MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

MATCHING CAREER CLUSTERS

• Manufacturing
• Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
• Transportation, distribution and logistics

WHAT DO YOU WORK WITH

• You work with energy systems like auto
• And aircraft engines, power plants and home
• Heating systems. They also make things to try to
• Help the environment that go from small parts to
• A complete jet craft

HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES

• Calculus, chemistry,
• Technical writing, physics
• And trigonometry/
• Advanced algebra

EDUCATION

• If you want to be a mechanical
• Engineer you need a bachelors
• Degree. But if you want to teach
• Mechanical engineering you need
• A masters and a doctoral degree

WHY PEOPLE PURSUE THIS CAREER

• People pursue this field to
• Conserve energy and they
• Enjoy the complicated problems
• And they like the various things you
• Can do as a mechanical engineer

MONEY

• Entry; hour=$22.82, yearly= $47,460
• Median; hour=$32.75, yearly = $68,120
• Experienced; hour=$45.56, yearly=94,770

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

• Mechanical engineers look for ways use
• Solids, liquids and gases as fuel to reduce
• Pollution and conserve energy. They also
• Select methods and materials for making a
• Product