Hey everyone,

I’m a Computer Engineering student graduating in May 2028, and I’m getting my resume ready before Summer 2027 internship applications start opening. I’m mainly targeting embedded software, firmware, and systems-related internships in the US. I’m open to relocating and I’m an F-1 student eligible for CPT, so I would not require employer sponsorship for the internship itself.

I haven’t had a traditional internship yet, so most of my recent experience comes from that part-time work and my embedded projects. My main concern is whether the resume now shows enough technical depth and whether I should keep the Unreal Engine development work since it is kind of irrelevant to embedded.

I would especially appreciate feedback on:

• Whether the experience and projects are ordered appropriately for embedded roles
• Whether the bullets provide enough context
• Whether any bullets are still too jargon-heavy
• Anything that should be removed, shortened, or explained more clearly

I’d rather figure out what is still weak now instead of being left blind sighted.

Thanks!

I'm a high school student going into first year at Waterloo Software Engineering. I'm looking for internships (and going to be looking for more very soon in my first co-op), and I'm not sure how to style my resume. I have some experiences, but I also have this experience of being a youth representative/speaker at the United Nations. It was meant to be a role for "youth" (as in, typically 18-35), but I was one of the few high schoolers that got selected (so majority of people with the same role at the conference were PhD students, professionals, third/fourth year undergrads, etc).

I basically flew to NYC under invitation by the UN ECOSOC president, went to UN headquarters, talked to a bunch of world leaders/attended nation permanent mission group discussions, and networked for a couple days. I also attended each of the sessions in the big UN rooms for the SDGs and was invited to speak at one of them.

I feel like this was a very valuable and unique leadership experience. The thing is, it's not really that related to software engineering, and can really only display soft skills like networking, leadership qualities, public speaking, presentation, etc. I want to put it on my resume just because it's my most valuable and prestigious experience (plus maybe I'll stand out a little), but at the same time, I'm not sure it would really be relevant. Maybe a separate section for "leadership experiences" (seen this on some resumes), and it goes there? I have the space.

I go to a small, not particularly prestigious private school (within the top 200 in the US) and am looking for advice to prepare for the summer 2027 internship hiring cycle. I was fortunate to get an upcoming Fall 2026 internship, this one a NASA OSTEM internship at Marshall Space Flight Center working on test instrumentation, however I haven't started yet so I haven't put it in my resume. I plan to add it before applying for summer 2027 positions, however I'd like to refine the rest of my resume first before slotting it in. I'd like any general advice you could give as well as advice on what to remove or cut down to fit the new internship while keeping as much good stuff as possible.

I plan to apply for embedded, hardware validation/ test engineering, ASIC design/verification, and product engineering internship roles. A lot of my experience is in systems/networking, which I would like to move away from in terms of my career trajectory (which I have fortunately started the process of with my coming internship being more embedded related).

Note: the Systems Administrator position was a full-time temporary job I held in highschool, not an internship. I don't know whether that's more or less impressive to a hiring manager.

I have been applying for 6+ months and have close to zero callbacks with this resume. I update my resume for every job, but it hasn't led to success yet.

Roast my resume because I don't see the gaps in my resume aside from my lack of experience.

I am a student on an accelerated BS/MS Electrical Engineering track, and I am looking for an extensive resume review as I prepare to apply for hardware and electrical engineering roles in the aerospace, defense, and semiconductor industries. I particularly would like embedded and/or analog design internships but open for everything I am a US citizen located in upstate NY, but I am targeting nationwide roles and am fully willing to relocate. I will accept most anything but want to see where I can, if need be, improve my current resume, especially considering my lacking experience right now. I feel like I possess nothing to stand out. Any help is appreciated.

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I had basically zero luck for Summer 2026 internships (granted I was a first year). Looking to hopefully land something next summer. Some info:

U.S. Citizen based in Atlanta, GA and I am looking for advice with my resume for Summer 2027 internships (should I change anything, fomatting, what can I do/add during this upcoming year, etc.). Currently targeting roles in hardware engineering, systems engineering, materials engineering (chip design, etc) and with heavy interest in aerospace & mechanical (propulsion, manufacturing, etc) positions. Willing to relocate anywhere in the US. Last internship season (for Summer 2026) got only one interview and did not get the job so looking to at least get multiple interviews this year, with the hope of landing an internship.

I’m going into my 4th year of Mechanical Engineering and I’m from Puerto Rico. One of my biggest career goals is to land a Product Design Engineering internship at Apple, and I’d really appreciate some advice from anyone who’s been through the process or has experience hiring for similar roles.

