The Engineer Accelerator bridges the gap in training by going beyond a standard internship in three main areas It uses a curriculum that makes the implicit skills of a professional engineer explicit. These skills are distilled into a series of seminars and labs which give the students a framework to understand the subtle issues they will see in their career. When these issues come up they will be able to recognize them and respond accordingly. It uses an accelerated hardware development cy...

When a new engineer enters the profession they come with the concepts that form the foundation of electrical engineering. This knowledge is necessary to be a professional but it is not sufficient. There is still a large gap between what a new engineer can do and what a professional engineer can do. In addition to knowing about current, voltage, frequency domain, etc. a professional engineer must know how to answer these questions: Do you know how to determine how long a task will take? ...

All new electrical engineers need to learn professional skills to be successful. However, right now there is no consistent path for them to do so within the industry. This was not always the case. In the 1960s this training happened when you were hired for your first job.During this era engineers worked for a company for an extended amount of time, sometimes even their whole career so it was worth it to their employers to train their new hires in the specific skills needed for the industry....