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Electrical engineering is a profession in which science, technology and problem-solving skills are applied to create solutions to complex problems.
An electrical engineer will have earned a bachelor’s degree or possibly a master’s degree in electrical engineering. If the engineer’s interests lie in research then a doctorate is usually required. Upon graduation, a new engineer may be in a role learning about the products and services offered by the employer as well as learning the company's design standards and testing procedures. As the young engineer’s tenure lengthens, new responsibilities might include the specification, design, development, testing and implementation of products or systems. Research into the latest solutions available or creating new ideas is also a possibility.
As experience is gained, the engineer will be expected to identify problems and formulate appropriate high-performance, cost-effective technical solutions, ensure the design is both safe and economical to manufacture, develop testing procedures that are both relevant to the design and the end user, and ensure the product or system complies with state, global and ethical regulations.
Electrical engineering graduates may hold positions such as —
Many of the same responsibilities the electrical engineer has will be held by the computer engineer. However, a computer engineer’s work may reside in hardware development, software development or both. The computer engineer can be thought of as the value-added part of the overall system design. Many of today’s devices we take for granted would not be possible without the computer engineer designing and embedding high-performance computing architectures and developing the software needed for system operation. The computer engineer by virtue of education will likely be involved in many aspects of system development and will often be tasked with developing and embedding software that will fuse the various hardware pieces into a functioning system to carry out complex tasks.
Having a background in electrical engineering is necessary for the computer engineer since software the computer engineer writes, controls the electrical engineer's design. Extensive knowledge of the electrical system is crucial when trying to debug software that controls how the different pieces of hardware interact.
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Biomedical engineers use and apply an in-depth knowledge of biological principles in their engineering design process to improve health and enhance the quality of health care by —
designing new diagnostic tools and medical equipment.
developing new analysis tools for the medical industry.
integrating technology into health systems.
researching cutting-edge medical areas.
interacting with companies to improve current medical devices.
Biomedical engineering graduates may hold positions such as —