Are you studying engineering and thinking about your future career? This guide is for you.
Find out where your degree can take you
The Engineering Career Companion is a downloadable guide that includes:
- Insights from current engineering students on how they've kick-started their careers
- Stories from engineering professionals at our employer partners EDF, Arm and SSE explaining how they got to where they are now
- A handy formula to help you self-reflect and choose a career that aligns with your goals
- A career path breakdown packed with information on 140+ roles, complete with specialisms, salaries, day-to-day tasks and more!
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How can the Engineering Career Companion help with your career?
Go from career-curious to career-confident with Your Engineering Career Companion. The free guide is designed to help you achieve three key steps in your career journey:
1️⃣ Understand all the opportunities available to you after you graduate – in engineering and other sectors 💡
2️⃣ Choose the industries, specialisms and roles that are right for you, based on your interests, skills and values ⚙️
3️⃣ Get inspired and hear from others who've been in your shoes! 🤩
Plus, we cover the next steps you need to take to start building your career in the right direction 🚀
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Engineering career path FAQs
Who is the Engineering Career Companion for?
The Engineering Career Companion is designed to support engineering students at all stages of study to better understand potential roles and opportunities and make informed choices about the future.
The guide may be particularly useful for first and second-year Engineers looking to learn more about career path options.
What jobs can you do with your Engineering degree?
To help you figure out what jobs suit your skills, our Career Companion's role breakdown pages are split by degree subject, covering:
- Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
Plus, we've included information on plenty of roles that are suited to all engineering degree subjects. Get the guide for free to browse job types.
Engineering degrees are very versatile when it comes to employment. Even if you study a specific degree subject, you can still go into an area that's not directly related to your studies. That's because your degree equips you with strong transferable skills as well as technical knowledge, so there are lots of jobs that you could excel in!
You can move into another area of Engineering or explore a different industry altogether, like banking or consultancy.
Find out what your options are by downloading the Career Companion.
How do you choose an area of engineering?
In the Engineering Career Companion, we've included a simple decision-making formula. The formula adds up all the considerations you need to think about in order to make the right choices about your future career.
It covers the essential questions you need to ask yourself for finding a role that aligns with your interests, work habits, values and career goals.
Our guide also breaks down common roles in engineering by day-to-day tasks, technology used, work locations and career progression opportunities so you know exactly what to expect and what will suit you.
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The Engineering Career Companion is correct as of 2025. Average salary information may vary over time.
