Newsletter

Electrical
Engineering

Gage Wade, Michael Montique, Taylor Gates

Weekly Newsletter  Work with project managers on production efforts
to ensure that projects are completed
What They Do satisfactorily, on time, and within budget

Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise Education
the manufacturing of electrical equipment, such as
electric motors, radar and navigation systems, Electrical and electronics engineers must have a
communications systems, or power generation bachelor's degree. Employers also value practical
equipment. Electrical engineers also design the electrical experience, so participation in cooperative engineering
systems of automobiles and aircraft. programs, in which students earn academic credit for
structured work experience, is valuable as well. Having a
Electronics engineers design and develop electronic Professional Engineer (PE) license may improve an
equipment, such as broadcast and communications engineer's chances of finding employment.
systems, from portable music players to global
positioning systems (GPS). Many also work in areas Pay
closely related to computer hardware.
The median annual wage for electrical engineers was
Duties $87,920 in May 2012. The median wage is the wage at
which half the workers in an occupation earned more
Electrical engineers typically do the following: than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10
percent earned less than $56,490, and the top 10
 Design new ways to use electrical power to percent earned more than $136,690.
develop or improve products
The median annual wage for electronics engineers was
 Do detailed calculations to develop $91,820 in May 2012. The lowest 10 percent earned less
manufacturing, construction, and installation than $58,470, and the top 10 percent earned more than
standards and specifications $141,190.

 Direct manufacturing, installing, and testing of Colleges
electrical equipment to ensure that products
meet specifications and codes Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
 Investigate complaints from customers or the California Institute of Technology
public, evaluate problems, and recommend Pasadena, CA
solutions

University of California—Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Sources

http://grad-
schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-
graduate-schools/top-engineering-
schools/electrical-engineering-rankings

https://collegegrad.com/careers/electrical-and-
electronics-engineers