8 Exciting Careers You Can Have with an Engineering Degree

Speaking of sports… are you a Formula One fan? What do you think about the idea of traveling around the world with one of the teams, from the Monaco Grand Prix to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix? A mechanical engineering degree is the ideal starting point for anyone wanting to get their foot in the door of motorsport engineering.

Yes, really. Who do you think makes them? It’s definitely not Mickey Mouse.

Some rollercoaster engineers have a bachelor’s or master’s in civil engineering as they go beyond the ordinary construction and maintenance of buildings and other infrastructure including bridges, roads, harbors, as well as underground water and sewage systems.

And the best part? With some rollercoaster engineer jobs you’ll even have the chance to road test and ride the rollercoasters yourself.

Usually pyrotechnic engineers will hold a chemical engineering degree, and a special certificate or license in order to work with pyrotechnics, explosives and reactive chemicals.

Definitely not an office-based job, pyrotechnic engineers are concerned with assessing the accuracy and control of explosives and fireworks for concerts, sports events, or even as special effects in television and movies.

This is a creative job role that entails an excellent eye for detail along with excellent project management, communication, logical thinking and teamwork skills.

While there is no fixed career path to becoming a pyrotechnic engineer, a degree in electrical engineering can be a great way to help get you started and lay the foundations.

With great job security and opportunities to work with all of the state-of-the-art technology, it’s an exciting time to consider pursuing a career in nuclear engineering.

Nuclear engineers help design, plan, build, run and even decommission nuclear power stations. Within nuclear engineering you might want to specialize into a particular role such as a process engineer, or health and safety specialist, an instrumentation and control engineer or a quality manager.

Whatever roles and responsibilities you have, the safety of yourself and others will always need to be at the forefront of everything you do as you work with radioactive materials as well as hydraulic and electrical systems.

It goes without saying that if you fancy a career in nuclear engineering, then you’ll want to get yourself a nuclear engineering degree.

From aircraft to spacecraft, missiles to satellites, and even space vehicles like NASA’s Curiosity Driver – these are all designed and developed by aerospace engineers. If being an astronaut was your childhood dream, a career as an aerospace engineer can get you pretty close!

There’s a growing skills gap in aerospace engineering despite an increase in the number of crafts needing to be redesigned and maintained.

An excellent working knowledge of the latest cutting-edge technologies is essential, as is the ability to use computer-aided-design software in order to design and assess the efficiency and safety of such machines.

A bachelor’s in electrical engineering is a great starting point. However, a master’s degree in a relevant field is also necessary, such as the Master of Science in Engineering Management at the University of Sharjah.

If you’ve got your heart set on pursuing a career in engineering, there are plenty of engineering degrees out there that can help get you where you want to be.

The College of Engineering at the University of Sharjah boasts a successful history in providing its students with distinctive and clear pathways during their undergraduate degree studies and empowering them with the skills and knowledge demanded by industry to make them career ready.