Although the Engineering Technology Program at Buffalo State College prepares students for a career as an Engineering Technologist, some organizations may hire graduates with a position title of Engineer.
Engineering Technologists organize people, material, and equipment to solve technical problems.
They are usually a part of a team consisting of scientists, engineers, technicians, and crafts workers. Engineering Technologists design, construct, operate, maintain, and manage technical engineering projects. They are concerned with practical applications rather than with theory. Since they devise practical ways of doing what engineers invent, technologists may create engineering drawings, designs, and experimental models of a mechanism. They may use complex electronic equipment and mechanical instruments or specialized material.