Entry-Level Engineer Job Description

Series Summary

Engineers work to develop safe and economical solutions to practical problems using mathematics and scientific knowledge. Engineering considers technical constraints of a problem and then combine the art of what society needs with the science of what can be achieved. In addition to research and development, engineers work in testing, production and maintenance of machines, structures and systems. Interested in math or physics and want to get into an engineering career? In this free video series on career information, an entry-level engineer describes his job. Find out about the the qualifications to become an entry-level engineer and how to get that first engineering job. Learn about entry-level engineer salary and weigh the pros and cons of working as an entry-level engineer. Finally, hear about the the funniest and hardest moments in an entry-level engineer's career.

Video Transcript

"My name is Alex and I am an entry level engineer. I work for Weber Eliot Engineers in Eugene, Oregon and I'm going to talk about what it is an entry level engineer does. An entry level engineer is generally they do what an engineer does but they don't go into as much depth at first obviously. They do a lot more of the drafting part of engineering. More experienced engineers usually do more of the interesting calculations. They set up more of the real world problems. They make a lot of judgment calls that they are uniquely qualified to make and the entry level people tend to do more drafting, more routine things that less experienced people are able to do. They might do some calculations, but the simpler ones. They'll probably do more basic assignments with fewer steps and less in depth and in general they won't see as far into the project as an engineer who has seen entire projects from start to finish. Usually as an entry level engineer you'll just take and see little snapshots of what is going on. Then they basically work doing the lower level calculations, engineering tasks, and assist the other engineers."