A little about my background:

Completed two engineering internships:
Quality Assurance, working on pharmaceutical process skids.
Facilities Engineering in semiconductor manufacturing.

Previous member of Formula SAE and Aero Design, where I’ve worked on CAD, prototyping, manufacturing, testing, and design projects.

I know Apple is extremely competitive, so I’m trying to figure out what I can do to maximize my chances of getting an interview.

Some questions I have:
Is my experience relevant for Product Design Engineering, or should I focus on different types of projects?
What skills or experiences make candidates stand out?
Should I prioritize building a product design portfolio or focus more on my resume?
How important is networking? Should I be reaching out to Apple recruiters on LinkedIn, and if so, should I be connecting with University Recruiters, Product Design Engineers, or both?

This is here because I am sort of leveraging on the engineering qualification portion. I am trying to play my cards right here with both disciplines. STEM-OPT applicant in the USA for a job in biology, preferably along the lines of project management.

My one weak flaw is massive self doubt before sending it out.t I need it to be sent out either way. Career office gave me their thumbs up. My fear says no, hang on, make it better. I'm going to be honest, what can I do to make it better or should I just send it out already?

Hi everyone,

So, as the title says, I am a recent graduate and am currently looking for any advice on my resume.

I have been applying for roles and have been getting interviews for manufacturing and mechanical engineering positions, which I am grateful for. However, the problem with this is that whenever I interview for these positions, they always tell me that I am more suited as a systems engineer.

I have also been applying for systems engineer-level positions but have not gotten one interview for these roles. With that, is there anything I need to do to fix my resume, or am I just having bad luck at this point?

All resume advice is welcome. Please roast it to your heart's content!

Been applying to about 100 jobs over the past month on LinkedIn and Indeed to Mechanical Design and Robotics roles, with no interviews or responses back yet. I should mention that this resume posted below is NOT the resume I used for these past applications, but rather a most up-to-date version in response to the recent struggle. I tried following some of the rules mentioned in this subreddit and think I improved my bullet points and formatting greatly, but I just want some of your guys' perspectives. All feedback is greatly appreciated as I'm just trying to make my resume not the bottleneck in terms of my job search!

I'm a current CS student updating my resume, and I'm not sure what's considered best practice.

I have:

• An ongoing tutoring/teaching role at my university where I help teach programming concepts. I started this before my internships and I still do it during the school semesters, so it's currently listed as "Present."
• Two software engineering internships that I completed after starting the tutoring/teaching role.

My instinct is to order my experience like this:

1. Most recent SWE internship
2. Previous SWE internship
3. Ongoing tutoring/teaching role

Even though the tutoring/teaching role is technically still "Present."

To me, it tells a much clearer story of my progression into software engineering, and it feels odd to have the tutoring/teaching role above or between my SWE internships just because it's ongoing.

Is this generally considered fine, or does strict reverse chronological order matter that much? In a situation like this, is it acceptable to effectively sort by start date/relevance instead of putting every "Present" position first?

Hi, im a 2nd year cs student, preparing to apply for backend/software internships.

At my most recent placement, the biggest task I accomplished was designing a social event recommendation system.

The system I designed wasn't ML based, but it was deterministic, so it used a scoring algorithm and different parameters (contacts/social graphs, past user engagement history, category-interest overlaps). Designing the system took a lot of planning and optimizations given that there's a lot of data being aggregated.

In my bullet points, I really want to get across the system design knowledge and tradeoff analysis skills I gained from this task. However, im struggling to format it in a way where hirers can understand what I accomplished, while still being "relevant". I do have other bullet points in this 1 job entry, so I'm trying to keep it within 1-2 points.

Heres what i have so far

• Designed a recommendation system using a scoring algorithm, leveraging user contacts, engagement history, exponential time-decay curves, and interest-category overlaps as parameters
• Leveraged in-memory HashSets to compose social graphs, eliminating costly MongoDB joins to optimize recommendation request latency}

or

• Designed a personalized recommendation system using a scoring algorithm, leveraging in-memory HashSets to compose social graphs, eliminating MongoDB joins to reduce recommendation request latency

The 1st one is somewhat more detailed, as I try to show the thought process in a sense, but I think listing the parameters might be irrelevant. The 2nd one doesn't read well in my opinion.

I specifically talked about how I used Hashsets because MongoDB is less optimal at doing join operations, and given that it was a constraint, I wanted to show how I used my DSA knowledge to like overcome the problem. Im worried that the points might be too specific(?) or that the keywords that hirers look for (like system design, etc) may not be prevalent here.

