r/EngineeringResumes

I graduate this December, and I'm looking for an entry-level embedded position, but I'm also applying for software developer/engineering roles. I'm currently interning for a company that only does software. I'm trying to break out of the tech department and into the software development department, but that may be more difficult given my experience and education. I would greatly prefer an embedded position, but I'm not sure my resume captures me as a good applicant. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

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Hi! As the title said, 3rd year mechanical engineering student in the US (21 white male if relevant) looking to get a summer 2027 internship. I'm an international student on F1 student visa and looking to get a job in the US after graduation. I'm located in the New England area but open to relocating and have been applying to jobs everywhere in The US. I cannot pursue a co-op because I can't take a semester off so my options are only summer internships before a full-time role.

I have been applying to internships through Handshake and company websites, but I'm only getting rejected. I'm not sure whether that is due to my visa status (although I don't need sponsorship to work as a summer intern) or due to my resume being not competitive enough for the engineering job market. I am mainly interested in MedTech companies but I'm honestly open to any engineering job whether in hardware, automotive, construction, HVAC, etc.

Please help me improve my resume overall, whether in DMs or comments. I'd also appreciate advice on navigating the engineering job search as an international student. Thank you!

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Hi all! I've been wanting to post on this gold mine of subreddit once I got my resume to a reasonable point and I think I need an outside POV after staring at it for so long.

Background & current situation: Rising junior ME, US citizen. Last cycle, I landed one interview through a referral which became my summer internship: mostly manufacturing/process engineering on liquid-cooled server racks for hyperscalers. This cycle I've already gotten an interview request from an aerospace startup, so the first internship + the changes I made using the wiki seem to be working.

What I'm targeting: Mechanical design internships in consumer electronics, robotics, and hardware development. Roles like mechanical design engineer, product design engineer, or hardware design engineer, anything where I own the mechanical side of the hardware and integrate with electronics and controls when needed.

Location: Based in Southern California (Orange County), school in NY. US citizen, open to relocating anywhere in the US. Applying nationally, in-person. Not restricting to remote or local.

Why I'm seeking help: My internship was manufacturing/process, and even after tailoring those bullets toward design, I think it still reads manufacturing. I've tried to make my personal projects carry the mechanical-design signal instead. My real fear is that I come across as "a manufacturing engineer who's interested in design" rather than a design candidate, when design is the thing I actually want. I know I'm competitive for manufacturing/process roles. I want to know if this version is competitive for design roles, or if it has red flags that would get it filtered as I currently continue to apply to jobs with this version.

Section I'd most like feedback on: General feedback and overall resume critiques are welcome. But mostly, whether my projects successfully carry the product-design signal, and whether my internship bullets help or hurt that goal. More broadly, I struggle to balance technical detail against readability. How specific to get versus how clearly the impact reads. I went with an XYZ + "why" format and had my middle-school sibling read it as a clarity test which went semi-well (lol).

Thanks so much for taking the time to read it! I really really appreciate it! :)

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I am currently a rising sophomore and this summer I interned at a uni lab (paid). However, I do want to also experience internships at real companies and last year I was only able to land one interview. I am an international student in the US so I do have a worse chance of landing an internship which is why I am trying to improve my resume. I am open to both software and hardware roles preferably in robotics field. Please critique my resume honestly and feel free to point out any grammar issues. Thank you!

I had my first internship this summer that just ended and I'm graduating this year. I feel like I have pretty good experience and skills, but it just feels like I'm not really getting anywhere. I really want an offer before I'm close to graduating, but it seems like that's less and less likely with every application and denial. Anyway, need some really great feedback, so tear this thing to shreds.

P.S. 2024-2027 is not a typo, I'm graduating in three years (I've had someone ask me that)

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Hey everyone, I’m a Filipino EE/ECE student set to graduate from my master's degree at a Taiwanese university next month, specializing in mixed-signal IC design (mainly DLLs, PLLs). I’m applying for entry-level analog/mixed-signal IC design roles. I’m currently based in Taiwan, but I’m fully open to relocating anywhere in Asia (Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, etc.) or Europe if the opportunity arises, since I prefer to work on-site. I haven't been able to land a single interview call so far. At first, I figured my lack of Mandarin was the main issue for local Taiwanese roles, so I started applying to more English-speaking countries. However, I haven't had any luck on that side either, so I'm starting to think my resume is the real problem. I’d love feedback on my entire resume, but especially on my projects and research bullet points. I want to make sure my tape-out and lab measurement experience actually stand out to hiring managers.

