Career Resources & Employer Relations
We are the career office in the College of Engineering at Penn State University Park, serving engineering students and alumni, faculty and staff, and employers.
We offer a wide range of resources, career events, and activities to help job seekers find employment opportunities, prepare job search documents, and present themselves professionally.
We also help employers promote their brand in the College, connect with students and recent graduates, and develop links to engineering faculty and research centers.
The College of Engineering is committed to providing access to programs and opportunities to all qualified students without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
Office Hours
Our office operates from 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays (except University holidays). We will make every effort to provide updated information if there are temporary changes to these hours.
We are also available by email and by phone (814-863-1032) during business hours.
Popular Resources
Students
- Employment Survey
- Nittany Lion Careers
- Engineering Career Envoys
- Internship and Co-op Assignment Submission
- Curricular Practical Training (CPT)
- Penn State Engineering Salary Spotlight
- Campus Career Offices
Employers
Meet Our Partners
We gratefully acknowledge our Engineering Recruiting Partners and Engineering/EECS Affiliates, whose participation in these programs helps to strengthen ties between employers and the College of Engineering and School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and whose support enhances our students' professional development.
Recruiting Partners
Engineering/EECS Affiliates
CareerPREP
- CareerPREP is a job training program designed to help engineering students prepare for a job search and for the workforce.
Upcoming Events
Former Students Speak
- "Obtaining three very different internship experiences supported my long-term career development by allowing me to better understand what industry I wanted to work in once I graduated. Knowing this information early on in my career helped me to understand what options were available for future career advancement." — Andrew Matzik, '17 Eng (EMET)
- "Internships provided me with perspective on what an engineer actually does. It allowed me to see how I could apply the skills I learned in the classroom to the real world." — Kevin Litzinger, '21 Eng (ME, ELD)
