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I've been a hardware engineer for 15 years. I've designed medical devices, DSP chipsets, and audio chipsets. for me to call my self a "Professional Engineer", I

I've been a hardware engineer for 15 years. I've designed medical devices, DSP chipsets, and audio chipsets. for me to call my self a "Professional Engineer", I have to pass a test almost wholly focused on Civil Engineering. There is not a single "Professional Engineer" in my office.

metalliqaz 5y ago
same here, for aerospace
geebee 5y ago
That may not be true anymore - I looked into the engineering exams (FE and PE), and they've been much more specialized. I think this happened fairly recently. https://ncees.org/engineering/fe/ https://ncees.org/engineering/fe/ So I could (but almost certainly won't) take the "Industrial Engineering" exam and focus mainly on IE topics: https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Industrial-and-Systems-CBT-specs.pdf https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Industrial-and-Syste...
- abfan1127 5y ago
  this is new (from when I looked at it 15 years ago). good for them to expand beyond their original focus.
_n_b_ 5y ago
I'm a nuclear engineer and also unlicensed and also know very few who are, but... > for me to call my self a "Professional Engineer", I have to pass a test almost wholly focused on Civil Engineering isn't true. The FE exam has a number of discipline options, including Electrical and Computer[0] and the PE exam is then done be discipline. [0] https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Electrical-and-Computer-CBT-specs.pdf https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Electrical-and-Compu...
jacckat8 5y ago
The PE exam isn't only for Civil Engineers. List of Engineering Disciplines that can take the PE exam: - Agricultural and Biological Engineering - Architectural Engineering - Chemical - Civil - Control Systems - Electrical and Computer - Environmental - Fire Protection - Industrial and Systems - Mechanical - Metallurgical and Materials - Mining and Mineral Processing - Naval Architecture and Marine - Nuclear - Petroleum - Structural
- abfan1127 5y ago
  This is new (within the last 10-15 years). When I graduated in 2006, there was only 1 test and it was 95% Civil Engineering, mostly intended for signing off on electrical and structural plans.

metalliqaz 5y ago

same here, for aerospace

geebee 5y ago

That may not be true anymore - I looked into the engineering exams (FE and PE), and they've been much more specialized. I think this happened fairly recently. https://ncees.org/engineering/fe/ https://ncees.org/engineering/fe/ So I could (but almost certainly won't) take the "Industrial Engineering" exam and focus mainly on IE topics: https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Industrial-and-Systems-CBT-specs.pdf https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Industrial-and-Syste...

abfan1127 5y ago
this is new (from when I looked at it 15 years ago). good for them to expand beyond their original focus.

_n_b_ 5y ago

I'm a nuclear engineer and also unlicensed and also know very few who are, but... > for me to call my self a "Professional Engineer", I have to pass a test almost wholly focused on Civil Engineering isn't true. The FE exam has a number of discipline options, including Electrical and Computer[0] and the PE exam is then done be discipline. [0] https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Electrical-and-Computer-CBT-specs.pdf https://ncees.org/wp-content/uploads/FE-Electrical-and-Compu...

jacckat8 5y ago

The PE exam isn't only for Civil Engineers. List of Engineering Disciplines that can take the PE exam: - Agricultural and Biological Engineering - Architectural Engineering - Chemical - Civil - Control Systems - Electrical and Computer - Environmental - Fire Protection - Industrial and Systems - Mechanical - Metallurgical and Materials - Mining and Mineral Processing - Naval Architecture and Marine - Nuclear - Petroleum - Structural

abfan1127 5y ago
This is new (within the last 10-15 years). When I graduated in 2006, there was only 1 test and it was 95% Civil Engineering, mostly intended for signing off on electrical and structural plans.