School of Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

This page takes you to tailored information and resources to explore the career options available related to our undergraduate degree programmes. However, many of these resources will also be useful for Master's Students and Doctoral Researchers in these subject areas. For information on a wider range of job roles and professions, including careers for which your specific degree subject is not necessarily required, you can also look at the Prospects and TargetJobs websites. 

  • Attention to detail
  • Communication skills
  • Computer programming
  • Confidence
  • Initiative
  • Numeracy
  • Practical, environmental and business awareness
  • Problem solving
  • Professional competence
  • Project management
  • Report writing and presentation skills
  • Team working
  • Time management

Careers directly relate to your degree:

Careers where your degree would be useful:

Remember 60% of graduate roles are open to all disciplines.

The engineering career options are very broad. The majority of graduates move into design engineering roles within large companies, opportunities within HM Forces and students who excel academically can progress to postgraduate studies.  The department's degrees are, however, balanced and well-rounded, providing you with the skills required for a professional career in a wide range of sectors; you will be equally attractive to employers in finance, industry, consultancy and public services.

You can also look at other course pages depending on other modules you have taken and/or are interested in.

Further study at Loughborough University:

The Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering offers a taught MSc programme in Automotive Engineering the modules of which can also be run as short courses for automotive engineering professionals.

The school offers postgraduate research opportunities including PhD and some MPhil degrees.

 Further study elsewhere:

Postgraduate Taught programmes:

PhD opportunities:

Professional development websites:

Graduates from this subject area have gone on to destinations where:

Employers included:

Atkins, Deloitte, Caterpillar, Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Jaguar Land Rover, MBDA, Moog Aircraft Group, Morgan Stanley, Red Bull, Royal Air Force and Shell.

Roles included:

Aerodynamics Engineer, Cadet Pilot, Chartered Accountant Trainee, Cyber Security Technical Consultant, Data Analyst, Financial Graduate, Quality Engineer, Software Engineer, Systems Engineer, Test Engineer, UAV Engineer and Vehicle Design Engineer.

Further study included:

Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering graduates undertook postgraduate courses at the University of Cambridge, Cranfield University, Cardiff University, Loughborough University and the University of Manchester.

Further information

For more information on companies graduates work for, industry links and career opportunities, visit the subject area page of the University website.  You can also find out what our students say in our student stories of personal journeys through and beyond Loughborough and track the career journeys and Loughborough experiences of some of our alumni.

Resources to research career areas

Websites:

Professional bodies:

Sector and labour market information (LMI):

Students have the option of taking a year-long placement in industry which provides an invaluable opportunity to develop their professional and technical skills further.

Aeronautical Engineering student placement profile.

Additionally, we advertise many opportunities for summer internships and encourage students to gain experience valuable in the workplace through extra-curricular activities such as volunteering, committee memberships, work-shadowing and part-time work.

See Target Connect for vacancies and opportunities.

Other useful links: