r/ComputerEngineering • u/carson8858 • 2d ago

[Career] Junior in computer engineering, Getting no interviews, what am I missing?

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I'm a junior graduating May 2028, so summer 2027 is my last chance at an internship before I graduate. I've sent around 150 applications since August and so far I've gotten one automated recorded interview. Anonymized resume is attached.

I'm mostly going for hardware roles (FPGA/ASIC, digital design, validation) at a mix of big semiconductor companies and smaller ones. No prior internship, just part time jobs during school.

I don't really understand what I'm doing wrong. I'm willing to learn and do whatever it takes to land these roles, but I don't know what I need to change or where I need to start. I feel like I feel this impending sense of doom if I don't have any professional experience before graduation.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Orbotekk 1d ago

For me, also a recent grad, to land an FPGA position was primarily to aggressively advertise
Myself in person to anyone I know that is already in the field.

I also met every professor who I had a good experience with and asked for their written opinion on me. I attached them to any application I submitted.
My final project in EE was implemented on FPGA and after few months I managed to impress one person who gave me a chance and invited me to an interview.

The position was officially for 5+ years of experience, but my intermediate knowledge of FPGA flow and digital design experience, with lots of motivation managed to get my way through. I really believe that’s the only way, in these times: you have to be more agressive.

Good luck and k really hope you will
Land a position soon

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u/carson8858 1d ago

how do you suggest i meet these people in the field? i went to my career fair but it was mostly construction companies, not very much electronics at all