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Electronics Engineering
Electrical and electronics engineers are to thank for a wide variety of technologies. Everything from the GPS system that can accurately pinpoint a person's location to huge electric power generators is a result of electrical engineering. Electrical and electronics engineers develop, design, test, and oversee the manufacture of varied electronic equipment and systems. Some of this equipment may include electric motors, broadcast and communications systems, lighting, machinery controls, and wiring in automobiles, buildings, aircraft, and navigation systems. Even power controlling, generating, and transmission devices used by electric utilities are, of course, a product of electrical engineering. Numerous electronics and electrical engineers work in areas closely tied to computers.
Electrical and electronics engineers can specialize in a wide range of areas like communications; power generation, transmission, and distribution; and electrical equipment manufacturing, or in a specialty contained within one of these areas. Electrical and electronics engineers will design new products, develop maintenance schedules, and write performance requirements. They will also estimate the time and cost of engineering projects, solve operating problems, and test equipment.
There were approximately 292,000 electrical and electronics engineering jobs in 2004. Thus electrical engineering made up the largest branch of engineering. Many of these jobs are in professional, scientific, and technical services firms, as well as government agencies and computer and electronic products and machinery manufacturers. Communications, Wholesale trade, and utilities firms made up the remaining jobs.
There are very favorable employment opportunities for electrical and electronics engineering graduates. There are numerous job openings as a result of employment growth and the need to replace electrical engineers and the number of new jobs is expected to be in balance with the number of new graduates.
For electrical and electronics engineers, Continuing education is very important. The rapid changes in technology make the risk of becoming susceptible to layoffs or being passed over for advancement very real for engineers in this field.
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