Sample Mechanical Engineering Résumé

Your résumé is a document that captures who you are, your experiences, your skills, and your education. It is your brand, and you will use it to market yourself for internships, jobs, scholarships, and professional memberships to name just a few. Your résumé is always a work in progress. As you add new education, experiences, and skills to your résumé, you will also remove items that are no longer relevant. As your marketing tool, it is not a record of everything you’ve ever done, but is a customized document that tells the reader why you are a perfect fit for the opportunity. The best résumés, and the ones that get an interview, are never generic.

Résumé Review

Once you have created your résumé, drop in to the Internships and Career Services office so that we can review your résumé. Once your résumé is final, upload it to Handshake, complete your Handshake profile, and make your profile viewable by employers.

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The VCEA Internships and Career Services office offers a variety of resources for students on building résumés, writing cover letters, searching for jobs, and more.

Sample Résumé

Your Name

your phone number | first.last@wsu.edu | linkedin.com/first-last

Summary of Qualifications

  • Mechanical Engineering major with a proven record of success working in management, on a team, and independently.
  • Tireless work ethic, maintaining a 3.7 GPA while working as much as 30 hours a week
  • Incorporated 5+ years of goal oriented work history with coursework and projects to bring productive, well founded insight to the company as an intern.
  • Proficiency in SolidWorks, Matlab, and Mathematica; experience with metal fabrication.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering; GPA 3.7

Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Expected May 2021

  • Relevant coursework: Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis, SolidWorks, Linear Algebra, Heat Transfer, System Dynamics, Applied Aerodynamics, Material Science, Materials Laboratory, Mechanical Component Analysis
Associate of Science (DTA)

Seattle Central College, Seattle, WA

June 2019

  • Major: Pre-Engineering
  • Relevant coursework: RDL Circuits, Mechanics of Materials, Dynamics, Statics, Differential Equations, Calculus Series

Skills & Abilities

Programs and Software
  • Certified SolidWorks Associate
  • Matlab, Mathematica, EES, Python, Java
  • Arduino Seminar
Metal Fabrication
  • MIG and TIG welding
  • Forging/Blacksmithing
  • Misc. fabrication and machining tools

Projects

WSU

Fall 2019

  • Designed dynamically accurate wings & generator in SolidWorks for 1.5 GW Wind Turbine to improve efficiancy
  • Wrote the working code in EES for Parabolic Solar Plant Area Optimization project
Seattle Rocketry Club

Spring 2018

  • Received Level 1 Certification from the National Rocketry Association by individually building and launching a level 1 “Intruder” rocket
Metal Fabrication

Fall 2017

  • Built a metal chair using welding and forging techniques out of round bar, scrap metal, and washers for the seat

Honors & Awards

  • NASA Scholarship recipient for Academic Achievement
  • Fall 2016 President’s Honor Roll recipient at WSU
  • Seattle Central Foundation Scholarship recipient
  • Multiple Quarters on the Dean’s List at Seattle Central

Other Experience

Sr. Member Consultant | Boeing Employees Credit Union

2017-2018

  • Worked directly with customers to create customized banking plans
  • Multiple awards in recognition for excellent customer service and exceeding sales goals
  • Trained 8 coworkers on effective communication and problem solving techniques
Store Manager | GNC

2016-2017

  • Promoted from part time employee to Store Manager in 5 months
  • Hired, trained, and scheduled 4 employees
  • Store ranked #1 in multiple monthly and quarterly sales contests

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