[1] After regular education and high school, Goldsmith joined the U.S.
[2] Prior to this period he obtained his BSc in marine nuclear science at the State University of New York Maritime College, and his MSc in nuclear engineering and Degree of Nuclear Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972–73.
Next, from 2004 to 2005,[1] he was vice president at Stone & Webster Management Consultants, specializing in strategic energy businesses.
Eventually in 2005 he founded his own consultancy firm Marc Goldsmith & Associates LLC in Newton, Massachusetts.
At the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Goldsmith was elected fellow of ASME, has been awarded the Society's Dedicated Service Award in 2001, and served on both the Board of Governors and as its president in 2012–13.