r/AskEngineers is a subreddit with 2.7M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for, looking, electronics, engineering, and design, and they frequently recommend/review cad software, coding language, and webshop.
Engineers apply the knowledge of math & science to design and manufacture maintainable systems used to solve specific problems. AskEngineers is a forum for questions about the technologies, standards, and processes used to design & build these systems, as well as for questions about the engineering profession and its many disciplines.
Popular Themes in r/AskEngineers
#1
Advice Requests
: "Can our WiFi modem detect people and animals moving?"
18 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "How can i integrate electric generation for the purpose of charging phone in my gym equipment project"
6 posts
#3
Ideas
: "End of project gift for a team of 12 engineers that isn't branded swag, ideas?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/AskEngineers
#1
Looking For
49 posts
#2
Looking
20 posts
#3
Electronics
13 posts
#4
Engineering
: "What did you learn in Engineering that felt like enlightenment?"
10 posts
#5
Design
: "How often do you make geometric errors during Design?"
6 posts
#6
Hate
4 posts
#7
Career Dissatisfaction
4 posts
#8
Mechanical Engineering
3 posts
#9
Motor
3 posts
#10
Material
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/AskEngineers
Cad Software
9 reviews
#1
PTC Creo
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Siemens NX
4.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Autodesk Inventor
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Coding Language
5 reviews
#1
Python
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Arduino
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
C++
4.0★ from 1 review
Webshop
4 reviews
#1
Fabory
4.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Accugroup
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/AskEngineers
#1
Discussion
: "I just learned nearly all of the Mechanical Engineers I work with know the Windows Character Map shortcut for the degrees ( ° )symbol (alt+0176). What other character shortcut do you know by memory because you've used it so often?"
90 posts
#2
Mechanical
: "If all car brakes are powerful enough to completely lock up the wheels (hence requiring ABS), how can there be a difference in “brake power” between two cars?"
62 posts
#3
Electrical
: "Built 400 boards around a part that went end of life six months earlier"
20 posts
#4
Civil
: "Why aren't bridge supports that go into rivers wedged shaped?"
13 posts
#5
Chemical
: "Watson Grinding 2020: gas detectors were disconnected from the PLC. What does that leave functional in a propylene release?"
2 posts
#6
Computer
: "Standing at an intersection between two distinct tech stacks"
2 posts
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+52k members(1.9%)
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Last updated: October 6, 2026