
  
  
• Mechanical Engineering - Sloan Career Cornerstone Center
  http://www.careercornerstone.org/mecheng/mecheng.htm
  
  
• Career Overview - Mechanical Engineering
  http://www.careeroverview.com/mechanical-engineering-careers.html
  
  
• Career Exploration Links
  http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/Students/CareerLibrary/links/occup.cfm
  
  
• Princeton Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department
  http://mae.princeton.edu/

Professional Associations

Professional associations are a good resource for career information and networking opportunities. Associations often provide online job listings or links to job search resources, such as upcoming conferences and other publications. To find more associations in a variety of fields, use the National Trade and Professional Associations Directory in Career Services.

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  http://www.asme.org
  
  
• American Astronautical Society
  http://www.astronautical.org
  
  
• National Aeronautic Association
  http://www.naa-usa.org
  
  
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers
  http://www.sme.org
  
  
• Society of Flight Test Engineers
  http://www.sfte.org
  
  
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
  http://www.shpe.org
  
  
• Society of Women Engineers
  http://www.swe.org

MAE Alumni from Princeton

Alumni have VOLUNTEERED to have students contact them for advice and information about majors and careers. The Alumni Careers Network (ACN), with 4,500 volunteers worldwide, is a searchable on-line database of Princeton alumni who are willing and eager for you to contact them so they can provide you with advice and assistance about: exploring majors, finding internships and summer jobs, graduate school (including law, business, and medicine), and future possible career options. Search the database for MAE alumni, to learn more about the careers that people from this major sometimes pursue.

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