What you will learn here?

Career options for Engineers

This Course is presenting the Career options that Engineers often engage in. You will understand the typical requirements of the Engineering Career path, including the advantages and obstacles of obtaining a Professional Engineer registration. You will gain a better understanding of the requirements of pursuing the Engineering Manager Career path. You will further uncover the intricacies of following a Managerial Career path and an Academic Career path. Furthermore, you will learn about the Career options that Engineers have outside Engineering (QC, Finance, Sales, Product Management), and how to pursue them. Last, but not least, you will learn how to create your own, personal Career Mission Statement, and how to develop a Career Plan based on that. By the end of this Course you will have a good set of tools to develop your Career to be the best it can be.
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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1 - Intro to Career Progression

  • 2

    Chapter 2 - Advanced Technical Careers

    • 2 - Advanced Technical Careers
  • 3

    Chapter 3 - Engineering Management Career path

    • 3 - Engineering Management Career path
  • 4

    Chapter 4 - Business Management Career path

    • 4 - Business Management Career path
  • 5

    Chapter 5 - Academics and Education Career path

    • 5 - Academics and Education Career path
  • 6

    Chapter 6 - Careers outside Engineering

    • 6 - Careers outside Engineering
  • 7

    Chapter 7 - Developing Your Career Mission Statement and Career Plan

    • 7 - Developing Your Career Mission Statement and Career Plan
  • 8

    Chapter 8 - What have we learned so far?

Instructor(s)

George Petrescu,  PhD

George Petrescu, PhD

During my Career as an Engineer, Engineering Manager and Sr. Engineering Manager over two and a half decades, I had to develop skills to complement the technical expertise acquired at several Universities in three Countries. I learned by myself the hard way, by finding and observing role-model Engineers and Managers, by reading leadership books and articles, by attending Courses offered by the Companies I worked for… Thru a lot of trial-and-error learning, I developed the courage to be vulnerable more than one time – and, more important, to learn from those experiences. All this made me a better Engineer, a better Engineering Manager, and a better Engineering Leader.