A railroad engineer can operate a train for 12 hours, there is no federal restriction on how long they may work, but an engineer, conductor, or brakeman must have 10 hours rest before the start of each shift.
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Like any other job, it depends. Some EEs may work a traditional 9 to 5 job and others may work long into the night.
My father is an engineer and he usually leaves for work at 9am and comes home at around 7:30 pm. I'd say on average he works 9-10 hours a day 5 days a week. But that is just from my personal experience. I guess some work more and some work less.
Being a salaried employee a Mechanical Engineer only gets paid for 8 hours of work a day, no matter how many hours he actually works. While in most cases he does only work 8 hours in a day, when schedules are slipping or other problems crop up he will be expected to work as much as necessary to resolve it as soon as possible. I have known a few engineers that worked more than 20 hours a day for a few weeks to resolve a particularly difficult issue.
Full time, 8 hours a day, six days a week
To become a certified software engineer in Canada you need anywhere from 4 years (bachelors of science) to 8+ years (PhD) of schooling.
A civil engineer who has programming experience can work in many different fields, depending on their specialty. They can work at power plants, electrical companies, architectural firms, and even NASA.