r/ElectricalEngineering • u/One_Sound_5760 • 14h ago

Work as an electrical engineer

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Hey guys I just wanted to ask u all can I work as an electrical or a mechanical engineer with a biomedical engineering degree. I have also attached the picture of all the modules

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u/shift124 12h ago

Yes you can. I work in EE with someone who has a biomed background. I have to say though… they’re one of the most frustrating co-workers I’ve ever had. I hear a lot of “I can’t do that because I don’t know how”. I’ve also straight up heard this person bullshit our team lead who is less experienced in firmware/software by telling him that something they were working on for months won’t work and we need to buy a new $20K piece of equipment days before a deadline. With a straight face. I was fully aware that this was bullshit and we worked that weekend to bring it up but you can guess the vibe of that weekend.

Moral of the story, Biomed has snippets of EE but not the full depth. If you do get hired as EE be ready to not be very effective at first and do not shy away from something because you don’t know how to do it. Learn it. Watch youtube. Read text books. Ask AI. Do what you gotta do to fill in the gaps.

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u/coderemover 8h ago edited 7h ago

I think you went a bit too far with your extrapolation. You knew one very bad engineer, that’s one data point. That doesn’t tell anything about the overall level of the whole field.

I did study with some guys in EE course who were absolutely horrible at coding as well and not really very good at analog circuits labs or measurements - I’d say beginner hobbyist level at best. That doesn’t mean the course was bad and that doesn’t mean an EE graduate cannot work as software dev. If someone studied hard and got interested, they could learn a lot.

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u/shift124 1h ago

Big part of that was me venting.

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u/wretchedRing 10h ago

Where are you even talking about?

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u/NewSchoolBoxer 10h ago

No, you will not get any interviews. I'm an EE and I got hired by a biomed company. No biomedical engineer in the building. Mostly mechanical, some chemists and chemical engineers and some electrical. I do see comment about a biomedical engineering getting hired. Yeah I bet that company is not taking that risk again.

Not that you asked but a minor is useless. You can't even list it on job applications. If you know electronics basics then ask for EE work on the job. I got ME work on the job and could have asked for ChemE work. Sometimes engineering is cross discipline. Then maybe with enough crossover work, you can get an EE job. I'm talking years after graduation. MSEE if your employer pays for it is another option.

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u/jjcc88 10h ago

Absolutely not. Plain and simple.

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u/Leech-64 14h ago

yeah dude this is america, anything is possible. But its going to be tough to convince someone to hire you over an electrical engineer.

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u/One_Sound_5760 14h ago

I live in the uk the reason I choosed this field cuz I wanted to do something else everyone takes mechanical engineering or ee. I want to work in the Middle East actually I’m planning for doing a masters in mech eng