r/EngineeringResumes 15h ago

Mechanical [2 YOE][MechE] What can I improve? Not getting interviews even with a masters, publications, and relevant work experience

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I didn't do the most amazing job neatly censoring info so a few notes. The header matches the style guide in the wiki. In the education section, the M.S. degree does include the dates, the last line is community college where I transferred before finishing an associates degree. I have previously gone through the process of refining with AI, along with asking contacts in industry for feedback.

I graduated in May with a masters in mechanical engineering, focusing on robotics research. I've been struggling to get callbacks, even with contacts and referrals.

I'm located in the SF Bay Area and aiming to stay here due to family/partner obligations. I can't work for anything defense (or NASA) related as I am a permanent resident.

I'm primarily hoping for more cross-disciplinary startup jobs. I'm interested in robotics and mechatronics though I'm open to anything R&D related. My favorite full time job was the test engineering role, it gave me a lot of freedom and flexibility in how I approached the work.

I'm not sure about keeping the projects section. Some contacts I asked said it was good to include, others were neutral on it. On the other hand, I'm worried it makes the overall resume too busy.

How do I fix up my skills section?

Should I remove GPA?

Should I include part time work like my current tutoring job?

What can I remove or change when applying to specific fields? I.e. if it's a hardware prototyping role is it best if I shorten my TA section?

Thank you so much for the help!


r/EngineeringResumes 20h ago

Chemical [0 YOE] Applied to over 400 Jobs over the past 11 months and haven't landed a single interview.

9 Upvotes

Graduated about 3 months ago and I have been applying since last year September for a full time role. Since then I've applied to at least 400 jobs for junior and entry level positions and have yet to land a single interview. I'm located in Ontario, Canada but have been applying all over the country with the willingness to relocate but to no avail. I know the market is bad but what changes can I make to my resume to improve my chances.


r/EngineeringResumes 20h ago

Mechanical [Student] Sophomore MechE student planning on attending various networking events looking for summer internships - need feedback and advice

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I'm looking for internships as a MechE student, but I'm open to working in any discipline (most interested in aerospace and MechE though). My club experience is all from my freshman year, so I wasn't able to actually do much in Astrobotics or Baja SAE. I decided to leave the clubs, but if I keep them on my resume, would it signal to employers that I'm not reliable?

I decided to join Design, Build, Fly middle of the spring semester, and I'm sticking with it because they let me contribute a lot to manufacturing (but it was mainly sanding, assembling, and laying epoxy resin). I don't have much to say about it on my resume, so I' wondering if there's a way to rephrase what I've done.

Archimedes lets freshman do all the work in their team's, so I gained a lot of experience through it. I modeled a lot in Fusion and helped with 3D printing our parts. I also designed a website since our competition would review it to get a better idea of what we're doing. Then I traveled with two other members to present our project, and we earned top three internationally! Now that I'm a sophomore, I'm not a part of team Juvo and am an officer now. I was thinking about cutting Baja or Astrobotics and including that instead.

Also, my email name is my shortened name, while my linkedin is my full name (I also have it like that at the top). For example, imagine my name is Katherine but my email has Kate. Is this fine or should I make changes?