Introduction of Electronics Technology

            Electronics engineers create, design and develop everyday devices such as mobile phones, portable music devices and computers. Electronic engineering offers the chance to produce new innovations and developments in telecommunications, robotics, computing hardware, and power and electrical equipment.

            There is plenty of scope to specialize within the field, with areas of expertise including audio, visual and light electronic equipment; control systems and automation; and microelectronics (computer chips) and telecommunications.

Typical employers of electronics engineers

Telecommunications providers – mobile phones, radio, TV and satellite companies

Manufacturers and providers of PCs, tablets and ATM machines

Scientific research – acoustics, optics, physics and nanotechnology

Medical device and medical instrument manufacturers

Aviation and aerospace companies

The manufacturing sector – programmable logic controls (PLCs) and industrial machinery developers