You might work on:

• body, chassis and engine systems
• electrical and electronic instrumentation and control systems
• thermodynamics, aerodynamics and fluid mechanics
• fuel technology and emissions

You could work in:

• design – turning ideas into blueprints for development and testing, taking into account safety, cost-effectiveness, environmental impact and look
• development – building and testing prototypes using computer simulations and physical models to assess components' strengths, weaknesses, performance and safety
• production – planning the production run, including redesigning machine tools, equipment and processes to make new parts, monitoring costs and production schedules, and overseeing quality control

You could work in an office, at a research facility or at a manufacturing plant.

With experience, you could progress to senior engineer roles, project team management, general management or consultancy.