Senior member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply. IEEE members can self-nominate, or be nominated, for Senior Member grade.
To be eligible for application or nomination, candidates must: - Be engineers, scientists, educators, technical executives, or originators in IEEE-designated fields - Have experience reflecting professional maturity - Have been in professional practice for at least ten years (with some credit for certain degrees) - Show significant performance over a period of at least five of their years in professional practice