About This Resume

Almost every building, plant and product has an electrical system that is designed before construction starts and maintained for decades after that. Electrical engineers do that design and upkeep, and hiring managers want to know right away which part of the field you work in: power distribution, controls, electronics, testing or something else. Specialty matters here.

Degree, license status and specialty are the first three things an engineering manager checks. License status means an EIT (Engineer in Training) certificate or a PE (Professional Engineer) license. Projects with numbers come after that, such as voltage levels, load sizes, board layers, budgets and schedules, along with the tools you use daily and the codes you design to. In other words, a project described by its size and your part in it tells a manager more than a list of courses.

What to Include

  • Degree, specialty and graduation year, plus EIT or PE status and the state that issued it
  • Projects sized in engineering terms, such as voltage, megawatts, circuit count, board layers or budget
  • Your part in each project: calculations, schematics, layout, testing or commissioning
  • Design and analysis software by name, such as AutoCAD Electrical, ETAP, MATLAB or Altium
  • Codes and standards you design to, such as the National Electrical Code (NEC) or IEEE standards
  • Field work, such as site visits, startup and troubleshooting at a customer's plant
  • For new graduates, a senior design or capstone project written like a job

Electrical Engineering Resume Sample

Sample resume. The person, employers and contact details are fictional.

Nadia Haddad

Electrical Engineer, Power Distribution
Phoenix, AZ | nadia.haddad@example.com | (555) 012-3915

Summary

Electrical engineer (EIT) with four years designing power distribution for data centers, water plants and schools. Runs load flow, short circuit and arc flash studies, prepares permit drawings and supports contractors through startup. Scheduled to take the PE exam in spring 2027.

Experience

Electrical Engineer II, Verdugo Hale Engineering, Phoenix, AZ 2022 to present

  • Designed power distribution for 11 projects of up to 12 MW, including two data center expansions and a water treatment plant upgrade.
  • Run load flow, short circuit and arc flash studies in ETAP and write the reports clients use for equipment safety labels.
  • Cut review comments on permit drawing sets from about 40 per project to under 15 by building a quality checklist.
  • Spent 30 days on site during startups, helping contractors trace and fix wiring faults before equipment was switched on.

Engineering Intern, Ocotillo Automation Group, Tempe, AZ May 2021 to August 2021

  • Drew control panel schematics in AutoCAD Electrical for 14 pump station panels.
  • Wrote test procedures for programmable logic controllers and checked 600 input and output points during factory testing.
  • Updated the drawing parts library, which cut drafting time on repeat panels.

Education

B.S., Electrical Engineering, Sonoran Plains University, 2022
Senior design: solar and battery microgrid controller for a remote ranger station

Skills

Power distribution design (480 V to 15 kV), Load flow, short circuit and arc flash studies, ETAP and SKM PowerTools, AutoCAD Electrical and Revit, NEC and NFPA 70E, Protective relay coordination, Startup and commissioning support, MATLAB

Licenses

  • Engineer in Training (EIT), Arizona, 2022
  • PE exam (Electrical and Computer: Power), scheduled for spring 2027

Tips for Your Electrical Engineering Resume

  • State your specialty in the headline. "Electrical Engineer, Power Distribution" tells a reader at a glance which part of the field you work in.
  • Size every project. Voltage, megawatts, circuit counts or board layers let an engineering manager judge the work in one read.
  • Say what you did on team projects, such as the calculations you ran, the drawings you prepared and the tests you wrote.
  • List EIT or PE status with the state and year. If you are scheduled for the PE exam, give the date, since many firms plan promotions around it.
  • Name the codes and standards you work to, such as the NEC or IEEE standards. Reviewers look for them in the skills section and in project bullets.
  • New graduates should give the senior design project three bullets: the problem, the design and how it performed in testing.
  • Keep course lists short after your first job. One line of advanced courses is enough once real projects fill the page.

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