Electrical Engineers

Research, design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use.

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Operate computer-assisted engineering or design software or equipment to perform engineering tasks.

Prepare technical drawings, specifications of electrical systems, or topographical maps to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements.

Confer with engineers, customers, or others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects or products.

Design, implement, maintain, or improve electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, or domestic purposes.

Direct or coordinate manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, or testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, or customer requirements.

Compile data and write reports regarding existing or potential electrical engineering studies or projects.

Perform detailed calculations to compute and establish manufacturing, construction, or installation standards or specifications.

Prepare specifications for purchases of materials or equipment.

Estimate labor, material, or construction costs for budget preparation purposes.

Supervise or train project team members, as necessary.

MathWorks Simulink

Minitab

Powersim PSIM

The MathWorks MATLAB

Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft Word

Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D

Autodesk Revit

Bentley MicroStation

Dassault Systemes SolidWorks

Eclipse IDE

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA

Microsoft Visual Studio

Bash

Microsoft Windows Server

Shell script

UNIX

Perl

Python

AVEVA InTouch HMI

Programmable logic controller PLC software

Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software

ESRI ArcGIS software

ETAP

Debugging software

Defect tracking software

Requirements management software

Unified modeling language UML

Electron beam evaporators

Wafer steppers

Wet chemical clean benches

Wire bonders

Auger electron spectrometers

Electrochemical CV dopant profilers

Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS

X ray photoemission spectrometers

Programmable function generators

Synthesized continuous wave CW generators

Vector signal generators

Doping tubes

Oxidation tubes

Vertical furnaces

Filament evaporators

Metal evaporation systems

Vacuum system/thermal evaporators

Digital oscilloscopes

Mixed signal oscilloscopes

Sampling oscilloscopes

Annealing furnaces

Diffusion furnaces

Oxidation furnaces

Atomic force microscopes

Scanning tunneling microscopes STM

Digital voltmeters DVM

Pulsed current-voltage IV analyzer

Frequency drives

Signal analyzers

Principal Engineer

Electrical Engineering is tough. You will have a tough time doing well in your studies.

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Principal Engineer

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Ananth Ramaswamy

Principal Engineer

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Design

Engineering

Accomplishing Goals

Recommended Education

My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:

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The Noise I Shed

From Peers:

Interviewed By

Anonymous Student

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