Electrical And Electronics Engineers

Career, Salary and Education Information

What They Do: Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of electrical equipment.

Work Environment: Electrical and electronics engineers work in industries including research and development, engineering services, manufacturing, telecommunications, and the federal government. Electrical and electronics engineers generally work indoors in offices. However, they may have to visit sites to observe a problem or a piece of complex equipment.

How to Become One: Electrical and electronics engineers must have a bachelor’s degree. Employers also value practical experience, such as internships or participation in cooperative engineering programs.

Salary: The median annual wage for electrical engineers is $98,530. The median annual wage for electronics engineers (except computer) is $105,570.

Job Outlook: Overall employment of electrical and electronics engineers is projected to grow 3 percent over the next ten years, about as fast as the average for all occupations. Employment growth is expected to be tempered by slow growth or decline in most manufacturing industries and in telecommunications.

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Top 3 Electrical Engineers Jobs

• Mid Level Electrical System Design Engineer - BOEING - Edwards, CA

  The Boeing Company is seeking an Electrical Engineer in support of follow-on testing for the B-1B Flight Test Program. This position is part of a collaborative team developing instrumentation systems ...

• Electrical Engineer - CyberCoders - Mukilteo, WA

  Electrical Engineer If you are a Electrical Engineer with experience, please read on! What You Will Be Doing - You will be lead and develop new firmware. - You will be running data and software tests ...

• Associate RF Microwave Engineer - BOEING - Los Angeles, CA

  Electrical Engineers will interact with other engineering disciplines, including mechanical engineering , systems engineering and specialty engineering , as well as production operations, and program ...

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Top 3 Electronics Engineers Jobs

• Sr. Power Electronics Engineer - CyberCoders - Kent, WA

  Sr. Power Electronics Engineer Based in the Greater Seattle Area, we're a fast-growing small company that has a one of the kind technology to use optical power beaming technology to convert kilowatts ...

• Senior Electronics Engineering Technician - BOEING - Los Angeles, CA

  Position Overview: The Boeing Space Electronics division is seeking a Senior Electronics ... We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and thinkers. Bold innovators and dreamers

• Embedded Electronics Engineer - Pro Spot International, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA

  The Embedded Electronics Engineer develops firmware and software for electronic systems based on Field Programmable Gate Arrays and embedded microcontrollers and helps the engineering team create ...

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