I am an engineer with an MA in translation studies too and over 21 years of professional translation experience from English/French into German/Germany - I work with SDL Trados Studio 2014 - My daily throughput is 3k to 4k new words.

Sample projects in the field of automotive:

170k+ new words - Advanced Automotive Technical Training Material
160k+ new words - Advanced Motorcycle Technical Training Material
120k+ new Trados translation units of truck documentation