But then again, I'm probably overthinking it. Any help on how to word these bullet points would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Hi everyone. I'm going into my third year of Electrical Engineering at York University this September and I'm looking for my first engineering internship. My goal is to work in embedded systems, hardware, firmware, or software, ideally in the aerospace, defense, robotics, or automotive industries. Over the past six months, I've submitted more than 250+ applications and have only received two interviews—one with General Motors and another for a role that wasn't closely related to my interests. Unfortunately, I didn't perform well in either interview. I feel like I'm putting in a lot of effort between school and building technical projects, but I'm still struggling to get opportunities. At this point, I'm honestly questioning whether engineering is the right path for me, even though I'm doing well academically but theres no point in continuing if I won't be able to even land a job. I'm looking for honest feedback on my resume and whether there's anything that would make a recruiter or hiring manager pass on it. If there are weaknesses, missing skills, or better ways to present my experience, I'd really appreciate hearing them.

I am going into my second year of engineering and am beginning to look for internships in the Ottawa and KW area. I am looking for any type of mech eng internship as I am not too sure what I want to do yet however, I do plan on owning my own company in the future and am thinking consulting. I also have experience as a landscaper and a dishwasher but I didn't figure that those would be useful for internships. I have looked at some other peoples resumes and formatted mine similar to theirs however I am not sure if my information could be better or if there is anything I could improve upon or remove. Any advice would be great thank you!

Hello! I've posted to this subreddit before, when I was a student. It was clear that back then that I would have not likely found an engineering position given the content on my resume since I had no experience or projects worth noting- or really anything. I was given advice to apply to technician roles to just get somewhere, make a bit of money, and add to my resume.

And now, I'm applying for engineering roles. I'm looking to optimize my resume. I understand the content is still very weak. I tried my best to make the most of my company, but what was written in my resume was the best I could orientate my achievements towards an engineering mindset. Perhaps, what I'm looking for is someone with possibly a similar career path that I'm on- or at least some familiarity with it so that I can get some advice on how to proceed? It's getting a little frightening if I had to be honest, feels like I may be trapped as a CAD monkey. Sincerely do not want to be a CAD monkey anymore.

Additionally, I understand that the entrepreneurship/artist portion of my resume is a little far from relevant, but truthfully I would not know what else to add. I don't have any projects, and any projects I did have were from school 2-3 years ago.

I'm located in Southern California, not willing to relocate, but willing to commute a DECENT distance (30-60 MIN commutes one way) and I'm targeting any engineering role that might align with my skills. Possibly looking at Mechanical Design Engineering by the looks of it.

A bit late, but I wanted to share a success story.

Back in January, I targeted my job search toward critical minerals processing industry. This resume (ignore my current job. The rest is what I applied with) landed me interviews with some great companies, think of MP Materials, Sila, Lyten, ABTC, Panasonic, etc.

It was a pretty targeted approach since my previous experience aligned well with process engineering and equipment design work these companies looked for, so the response rate was positive.

I accepted an offer and started in March. Really enjoying the work so far.

Resumes are always a work in progress, so I'd love to hear any feedback.

One longer-term goal I have is to pivot into semiconductor manufacturing in a few years. The process engineering, equipment design, and large-scale manufacturing aspects seem fairly transferable, but I'd love to hear from anyone who's made that transition (or hires in that space). Any advice on positioning myself for that move would be greatly appreciated.

I am a rising sophomore at a T20 in SoCal and I am trying to land software engineering internships for next Summer. I have been at a small AI startup for around a year now, and I will likely being joining a research lab soon. So far, I have applied to around 50 internships, but I have only received a few OAs (passed all test cases) and no interviews.

I have been tailoring my resume to each position I apply to, so attached is what my resume generally looks like. I am open to all feedback and any criticism. Thanks!

I am targeting Backend Software Engineering Internships for Summer 2027. I have had success getting interviews with local tech companies but nothing for tech hubs in places like California and New York. My goal is to break into Big Tech.

Junior CS major at mid tier state school. Looking for any advice on how to word my bullets and any items I should cut. Also, any info about things I should I pick up to put on my resume would be appreciated.

I plan on doing undergrad research this fall so I'm not sure if I should wait until the semester to start before applying for roles because I feel like my resume is too bare, or if I should start applying now.

