Electrical And Electronics Engineer Career Guide and Counseling

Question: What is the difference between an Electrical Engineer and an Electronics Engineer? I am 17 years old and I am deciding which major I should pursue in college. I am pretty sure I want to major in Electrical Engineering or Electronics Engineering. I would like to get a job designing electronic devices, not some boring job at a power plant or power station. Could you please cover these questions : 1. What is the difference between the two engineering degrees? 2. Would both degrees be acceptable for a person who wanted to design and create electronic devices for films, tv ads and such?

Answer: 1. I work in aviation design and at my job there isn't any difference. But to be fair when I worked in the power department I was called an electrical engineer. My duties had to do with power systems, wiring systems anything that is the basics of electrical theory. But there are other things to do in power other than working in a plant. I proved that by designing aircraft for a living. Then I transferred into avionics which is electronics that deal with the applications or systems like GPS, communications, antenna, radar, signal processing or image processing. And my title now is electronics engineer. But at the college I went to every bodies degree say's electrical engineering. It's the course work "electives" you do in college decide which path you might take, I took more then my classmates so I had the ability to switch between power and electronics. 2. I'm not sure about that last one. A degree in engineering isn't required to design sometime you might want to market on TV. But I did do an internship at a sound company and our CEO was a retired sound engineer from Hollywood that designed a few custom devices for the entertainment industry. His degree was in electrical engineering from Rutgers University. I hope this helps Good Luck

Question: does an electrical/electronics engineer need to under go a software engineering/ information technology course does an electrical/electronics engineer needs training in software ,if not what does he/she needs to know

Answer: EEs, especially the electronics variety need to be well versed in software development. There are many cases where you could be called upon to develop firmware, as simple as test code and as complicated as production code, and you also have a possibility of developing VHDL or Verilog for programmable devices, which are hardware languages, but follow software constructs. Some programmable tools companies are developing versions of "C" to use as an HDL as well. If nothing else, when the software guy says "hey I did this and that happened" you need to be able to communicate with the guy and get the problem solved, or tell him he's goofy. I don't see a whole lot of value in "IT" courses for EE development work, but they could be useful elsewhere.

Question: Is there anyone out there that is a electrical/electronics engineer that works with electronics? If so what is it like, do you work with cell phones and mp3 players, what is the job outlook and salary like?

Answer: See the first two links with answers to your last 2 questions below. The source is the US Bureau of Labor Statistics for engineering and engineering technicians. As far of your job getting right out of college, If you'd like to work with circuits, you'd probably be doing a lot of debugging initially, working with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, possibly some CAD/CAM tools, etc. As you acquire more experience, you'll get to work on other diverse and possibly bigger projects. As the previous poster commented, when you're familiar with ASIC's, low level programming, and other advanced topics, you could secure a job working to design ICs that provide functionality to cell phones and MP3 players. There's many other areas of electrical engineering as well. See the third link for some summaries of the different fields you could specialize in. As for myself... I originally planned to get a BS in Computer Engineering... as I passed my sophmore year of college I decided to do a dual major in ECE (Electrical and Computer Engineering). Shortly after, I realized that some of the classes I took really interested me (Linear Systems, Communication Systems). That interest demostrated itself as I continued to do a MS in Electrical Engineering, specializing in Communications and Signal Processing. Basically, I suppose it comes to show you that what I once thought I'd end up doing after graduating didn't really end up happening... Granted it wasn't that much of a change for me, but I guess the point is... keep your options open, and go for what seems interesting to you. Good luck!

Question: I am Electrical and Electronics Engineer, 35 yeard experience and 54 years old. How to get a job in Canada? Presently, I am working in a Automobile pump manufacturing company, India, as Maintenance manager [Electrical and Electronics]. I want to get a suitable job in Canada and settle there. I do not have friends or relations in Canada. How tCan I do that?

Answer: there's no such thing as too old here in canada, not like in other countries, if you are qualified somebody will hire you. if you want to practice engineering here you should apply for the membership of the association of professional engineers and you will be given an exam if they will approve your experiences and studies. good luck.

Question: whats the difference between a electrical and electronics engineer? I am gonna graduate in may with a 2 year degree which would make me a Electronics tech. I already was offered a job with Intell and i plan to work there while i get my bachlor. Is there i difference in the 2? and also Intell offered me 52k to start as a tech, is that good? and how much can i expect to make once i get my 4 year degree? thx

Answer: Think scale - An electrical Engineer is large scale transformers, generators, power grids, etc.. An Electronics engineer is small scale circuit design etc.

Question: Can I get a job as an electrical engineer with a year worth of experience in "electronics" engineering? I have a year worth of experience in electronics engineering, testing , programming , etc... But recently I got laid off and I have been looking for a job ever since. Is looking for a job as an electrical engineer a good idea , eventhough my experience is in electronics engineering? my degree is in electrical and computer engineering

Answer: If I recall, electronics is different from electrical.

Question: What courses would i have to do to be an electrical engineer, I have no electronics qualifications? What courses would i have to do to be an electrical engineer, I'm 17 and have no electronics qualifications, i do have a couple of standard grades, and am currently studing HND Photography, and want to change my direction in life, I left highschool before i started my higher Exams (A levels in england). I have always wanted to become an engineer and create new things, im also quite into mechanics and would also like to learn more about the physics behind the standard combustion engine. But primarily want to become an electrical engineer and work with electronics. Any answers highly appreciated! Thanks

Answer: For starters, all of the basic courses in English, bio, social sciences, etc. For an electrical engineer you'd have lots of coursework in computer sciences, mathematics, physics, circuits, energy systems, and more. Look at a college curriculum.

Question: what the difference between electrical engineer and electronics engineer? which is better job?

Answer: An electrical engineer tends to deal with high power stuff - generators, turbines, motors etc An electronic engineer tends to deal with low power electrical circuits - e.g. microprocessors, mobile phones, computers etc etc Depends what you are interested in - electrical tends to be more 'high tech' / leading edge technology...

Question: What are some negative aspects to becoming an electronics or electrical engineer?

Answer: They never finish school. No matter how smart they are they can't work on every development. So that leaves them with a degree of ignorance. No offense intended. Others may become rich from your work while you make a very good wage. If you look you will see investors holding to your coattail. That gets very negative.

Question: How can I work from home? I am an electrical and electronics engineer trained in ElectricalCAD. I am in Qatar.

Answer: If you do ElectricalCAD, then just ask for the design specs at work, and then write the designs from your computer at home and email it to your boss. Even if you need equipment, as long as it isn't too big, you can just borrow it from work and take it home.