Also called: Subsea Systems Engineer
Designs the wellheads, pipelines, and equipment that sit on the seafloor thousands of feet down.
Subsea engineers design equipment that must work for 25 years under crushing pressure without a human touching it, and supervise installation by ROVs and divers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in mechanical, ocean, or petroleum engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Petroleum Engineering.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Design and simulation tools help; equipment that must run 25 years under crushing pressure needs engineers who own it.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus, CAD class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2199.
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