What will I do?

Where will I work?

How much will I make?

What will it take?

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about the life of an
electrical engineer
What will I do?
Electrical engineers design,
develop, and test electronic systems
but more fundamentally, they make
electricity work for us in new and ever
more beneficial ways.
Electricity lights, heats, and cools our
homes. It places a world of information
at our fingertips. It connects us to
friends, family, and colleagues across
the globe.
Today, electricity makes our lives
easier, more comfortable, and more
enjoyable thanks to the ingenuity and
hard work of electrical engineers.
For more specifics on what electrical
engineers do, check out the
engineering profiles on this page.
Where will I work?
Electrical engineers work in a variety of
industries:
Power - generation, transmission, and
distribution of electricity
Control - modeling diverse range of
dynamic systems and design of the
controllers the drive these systems to
operate as desired
Electronics - design and testing of
electronic circuits
Microelectronics - design and fabrication of
very small electronic circuit components
used in integrated circuits such as
microprocessors
Signal processing - analysis and
manipulation of signals
Telecommunications - transmission of
information across a channel
Instrumentation - design of devices to
measure physical quantities of pressure,
flow and temperature
Computers - design of computers and
computer systems
How much will I make?

Starting Salary Range

Experienced Engineer Salary Range

What will it take?
In addition to core engineering
requirements in algebra, calculus,
chemistry, physics, and problem solving
methodology, electrical engineering
students also complete courses in:

Electrical Circuits Signal Analysis

Electromagnetic Digital Design &

Theory System Modelling