Careers & Alumni
Our Engineering students will graduate from Cal Poly Humboldt with the knowledge and skills they need to design and implement systems and think critically to create a more just and sustainable society.
Related Job Titles
The following list is not meant to be all-inclusive; many other job alternatives and titles may exist. Many of the job titles listed require further education.
Energy Systems Engineering
The Energy Systems degree prepares you for a career in developing, designing, operating, and analyzing clean energy systems.
- Energy Engineer
- Environmental Engineer
- Public Works Engineer
- Utility Engineer
- Energy Policy Advocate
- Building Energy Efficiency Analyst
- HVAC Engineer
- Wind Power Analyst/Engineer
- Solar Power Engineer
- Energy Storage Systems Engineer
- Energy Policy Analyst
- Energy Manager
Environmental Resources Engineering
Students will graduate from Humboldt prepared for work in industry, private practice, or government, or for continued studies in graduate school.
- Air Pollution Engineer
- Consulting Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Ecological Engineer
- Energy Management Engineer
- Environmental Engineer
- Fisheries Engineer
- Geo-Environmental Engineer
- Hydrologist
Mechanical Engineering
- Aerospace engineer
- Automotive engineer
- Biomedical engineer
- Construction engineer
- Mechanical engineer
- Production engineer
- Process engineer
- Product designer
- Structural engineer
- Thermal engineer
Engineering & Community Practice, MA
- Environmental Engineer
- Water Resources Engineer
- Engineering Planning and Management
- Water and Wastewater Engineer
- Energy Systems Engineer
- Energy Policy Specialist
- Environmental Consultant
- Tribal/Municipal/City Engineer
Featured Alumni
Degrees in Engineering have given alumni opportunities to work in their fields around the world.
Greg Williams, 1980
Submitted: August 5, 2023
Greg is the former co-owner of a Humboldt County solar design and build company. His son is also a Humboldt graduate. Greg and his family migrated to the western Washington area where Greg is a Senior Solar Design Consultant, NABCEP certified, and an active pilot flying aerobatics and shares his...
Emily Frances Klee, 2017
Submitted: March 16, 2023
After graduating from Humboldt State, Emily went off to grad school and got a Master's in Mechanical Engineering. She then moved out to Huntsville, AL, and worked at NASA in the Environmental Control and Life Support System Branch. After 2 years of loving her job, but hating the area, she decided...
Stephen Oram "SeaCowboy", 1985
Submitted: January 26, 2023
Stephen Oram ('85, Environmental Resources Engineering) obtained his final civil engineering degree from Oregon State University in 1985 after four solid years of Environmental Engineering at Humboldt. He worked in Washington at the Bremerton Shipyard for five years, at a consulting firm in...
RICHARD MOORE, 1992
Submitted: July 21, 2021
Richard has been working steadily as a civil engineer since he left HSU in 1991. He worked a variety of positions in consulting and local and Federal government. He has also ran a small consulting business full- and part-time since 1998; worked a few years for the Indian Health Service; worked 3...
Gary Newman, 1977
Submitted: December 20, 2019
After graduation, Gary Newman, Environmental Resources Engineering, 1977, went to Utah State University and earned a Masters in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Upon graduation from USU, he was hired by Brown and Caldwell Consulting Engineers (BC), in their Pasadena, California office. Newman...