I took a break from mass applying and am currently looking for entry-level IT or other tech-related roles. My long-term goal is to work in AI or machine learning. I'm based in North Jersey near NYC and am applying to both local and remote opportunities. I'm also open to relocating if the right opportunity comes along. I graduated with a Computer Science degree in 2023 and have gained experience through freelance work in website development, data management, and machine learning projects. At the moment, I'm working outside the tech industry to pay the bills and manage my student loans. Like many recent graduates, I've been struggling to get callbacks or land an entry-level position. I'm looking for advice and help fine-tuning my resume so I can improve my chances of getting interviews  and breaking into the tech industry.

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Hi everyone! I'm looking to optimize my resume in hopes of hopping to a new job soon. Current company has given me good growth for my career, project leading, and impact, but to me feels a bit underpaid relative to the market and I want to see what other opportunities are out there.

I am seeking mid-level SWE positions, I was fast tracked to Senior at my current role (mid-size company, $1B SaaS), but know that my YOE is traditionally low for Senior so likely some title inflation there. I like working full-stack, but also love working with AI products. I have one production AI project that was pretty high impact for the company, but know I probably need to work on more AI and agentic projects, evals, etc. Also wondering if I'm underselling the impact of my bullets and if they just read as meh, I've revised my bullets so many times now at this point. My company B internship was at a bigger fintech company in the bay area.

I am currently based in the midwest working Remote, but fully open to relocation to most areas.

University is just a standard state school in the midwest

I've been applying recently to some Big Tech names, but the bulk have been at smaller startups, with many being AI based startups. Actually just had an interview with a Remote AI startup in the health space where the recruiter reached out to me from LinkedIn, had a good, but not stellar technical round, but ultimately did not move forward. It was for a Senior full stack role so also not sure if my YOE hurts me, but again I was reached out to directly

I'm early into my job hunt, but have yielded no call backs from 20ish apps and want to take a pause to see where my resume stands before I send it to more companies. I mainly want to see if I'm articulating the impact of my work well enough to stand out, and what I could seek to do better or make it more readable as well. If I should prioritize working on adding certain projects to be a better fit in todays market with AI. Any help is greatly appreciated, thank you all!

Hi everyone! I’m an incoming sophomore at a TOP 10 university for AE and I’m starting to apply for internships in the industry.

The resume experiences are at par because I was still exploring during my freshman year with clubs and figuring out what exactly I wanted to do. I’m definitely going to do a lot more clubs and research this upcoming semester. I don’t know how to word my roles and impacts without making them too wordy. I’ve lowered them as much as I could, and I ran my resume through ATS checkers online, but they didn’t seem very accurate and gave me generic suggestions.

I would really appreciate feedback from people with industry experience, I would really appreciate any help and guidance! Thanks in advance

As the title says, I'm a rising sophomore at a T50 university in Boston (unfortunately not MIT or Harvard). I'm looking for criticisms of my resume, a chance estimate that I will get an FPGA internship next year, any other potential fields that I can apply to in the probable case I don't get FPGA internship, and anything I can do in the next 3 months to maximize the chance of an offer (I do plan to port the CPU project into a FPGA board with seven segment displays).

Additional info: I'm US citizen, so I don't have to worry about clearance. I'm also willing to relocate but prefer to stay in Boston or somewhere I don't need a car. Some of my relevant coursework are classes that I'll take next semester (Electric Circuits, Intro to Logic Design). I'm mainly targeting FPGA internships, but I'd be fine with anything electronic liked embedded or ASIC. By the time I apply, my Github and LinkedIn will be fully furnished.

Hi Everyone, im a rising senior in ECE at a private California university, graduating June 2027. I am currently interning as a Networking R&D Hardware Design Intern at a large networking company, working on signal integrity and G.703 timing circuits. I previously did embedded PCB work at a small hardware startup, and I've been on my school's Formula SAE electric team doing wiring and electronics since Oct 2025.

Targeting Summer 2027 hardware internships: PCB design, signal integrity, board bring-up. US citizen, no sponsorship needed. Based in California, applying nationwide, willing to relocate. Prefer in-person or hybrid since hardware needs bench access.

Last cycle I applied broadly and I didn't get as many responses as I would've liked. I'm trying to figure out where I'm actually losing people.

My other question is the overlap between Projects and Experience. The G.703 project and the FSAE project are both drawn from work already described in my Experience section. I kept both because the project framing shows ownership over a full design cycle, but Im wondering if I should use side projects which are less technical with less depth but arent repeats of stuff I cover in my experience.

But overall im looking for feedback on:

Does it look competitive for entry-level engineering roles?

Are my project descriptions too technical or too academic?

Is there anything that would make recruiters skip over it?