After Graduation
Most engineering students build careers in the field immediately after leaving Hope. Others pursue medicine, law or teaching. And almost half go on to receive a graduate degree. In the last year, 50 students graduated with an engineering degree.
Visit the Boerigter Center for Calling and Career for information, resources and career services
Our graduates:
- Are employed at a wide range of companies
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Partial List of 1st Position after Graduation since 2015
- General Motors - Seat Design Engineering
- Ford Motor Company - Power Train Controls Engineer
- Tesla Motors - Project Engineer
- Rose Medical - Project Engineer
- Hubbel, Roth & Clark - Civil Engineer
- Fleis and VandenBrink - Civil Engineer, EIT
- LECO - R&D Chemical Engineer
- Arconic - CVD Process Engineer
- Lexmark - Firmware Engineer
- JR Automation – Design Engineer
- JR Automation – Controls Engineer
- General Dynamics Land Systems - Engineer I
- Tiara Yachts - Mechanical Engineer
- Gentex – Product Support Engineer
- Gentex - Electrical Engineer
- GMB Architecture & Engineering - Electrical Engineer
- Herman Miller - Engineer
- Magna Mirrors - Advanced Product Development Engineer
- LG Chem - Production Engineer
- Nissan - Exterior Plastics Engineer
- Stryker Instruments - CAD Designer
- Toyota - Associate Engineer
- Highlight Industries – Mechanical Engineer
- Extol – Design Engineer
- DTE Energy - Associate Engineer
- ICM Products – Developmental Process Engineer
- Plastomer - Plant Engineer
- ComEd – Associate Engineer
- OPS Solutions LLC - Development Engineer
- Crane Technologies - Mechanical Engineer
- Summit Polymers, Inc. - Project Engineer
- Burns & McDonnell – Assistant Mechanical Engineer
- LeanLogistics – Software Developer
- RRM Design Group – Civil Engineer
- ZF North America – Test Engineer
- Magna Powertrain – Vehicle Verification Engineer
- Jacobs Technology - Machine Design Engineer
- Encoris – CAD Support/Engineering
- Schap Specialty Machine – Mechanical Engineer
- Apex Controls – Control Systems Engineer
- Lear Corp – Seating Engineer
- The Walt Disney Studio – Engineering and Infrastructure
- Servinsky Engineering PLLC – Structural EIT
- Roush Industries – Powertrain Design Engineer
- OST – Software Development
- Transmatic - Production Quality Engineer
- Koops - Applications Engineer
- Attend graduate school in a variety of fields
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- Acoustics
- Applied Mathematics
- Aerospace Engineering
- Agricultural Engineering
- Bioelectrical Engineering
- Biomechanical Engineering
- Biomedical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Environmental Engineering
- Industrial Engineering
- Materials Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Medical Imaging Engineering
- Naval Architecture
- Paper Science & Engineering
- Prosthetic Science
- Rehabilitation Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Sustainable Engineering
- Attend many different graduate schools
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- Case Western University
- Cornell University
- Iowa State University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Northwestern University
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- Stanford University
- University of California at Berkeley
- University of Colorado
- University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
- University of Liverpool (England)
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Vermont
- University of Wisconsin
- Boston College Law School
- Indiana University Law School
- University of Michigan Medical School
- Georgia Tech School of Business
- Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Michigan School of Business
Partial list since 1997
Alumni Highlights

Gentex Corporation
Brock Benson ’16 is currently a prototype engineer at Gentex Corporation in Zeeland, Michigan. Learn more about Brock’s career and his Hope experience.

Hillsdale College

Lockheed Martin
Daniel Langholz ’14 is currently a guidance, navigation and controls engineer for Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, California. Learn more about Daniel’s career and his time at Hope.

SolAero Technologies
Meghan Estochen ’08 is currently the manager of continuous improvement for SolAero Technologies, the leading manufacturer of solar power for space applications, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Learn more about Meghan’s career and her time at Hope.

Medtronic
Jo Forst ’13 is currently associate market development manager in the Cardiovascular Division at Medtronic, a major medical technology and services corporation. Learn more about Jo’s career and her time at Hope.
Applied Biomimetic
Kurt Blohm ’06 is currently an applications engineer at Applied Biomimetic, a company based in Cincinnati, OH, with a unique focus on the development of membranes for water treatment and filtration systems. Learn more about Kurt’s career and his time at Hope.