Electrical and Electronic Engineering Jobs
Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. It covers a range of sub-disciplines, such as power, optoelectronics, digital electronics, analog electronics, computer science, artificial intelligence, control systems, electronics, signal processing and telecommunications.
Electrical engineering also include electronic engineering. To dintguish the two, electrical engineering deals with the problems associated with large-scale electrical systems such as power transmission and motor control, and electronic engineering deals with the study of small-scale electronic systems including computers and integrated circuits.
How to become an Electrical or Electronic Engineer...
To become an electrical or electronic engineer, you need to be qualified within this discipline. Ideally you should obtain at least a bachelor’s degree in an electrical or electronic-based engineering discipline (BEng), such as a BEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Many engineers go on to complete a master’s degree in higher-level, and more specialist electrical or electronic engineering subject, such as power, or control systems.
It would be most beneficial to recent electrical or electronic engineering graduates to have completed a year-in-industry work placement within industry as part of their course. Or at least completed summer work in a relevant industry. The competition for such engineering jobs is fierce, so you need to have that edge over other recent graduates.
Many Electrical or Electronic Engineers aim to develop their career in such a way as to become chartered. You would begin this process by becoming a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE), which has now jointed forces to become the Institute of Engineering Technology (IET). Whether Chartered or not, member of this professional body would help your application for electrical or electronic engineering vacancies, particularly electronic design engineering. Professional bodies are there to support Chartership routes.
Disciplines covered in Electrical and Electronic Engineering...
- Electronic Design Engineering, including direct component design
- Manufacturing
- Power Systems
- Control Systems
- Electromechanics
- Embedded Systems Design
- Analogue & Digital Circuitry
- Robotics
- Microprocessors
- Instrumentation
- Aerospace, Defence, Nuclear, Oil & Gas, Environmental sectors
What we are looking for...
- Graduates of Electrical and/or Electronic-based Engineering degrees - BEng and MEng.
- Electrical and Electronic engineers who have worked in any of the disciplines mentioned above, whether recent graduates or experienced engineers, such as Design Engineers, Applications engineers.
- Members of IEE, or IET and Chartered Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
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