Everything About Electrical and Electronics Engineering

A brief introduction

Electrical & electronics technologists work in a variety of technologies, including Electrical Power Generators, Global Positioning Systems, etc.  The engineers from the field design, develop, test, supervise as well as maintain various electrical & electronics machinery. Electrical motors, controls of machinery, broadcasting systems, telecommunication equipment, vehicles, aircrafts, etc. are built by electrical & electronics engineers.

Such class of technologists may also work in different fields that are related to Information Technology (IT). In IT, electrical & electronics engineers work closely with hardware professionals. The working scope of such engineers, however, is very less when it comes to software development.

Areas of specialization

Engineers from the discipline may choose a variety of specializations. The technologists, in general, are specialized in different areas such as:-

• Power generation                             
  
• Power distribution
• Communications
• Manufacturing of electrical equipment

The above-named specialities, however, are the most common. A few specializations of the discipline that are climbing up are:-

• Industrial robot control systems
• Aviation electronics

Job profile

Most technologists of the branch are employed in a different government, scientific, technical and corporate agencies.  Such class of engineering professionals works in the defence to design and manufacture a range of electronic military equipment.

Further, such type of engineers is required to design new products, fill performance sheets and develop maintenance charts. Other auxiliary tasks that are performed by such technologists are:-

• Solving operation problems
• Testing electrical & electronics equipment
• Estimating time and cost of the assigned task

Many electrical and electronic engineering colleges around the world offer different graduate, postgraduate and diploma courses in the branch. However, only a leading engineering college in Dehradun or any other part of the world offers industry-specific electrical & electronic course. The starting salary of such type of engineers ranges from 3.0 – 3.5 lakhs.