Electrical EngineeringWENDY FRANCO

Job Description

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism

Required Training

Bachelor's degree in engineering is the first step towards professional certification

After completing a certified degree program the engineer must have work experience before getting certified

Once certified the engineer is designated the title of Professional Engineer

Skills & Characteristics

Pay attention to what customers are telling you

Understand the problems and solutions

Be a good speaker and listener

Always know what to do and be ready for anything

Wages

Employment Employment RSE

Mean hourly wage

Mean annual wage

Wage RSE

174,550 1.4% $46.05 $95,780 0.4%

Job Outlook

Employment of electrical and electronics engineers is supposed to grow 4% from 2012 to 2022.

Job growth is expected because of all the people wanting to and starting to get into electrical engineering.

Professional Association

American Society for Engineering Education (www.asee.org)

AT&T Labs Research (http://www.research.att.com/)

California Lighting Technology Center (http://cltc.ucdavis.edu/)

Electric Power Research Institutes (http://www.spie.org/)

IEEE Computer Society (http://www.computer.org/)

Job Listing

Electrical engineering deals with the motion of electrons in metals

Work focused on:

- large electrical systems

- motors and generators

- electrical circuits in buildings

- power transmission systems

- electrical generation plants