Automotive Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities: Automotive engineers are involved in the design, manufacture and operation of ground-based vehicles, such as motorcycles, automobiles, buses and trucks and their respective engineering subsystems.

Salary: Average of $117,600 yearly

Education: Many aspiring automotive engineers enroll in a mechanical engineering bachelor’s program.

Reflection: I would love to become one because I like doing anything with cars. 

Automotive Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities: Automotive engineer’s design the systems and mechanisms of cars. These professionals ensure that automotive designs and systems conform to budgeted quality and cost specifications. Similar to other types of mechanical engineers, automotive engineers analyze potential problems in design and work to solve those problems, design and retest prototypes of cars and car parts, and oversee the manufacturing of auto motives.

Salary: $117,600 yearly

Education: Bachelor’s Degree

Reflection: I would love to become an automotive engineer because I love doing anything with cars. 

Automotive Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities: Automotive engineers design, develop, test and domestic motor vehicles, racing cars and motorbikes. They also work on improving components like engines, electronics and aerodynamics.

Salary: 70,000-100,000$

Education: 4-year bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. This is generally the basic requirement for entry-level jobs in the career. While pursuing their bachelor’s degree, students take classes in a range of fields, including physics, mathematics, designs and computer science. Certain programs also require core courses in the humanities, in areas such as English or philosophy. After graduating from a bachelor’s in engineering program, engineers in all 50 states must obtain a Fundamentals forEngineering license by passing a rigorous exam. Engineers who complete this step become engineers in training, or EIT’s, or engineer interns, also known as EI’s. EIT’s become eligible to take the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam after they've fulfilled the state requirement for work experience, which in most states is four years.

Reflection: I would love to become an Automobile because I love anything to do with cars and this was always one my future jobs I always wanted. 

Automotive Engineer

Duties and Responsibilities: Automotive engineers design the systems and mechanisms of cars. These professionals ensure that automotive designs and systems conform to budgeted quality and cost specifications. Similar to other types of mechanical engineers, automotive engineers analyze potential problems in design and work to solve these problems, design and retest prototypes of cars and car parts, and oversee the manufacturing of automotive. Computers are a big part of how automotive engineers do their jobs.

Salary: 107,000-117,600$

Education: An automotive engineer’s career training begins with a four-year bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. This is generally the basic requirement for entry-level jobs in the career. While pursuing their bachelor’s degree, students take classes in a range of fields, including physics, mathematics, design, and computer science. Certain programs also require core courses in the humanities, in areas such as English or philosophy. The first two years typically consist of foundation classes in specific courses. Aspiring automotive engineers should pursue a degree in mechanical engineering or a related engineering field.

Reflection: I would like to become one because I like doing things with cars.