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Working on my resume, and have been looking through reddit for some examples. One thing I noticed is people suggesting that resume should be limited to 1 page, but then these suggestions were made for us, and im wondering if this applies to aus? I had older friends who has years of experience and had maybe 6-7 pages and found job but that was a different industry.

i did chemical engineering and am hoping to get into metallurgy and dont have any direct experience with it

i have had two internships which were pretty crappy, it was unpaid interns so nothing was done and i was taught nothing. and i honestly dont have much to write and my grades are not great either. would also appreciate any type of advice on resume writing. thanks!

Are "Skills" sections still needed in a resume?

I have 3 internship, the first of which was a 5 person startup where I didn't do much impressive work. Still, it was a 5 month internship.

I currently have no skills section, and I'm debating between replacing the internship with a skills section.

Is this a smart idea? Or are ATS generally good enough now to not need one.

Hey hey everyone. I recently completed (but not graduated) my B.Eng in M.E and the time has come for the job search. I studied & live in the GTHA region of Ontario & did an AMAZING 1 year manufacturing engineering co-op alongside 4 years in a competitive design team. 

My ultimate desire is to be a Mechanical Product Designer (I will strangle anyone who confuse mechanical product design with the UI/UX software things) and have already dug myself into a hole learning Industrial Design & things like Class A surface and the artistic aspect of design in my free time. I also loved my time as a Manufacturing Engineering intern and I have no issue pursuing that track or similar (Quality & Process Engineering). I have a portfolio website & PDF that shows all my designs, projects, work, etc. that relate to product design and my design team. The portfolio link is private so it only exists in my resume & emails when applying for jobs to gauge recruiter activity.

The challenge I'm getting is the usual no callback for around 120 applications that were a very high/direct match to my resume; I did get ~4 interviews with 2 going to final but to no avail.

I did notice that for all the interviews I got, those jobs had no HR pipeline (i.e the person who is hiring/recruiting is an engineering manager or the owner of a small company and no HR was ever involved) and all of them had viewed my portfolio & asked about it. I am working on my interview skills but that's another topic.

I’m a Canadian PR so work permit/authorization is a non-issue. I am currently searching in the GTHA, but may very soon expand to include all of Southern Ontario and relocate if needed.

My name is probably the most ethnic middle eastern name anyone will ever hear or read, and the bias was made very obvious during my co-op with the way *some* of the white engineers treated me in comparison to others. I kind of feel the name is also adding to the difficulty I'm facing.

I followed the wiki a long time ago to polish the resume. I do tune the resume for ever JD when needed. I never asked anyone about feedback (till now). So please destroy my resume the same way my B.Eng studies did.

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I’ve been applying for about a month and mostly receiving generic rejections. I’m looking for a Mid-Level Full Stack Software Engineer role, open to remote work and relocation.

This is a newly updated version of my CV that hasn’t been reviewed by anyone yet. I’d really appreciate honest feedback from people who regularly review engineering resumes.

Does anything stand out as a red flag? What would you change or remove?

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Le Resume

Hello! As the title says, I'm a rising junior looking to land an internship this coming spring or summer anywhere that'll hire me. I've finally got me resume to a place I like it, but it's feeling kind of small. I also have a few years of retail/service industry experience I'm adding in, not sure where yet so if any of you know that would be super helpful. I'm mostly looking to checking if you all see any glaring holes, large mistakes, or think of any important adds, please let me know. Thanks for reading, and I appreciate you spending your time helping me out!

I've been applying for almost a year now, and gotten mostly rejections back. I recently just got an OA, but completely bombed it because I was so nervous. The last OA I got was over a year ago.

I'm currently working as a Software Engineer in the Semiconductor industry and would like to pivot more towards Software Applications, so I've been applying for Full-Stack/Backend roles, but have basically heard nothing back. For the one OA that I did get back, I completely bombed because I was so nervous.

At first I was only applying for Remote positions, for personal reasons, but now I've given up on that and begun applying to places with Seattle and New York as well.

At this point, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong so any feedback on my resume would be greatly appreciated!

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Hey everyone,

I would really appreciate some fresh eyes on my resume. I am currently living in the US and getting ready to actively apply for roles, but I want to make sure my formatting and phrasing match what US hiring managers expect.

Specifically, I would love your input on:

• Overall layout: Is the information easy to scan within 10 to 15 seconds?
• Bullet points: Do the achievements and technical skills translate clearly?
• Market outlook: For those currently hiring or job-hunting, how realistic is the market right now for someone with this background?

Any constructive criticism, formatting tips, or general advice on navigating the current hiring landscape would be a huge help.

Thanks in advance for your time!

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Hey everyone,
I recently graduated with an MS in Biomedical Engineering (FAU) and am currently working as a Quality Control Analyst at Grifols (Blood Plasma Lab). I've been applying for entry-level Biomedical Engineer and Associate Scientist roles across medical device, biotech, and pharma companies. While I am primarily aiming for R&D industry positions, I am keeping my options open for Quality, Process, or other engineering roles. I reside in South Florida but open to relocation across the US.

