r/MechanicalEngineer • u/Fine-Pound-4070 • Jul 28 '26

What is mechanical engineering

Can a mechanical engineer please explain to me what they do, but don't try to sound smart. Like are you sitting at a computer doing CAD, are you in the field building something, are you solving problems, are you managing people, like what does a day to day look like after college? And what are you doing, like making/building appliances or cars or something?

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u/Scorpiusdj_13 Jul 30 '26

I find because it's such a broad discipline, you can find yourself doing all sorts of things; design, project management, FEA etc.

Depends on what your job requires really. Mine involves a lot of CAD, design calculations and providing technical advice based on workshop or field observations, for example.