Career Overview

Our graduates engage in interesting and challenging work in every phase of modern technology, creatively problem-solving in fascinating careers that stretch their talents in unexpected ways.

World-renowned companies such as Boeing, Caterpillar, Baker Hughes, Nucor, Dow Chemical, and 3M recruit our graduates every year. A degree in mechanical engineering offers unlimited freedom in pursuing your dream job in a diverse array of industries in engineering, business, design, medicine, law, and government.

"The structure, support, and confidence that my education at SDSM&T provided has molded me into the professional I am today."

Mark Stadel
Plant Manager
Ring Container Technologies
BS mechanical engineering, SDSM&T, 1996