Design engineering degree - where next? - ideas suggested by Jane Pooler. Begin bottom left and work round clockwise, clicking on any buttons of interest to expand and link to relevant websites ...
by Jane Pooler

1. ... something completely different ..?
1.1. a new creative departure which could be in any number of things - whatever floats your boat ...!
1.2. there are literally thousands of possibilities with new 'job titles' emerging all the time ...
2. engineering design / 'proper' engineers
2.1. design engineer
2.2. mechanical engineer
2.2.1. hardware design / development
2.2.2. chartered mechanical engineer
2.3. Software engineer (industry)
2.3.1. systems engineer
2.3.2. UX engineer
2.4. academic / university lecturer (after PhD and industry or academic research)
2.5. IT / technical consultant
2.6. software development
2.6.1. applications developper
2.6.2. software tester
2.6.3. systems analyst
2.6.4. systems developper
2.7. production manager
2.8. manufacturing manager
3. tech sector / silicon milkroundabout
3.1. games developer
3.2. web designer
3.3. multimedia programmer
3.4. apps developer
3.5. animator
3.6. product manager
4. designer, with emphasis on design rather than engineering
4.1. interior and spatial designer
4.2. 3D and graphic design
4.3. industrial / product designers
4.4. web designer
4.5. animator
4.6. landscape architecture
5. interested in entrepreneurship and business?
5.1. management consultant / strategy consultant
5.2. entrepreneur / own start up
5.3. venture capitalist
5.4. business angel
5.5. tech transfer / knowledge exchange / commercialisation (of R&D)
5.6. more business / management related ideas
5.7. finance / banking
6. other technical
6.1. ergonomist
6.2. product manager
6.3. medical physicist or medical engineer
6.4. andmany, many more roles across all sectors ...
7. socially useful
7.1. teaching / FE and adult lecturing eg DT or Physics teacher
7.2. youth / community engagement
7.2.1. youth worker / community worker
7.2.2. careers adviser (somebody has to do it)
7.3. NHS career (many require further training or even another degree)
7.3.1. medicine / hospital doctor or GP
7.3.2. physiotherapist
7.3.3. nurse / other allied medical profession
7.4. security / defence
7.4.1. police
7.4.2. intelligence analyst (MI5, MI6 etc)
7.4.3. armed service
7.5. international aid / development work
8. arts / cultural / heritage / museum management
8.1. arts and cultural outreach
8.2. arts administration / management
8.3. festivals / events management
8.4. community arts worker
9. what can you NOT do with a design engineering degree ...?
9.1. .....?
10. "The most important design jobs of the future" - a few examples. Source: fastcodesign.com
10.1. Augmented reality designer
10.2. Avatar programmer
10.3. Chief Design Officer or Chief Creative Officer (CDO or CCO) on the Board
10.4. Cybernetic Director
10.5. Embodied Interactions Designer
10.6. Fusionist
10.7. Intelligent System Designer
10.8. Machine-learning Designer
10.9. Real-time 3-D designer
10.10. Sim designer
10.11. Synthetic biologist / nanotech designer
10.12. Interventionist
11. media
11.1. broadcasting presenter
11.2. producer - film / TV / radio
11.3. journalist / researcher
12. Communications / advertising / marketing
12.1. PR/ Comms manager / executive
12.2. marketing
12.2.1. content marketer
12.2.2. digital marketing