Energy Careers

Electronics Engineers

Design and develop electronic equipment, such as broadcast and communications systems, from portable music players to global positioning systems (GPS). Many also work in areas closely related to computer hardware.

Energy Engineers

Design, develop, or evaluate energy-related projects or programs to reduce energy costs or improve energy efficiency during the designing, building, or remodeling stages of construction.

Industrial Engineers

Devise efficient ways to use workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service.

Logistics Engineers

Analyze and coordinate an organization’s supply chain. They manage the entire life cycle of a product, which includes how a product is acquired, distributed, allocated, and delivered.

Manufacturing Engineers

Design, integrate, or improve manufacturing systems or related processes. May work with commercial or industrial designers to refine product designs to increase producibility and decrease costs.

Materials Engineers

Develop, process, and test materials used to create a range of products. They work with metals, ceramics, plastics, composites, and other substances to create new materials that meet certain mechanical, electrical, and chemical requirements.

Nuclear Engineers

Research and develop the processes, instruments, and systems used to derive benefits from nuclear energy and radiation.

Petroleum Technicians

Design and develop methods for extracting oil and gas from deposits below the earth’s surface.

Chemists

Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge.

Production Workers

Supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.