What Do Engineers Do?

What Do Engineers Do?

Engineers who work in design and development:

• design, plan, and supervise the construction of buildings, highways, and transit systems;
• develop and implement improved ways to extract, process, and use raw materials;
• develop new materials that both improve the performance of products and take advantage of advances in technology;
• analyze the impact of the products they develop or the systems they design on the environment and on people using them;

Engineers who work in testing, production, or maintenance:

• supervise production in factories;
• determine the causes of breakdowns;
• test manufactured products to maintain quality;
• estimate the time and cost to complete projects;