I’ve gotten a few initial recruiter bites, but no offers. I've gone via Linkedin, reached out the recruiters and applied to company websites. I want to make sure my resume is as strong and ATS-friendly as possible. I'm wondering if it's my formatting or the material implemented isn't strong enough for a offer. I'd appreciate some constructive criticism or feedback on my resume. Show no mercy

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Hi everyone,

I am a Senior Backend Engineer with 8+ years of professional full-time experience specializing in distributed microservices, high-throughput message processing, and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS. I am currently preparing to apply for Senior / L5 software engineering roles at FAANG and top-tier product companies.

Recently, I overhauled my resume to better capture my backend performance optimizations (such as driving down P90 latency significantly) and to incorporate my recent work building applied Generative AI tooling (like RAG pipelines and autonomous agentic incident-triage workflows) into production environments.

What I am targeting & my current situation:

• Target Roles: Senior / L5 Backend Engineer, Distributed Systems Engineer.
• Locations: Remote and US-based hybrid/onsite positions (currently based in the US).
• Current Challenge: I've been actively applying through standard online channels, but I am noticing a major bottleneck getting past initial recruiter screens or automated tracking systems, which prompted me to look into improving my resume structure and impact metrics.

What I would love feedback on:

1. The AI/LLM Bullets: Do my GenAI and RAG bullet points read like genuine, production-grade engineering impact, or do they come across as overly buzzwordy for an L5 profile?
2. Metrics & Impact: Are my scaling and performance metrics (such as the latency reduction and query optimization percentages) clear, compelling, and appropriately framed for an experienced backend engineer?
3. Layout & Formatting: Are there any structural, spacing, or readability red flags ??

Thank you in advance for your time.

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• What positions/roles/industries are you targeting?

I'm not picky. I think I would prefer some sort of systems/infrastructure adjacent role. Automation is also very easy.

• Where are you located and what locations are you applying to jobs in?

I'm in California. I'm okay with relocation anywhere.

• Are you only applying to local jobs? Remote only? Are you willing to relocate?

I've been applying everywhere I can but I get screened out of the phone interview once the recruiter realizes I'm not in the area but willing to relocate.

• Tell us about your background and current employment situation

I'm a new grad and I'm currently working as a tutor. I've been picking up various tech certifications because I think the systems knowledge is useful and I wouldn't mind branching out into tech support or systems administration.

• Tell us about your job-hunting situation and challenges you've encountered

I get interviews, not for software but for other roles like systems administration. I feel like they go well at the time but I never get a call back.

• Tell us why you're seeking help. (i.e., just fine-tuning, not getting called back for interviews, etc.)

I want to know if I wrote something that would offend a hiring manager or something like that. I would also like to know what I could do to add better content. Maybe there's a good project or two I could work on?

• Is there a particular section on your resume you’d like feedback on?

I saw in the wiki that you're not supposed to add a references section, so is what I'm doing by putting my supervisors information okay?

• Is your citizenship status and visa situation playing a role in your job search?

No, I am a US citizen.

i don't know what's actually wrong with my resume, whether my projects are not worthy enough, or something else. i've had 0 interview calls so far. i'm exhausted from applying for the same roles. i'm interested in robotics/embedded with machine learning, but now i'm trying to apply for embedded engineer, iot, and robotics roles as well. i'm open to working in all major cities in india, and if something is remote, i'm okay with that too. i apply for both remote and local jobs, and i'm willing to relocate if necessary. i'm a mechatronics graduate, and i have 1 backlog. i'm preparing well and currently waiting for that 1 exam. i'm unemployed right now, and i've been using most of the job websites like indeed, linkedin, glassdoor, and even startup platforms like wellfound and y combinator. i think i've applied to almost 70+ jobs, but i still haven't received a single interview call, and most companies didn't even send a rejection email.

i need help tuning my resume. i don't know why i'm not getting called for interviews, and i need your feedback guys.

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Hello everyone,
I am a current EE student and former Coast Guard electrician. I am looking to apply for summer 2027 internships. I was hopefully targeting something in the defense industry given my military background however, I'm open to anything. I have an active secret security clearance as well.I am hoping to have some people look over my resume and give me some areas to improve on. Thanks for your help!

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hello! i am a sophmore and i'm looking for some feedback on my resume. i'm not sure if it's formatted correctly or if i could explain/change around the bullet points. and i like to think that my projects are somewhat interesting.

i'm trying to target any swe, ai, or game related roles

any feedback is helpful :)

thanks!