What does an EE do?

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
What about designing HDTVs or game consoles? Apple hires EEs for their Cinema displays.

They do that too. But to be more specific, they design individual components of HDTVs, consoles, etc.

 

[JohnCU]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Well as for "what does an EE do", I', not sure how simple it can get, they engineer stuff that invovles electricty. So pretty much everything around you that uses electricity, an EE had something to do with.

As for What I do as an EE, I prepare work packages for the construction of a new nuclear plant (Watts Bar 2) each of which involves about 5 hours of real engineering and about 200 hours of paperwork (not even remotely exaggerating).

i offered you a better job and you didn't PM me back. your loss 😉

 

[RESmonkey]

Originally posted by: NaOH

Originally posted by: RESmonkey
What about designing HDTVs or game consoles? Apple hires EEs for their Cinema displays.

They do that too. But to be more specific, they design individual components of HDTVs, consoles, etc.

even better 🙂 I start this Fall as a freshmen.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: NaOH

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: NaOH

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: NaOH
They also do a lot of industrial work (design power distribution systems and automation for plants)
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I do that too....


I hate it🙁

why?

It's the most boring industry. Consulting is not fun.

you'd think that it would be fun b/c I get to work on projects for big global companies, but it really is not. yeah, the site visits are great, but then you get into the actual work. It turns into Autocad all day. When it is not autocad, its mind numbing work like going through P&IDs and one line diagrams to look for changes that no one has told you about.

the job im on right now didnt label any of the PLC hardware tags at the top for a whole section. they expect us to "fill in the blanks". some EEs are boneheads. well, most ive met so far. im no EE or any kind of E but i do the same damn job without the stamp.

Anyone can do this job, really. When you get mcc's, then you really need the EE degree, bit the I&C stuff.....you do not need it at all. At my job, the main I&C engineer was a chem E.

That may be true, but you can say that about a lot of professions 😉. I do more of the I&C stuff. Where do you guys work?

i work for an elec contractor doing custom controls and SCADA design for mainly water/ wastewater in arizona.

My boss is big on SCADA. Infact, his plate on his car is "SCADA". he lives and breathes it and he gets so excited about it.

Really, the only thing i like about my job is job security and the fact that i do not have to sign any disclosure agreements.

 

[edro]

They also develop electrical power systems to control motors, heaters, etc for various industrial equipment.
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[biggestmuff]

No BGA? No iPod? WTF is going on?! This is madness!

 

[NaOH]

Gibson, you ever consider changing to a diff EE field?

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Analog is the shizzle. Too many people are jumping to digital, but it's a plain and simple fact you still need analog circuit designers. Think iPhone power management =]

Or those vinyls that are making a comeback...

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: NaOH
Gibson, you ever consider changing to a diff EE field?

I did try. I wanted to do analog stuff....but since I have a gpa below 3.2, everyone just closed the door on me. 2 of my 3 previous coop was analog work and they all thought I did a fine job. 1 moved to Texas, but i did not want to go (good thing I didn't because that start up company was closed after they sold the rights to their patent) and my 2nd coop was on a hiring freeze when I left. Everyone else pretty much had the attitude that if I had a gpa below 3.2 and I did good on analog that I piggy backed off someone else. Kind of made me mad, but I had to devirsify in my job choices and I landed a gig doing consultation.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Analog is the shizzle. Too many people are jumping to digital, but it's a plain and simple fact you still need analog circuit designers. Think iPhone power management =]

Actually, that is still digital controlling the actual power management. The power conversion itself is Analog IC's, but how it decides when to shut off, turn on, trickle charge, or burst charge is still done digitally.

 

[nissan720]

EE who is a plant engineer at a power plant here

I work on quite a variety of things: motors, breakers, switches, controls (including several major system upgrades)

Because most of my projects interact with other systems I work on some mechanical parts as well: pumps, boilers, turbines, condensers, any system or subsystems we have in the plant

The best part about my job is I only ever do each project once. After I have it running, all of the maintenance is done by craft people who can mostly take care of everything themselves. But still they are free ask me questions as needed.

 

[TuxDave]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Analog is the shizzle. Too many people are jumping to digital, but it's a plain and simple fact you still need analog circuit designers. Think iPhone power management =]

Actually, that is still digital controlling the actual power management. The power conversion itself is Analog IC's, but how it decides when to shut off, turn on, trickle charge, or burst charge is still done digitally.

In addition to that, digital circuitry consumes much less power than complex analog circuitry and so the trend has been to simplify analog circuits with digital self calibration.

 

[Rumpltzer]

PhDEE in semiconductor devices.

I've worked at Intel, Motorola, and Lucent doing wafer farbication types of stuff. I've worked at a smaller research company doing molecular beam epitaxy (more of a materials sort of job). I now work for a very large company doing semiconductor device and fabrication development.

Overall, this company makes weapons systems, support for weapons systems, and that sort of thing. I develop and fabircate the next generation of semiconductor devices and chips that go into systems that make weapons systems more efficient. It's not so much that I make things that kill people; I make things that make killing people more efficient.


I'll plan to take up sheep farming in a few months.