Employment Information
SDSU's EE graduates are in high demand by numerous employers, many right here in South Dakota and the upper Midwest. Nearly all of these graduates are working as either design engineers or in research & development (R&D). Several also work in technical sales and marketing or have pursued military careers. Quite a few graduates have also chosen graduate schools to obtain Master of Science (MS), Doctorate (Ph.D.) and Masters of Business Administration degrees. Several have also pursued medical school following their undergraduate EE degree. Below is a list of recent employers of our graduating students:
- 3M, Inc. (Brookings, SD)
- 3M, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)
- ADC Communications (Minneapolis, MN)
- Ag Chem, Inc., (Jackson, MN)
- Airborne Data Systems, (Brookings, SD)
- American Express/Special Teams, (Brookings, SD)
- Analysts International Corporation, (Rochester, MN)
- Bapco, Inc., (Viborg, SD)
- Black & Veatch, (Kansas City, KS)
- Boeing, (Kansas City, MO)
- Booz Auken & Hamilton Consultants (McLean, VA)
- Burns & McDonnell, (Kansas City, MO)
- Chrysler Corporation, (Detroit, MI)
- CoEv, Inc., (Watertown, SD)
- Comstrand, (Fridley, MN)
- Connect, Inc., (Woodbury, MN)
- Control Technology, (Sioux Falls, SD)
- Daktronics, Inc., (Brookings, SD)
- Dana Larson Roubal & Associates, (Minneapolis, MN)
- DGR Consulting, (Rock Rapids, IA)
- DLR, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)
- Electrical Consultants, Inc., (Billings, MT)
- EMD Benchmark, Inc., (Winona, MN)
- EMPI, Inc., (Clear Lake, SD)
- EROS Data Center (Baltic, SD)
- Fargo Electronics (Eden Prairie, MN)
- Gateway, (North Sioux City, SD)
- Harris-Allied Broadcast Division, (Quincy, IL)
- Hutchinson Technology, Inc. (Sioux Falls)
- Hutchinson Technology, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)
- IBM, (Rochester, MN)
- I-Control, Inc., (Watertown, SD)
- Intel Corp., Inc., (Rio Rancho, NM)
- Intel Corp., (Phoenix, AZ)
- Intel Corp., Inc. (Malaysia)
- Interactive Technologies, Inc., (St. Paul, MN)
- Interstates Control Systems, (Sioux Center, IA)
- Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., (South Sioux City, NE)
- Loral Vought Systems, (Dallas, TX)
- Magnavox, (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Malaysian Power Utilities, (Malaysia)
- Martin and Associates, (Mitchell, SD)
- Micron Technology, (Boise, ID)
- Midcom, Inc. (Watertown, SD)
- Minnesota Rubber, (St. Louis Park, MN)
- Motorola Corp., (Fort Worth, TX)
- Motorola Corp., (Malaysia)
- MTR Systems, Inc., (Brookings, SD)
- Nestle USA, (St. Joseph, MO)
- Northwestern Public Service, (Mitchell, SD)
- Northwestern Public Service, (Yankton, SD)
- Ontrack, (Minnetonka, MN)
- Ontrack, Inc., (Bloomington, MN)
- Plexes, Inc. (Neenah, WI)
- Raven Industries, (Sioux Falls, SD)
- Rockwell Collins, (Cedar Rapids, IA)
- Rosemount, Inc., (Rosemount, MN)
- Sheldahl, Inc., (Britton, SD)
- The Schemmer Associates (Omaha, NE)
- Spectra Logic Corporation, Boulder, CO
- Tanaga National Power, (Malaysia)
- Tellabs, (Bolingbrook, IL)
- U.S. Air Force
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Marine Corps
- U.S. Wireless, (Baltimore, MD)
- Vantage Point (Mitchell, SD)
- WebTite.com (Watertown, SD)
- West Plains Engineering, (Sioux Falls, SD)
- Winco, Inc., (LaCenter, WI)