Mechanical Engineering Opportunities
What can you do with a mechanical engineering degree?
Our mechanical engineering students emerge from the program with well-rounded technical and professional skills that afford them a multitude of career options upon graduation. Some continue their education in graduate school in a technical or profession field. Most, however, start their career in industry.
Top Employers
- Apple, Inc.
- Clarity Design
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
- Illumina
- L-3 Photonics
- Northrop Grumman
- Space X
- SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
- Tesla
- and more
Top Jobs Titles
- Account manager
- Airframe and composite engineer
- Associate engineer
- Field service representative
- Manufacturing engineer
- Mechanical engineer
- Mechanical test engineer
- Product development associate engineer
- Project manager
- Test engineer
- and more
Recent Spotlights
Steve Saxer Named Engineering Spotlight Award Recipient
March 10, 2020
“If you break something, you have to fix it.” Words to live by in the Saxer household, when USD’s Mechanical Shop Manager Steve Saxe…
Explore more ways to maximize the path to your career.
With job opportunities abound and above-average starting salaries, you should feel confident about your decision to follow an educational path in mechanical engineering. While attending the University of San Diego's Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, we encourage our students to maximize their educational experience and take ownership of their career development. Get involved and immerse yourself in USD life: mentoring and industry projects; honor societies and student clubs; and study abroad and internship opportunities. They are all just a click away to help you on your path to build a solid, meaningful career in mechanical engineering— and have some fun while you’re doing it!
Capstone Senior Projects
Where your designs come to life.
Study Abroad
Integrating culture and academics.
Undergraduate Research
Laying the groundwork for innovation.
Internships
Gain practical, hands-on experience.
Student Organizations
Developing the whole student.
Entrepreneurship
Bring your idea to market.