Fall 2025

Exploring Engineering Careers

From the Series Career Quest

  • Interest Level: Grade 6 - Grade 12
  • Reading Level: Grade 7

Engineers solve problems, design structures, and create systems in a dynamic range of areas, from city planning to robotics to health care to renewable energy. As the world’s needs become more complex, the engineering field is growing rapidly.

Are you an aspiring engineer? Exploring Engineering Careers covers the history of the profession, explores modern work environments, and highlights the skills necessary for a successful career in the industry. Discover the basics of the field, including a variety of engineering jobs, pay ranges, professional development, and hiring outlooks. Then figure out how to use your classes, job experience, and additional opportunities such as apprenticeships, camps, and competitions to prepare for your future career.

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Interest Level Grade 6 - Grade 12
Reading Level Grade 7
Genre Social Studies, Young Adult
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction
Copyright 2026
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Brand Informed Editions
Imprint Twenty-First Century Books ™
Language English
Number of Pages 64
Publication Date 2025-08-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS YAN011000, YAN049000
Dewey 620.0023
Dimensions 6 x 9
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Primary source quotations/images, Reviewed, Sidebars, Source notes, and Table of contents

Author: Andrew Morkes

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“Useful guidance for career-minded young makers who may wish to pursue engineering. . . A concise, information-packed overview with an emphasis on helpful practical advice.”—Kirkus Reviews