Sunday, April 15, 2007

Electrical Engineer

An electrical engineer designs, develops and tests all aspects of electrical equipments, components and machinery(mobile phones also come in this category). He/she may also use or develop computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipments to carry out the asigned tasks. an electrical engineer applies concepts of engineering to achieve goals. Companies ususally look for a bachelor's degree in the related field of electrical engineering with an experience of 1 to 2 years in the related field (like mobile communication or semiconductor devices and circuits industries look for people with specialization or experience in these fields).

Hottest area for Electrical Engineers is solid-state circuit designers, reported as $115,000 even surpassed managers' salaries. Engineers who work in industrial application and systems and control had the lowest wages but these wages were well above national norms. Salaries are highest by far in San Francisco, Followed by Boston, Baltimore, San Diego. Salaries are high in Chicago and Raleigh Durham region, Portland (Oregon), Dallas, Los Angles, Phoenix (Arizona). Hot careers for Electrical engineers are DSP, C/C++, ASIC design, Analog design, Systems integration, Opto/Optoelectronic, Wireless design, Deep sub micron integrated circuits

average salaries for electrical engineers are as follows according to cities
Houston, TX $55k
LA, California $65k
New York, NY $68k
Miami, FL $57k

There are number of reasons why your salary can be higher or lower than national US averages or average of particular city

Recent promotion to new job
Lesser job responsibilities
Limiting pay grades and pay structures
A company that pays lower cash and higher benefits
Small company
Low-paying industry
Less-than-expected performance
Other

3 comments:

Unknown said...

Nice Template ;-)

Nats said...

what r the job prospects for an electrical engineer with MBA?

abhi said...

hey Nataraj
keep checking this blog for information about opportunities for engineers with MBA