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Who here has an EE degree and a career that uses it?

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archcommus

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I've done lots of reading about the kinds of jobs an EE degree enables you to perform, but no specifics really. Would like to hear from some people who have an EE degree and a career from that. Info like, your title, the type of work you do, hours and salary, etc.

Thanks for any info. Just curious on the type of this stuff this major can lead me to.
 
Im working on my degree in EE, but Ive done several internships with decent sized groups of experienced EEs. ~10 of them working together to create a surgical machine. One person would be in charge of the main kernel and interfacing with other peoples boards, the next person would be in charge of supplying power, another person in charge of sensor communications... etc.
 
How were your internships? Did the school lead you to them or did you find them on your own? Summer, during school? Paid, non-paid? Type of work you got to do?

Figure I should ask everything on my mind! 😉
 
The internships were pretty awesome. Im going back to the same company next summer/fall for a coop. I found the first one through a relative but after that it was easy because I had experience. The two internships were during the summer and they were paid. I did a bunch of various tasks including VHDL design of digital filters and adc/dac interface modules, timers, pwms, etc... as well as assisted in some analog power filter design and a bunch of other things I cant remember at the moment.
 
My school has a coop program. You apply after 2nd or 3rd year and its 12-16 months (basicly, you just take 1 year off) long and paid (average salary is just shy of 40k).

What they do is they get internship listings from companies, help you with resumes and interviews, but its still up to you to find a job. Sucess rate is about 65% here.
 
Those internships sound like a good experience.

Shy of 40K? That's quite of bit for an intern still in school!

My believe my school actually finds jobs for you and assists you in writing your resumes for them. They claim 85% of students get placed.

Inter work would be great in the summer, and I think there's quite a few big companies like that in Cranberry, PA. I sure know that after high school ends I will be eager to quit my "high school kid" job.
 
Originally posted by: archcommus87
Those internships sound like a good experience.

Shy of 40K? That's quite of bit for an intern still in school!

My believe my school actually finds jobs for you and assists you in writing your resumes for them. They claim 85% of students get placed.

Inter work would be great in the summer, and I think there's quite a few big companies like that in Cranberry, PA. I sure know that after high school ends I will be eager to quit my "high school kid" job.
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Martin means $40k CDN, not US dollars.
 
Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
Originally posted by: archcommus87
Those internships sound like a good experience.

Shy of 40K? That's quite of bit for an intern still in school!

My believe my school actually finds jobs for you and assists you in writing your resumes for them. They claim 85% of students get placed.

Inter work would be great in the summer, and I think there's quite a few big companies like that in Cranberry, PA. I sure know that after high school ends I will be eager to quit my "high school kid" job.
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Martin means $40k CDN, not US dollars.
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My roommate had a co-op where he made $25 USD/hr, and I had an internship which made $28 USD/hr, so it is possible to pull down good money while you are still in school.
 
I am also interested in EE. I will be attending the college of Engineering at North Carolina State. Would you say it is a good major compared to other engineering majors? What about computer engineering? How difficult is it in college and on the job?


Thanks!
 
I got a BSEE, but barely any power courses. I support a fairly large petrochemical plant; projects, unit contact support, etc. Responsibilities include specifying and troubleshooting power distribution equipment, designing motor control circuits and drive application, protective relay coordination, distribution system studies, infrastructure planning, and a lot of documenting and publishing reports.
 
I have a BSEE, and I work for a big design consulting firm (URS), and I do power systems, substation design, cable sizing/pulling, short circuit analysis/relay coordination. I'm mostly responsible for electrical studies using ETAP Powerstation software.

2 years out of school...decent pay... we work 40 hours, and get paid straight time if needed for over 40 hrs.
 
Thanks for all the very straight-forward answers, everyone. Just what I was looking for.

Very cool to hear your job descriptions but I have no idea what any of that means lol. :disgust:

Seems like the positions are pretty straight-forward in terms of hours and location. I like that, though.

SuperTool, what kind of chip design?

KMurphy, what are power courses?

$25/hr is some pretty sick pay for a kid still in school. What's the difference between co-op and intern?

 
Originally posted by: archcommus87
$25/hr is some pretty sick pay for a kid still in school. What's the difference between co-op and intern?
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The difference is the duration of employment. Internships are usually done over the summer so they won't interfere with classes, while co-ops take place over a semester and the summer (spring summer or summer fall). .At my school you have to complete 2 rotations of co-op (2 semesters), which basically puts you behind a year in graduating, but you have a years worth of experiance and some money, so its worth it.

Most companies primarily seek students interested in doing co-ops (as opposed to interns), because the student will be working for 8 months so it isnt a waste to train them (since they wont be leaving shortly after).

 
Originally posted by: archcommus87
$25/hr is some pretty sick pay for a kid still in school. What's the difference between co-op and intern?
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Well, if you're lucky (and smart, dedicated etc) you can make more. The range for our CE placements was 25-66k (CAD) last year, so the best CE was paid US $30/hr.

As for coop vs intern, different names for the same thing really.
 
Well xyion outlined the difference between the two.

Is the hourly wage very different typically when doing interns instead of co-ops? I'm not sure if my school requires co-op terms or not.

At Grove City, the major is actually called Electrical and Computer Engineering. In your senior year (NOT a fifth year, the fourth), you can choose a type to specialize in, where computer engineering is an option, which is what I was planning on doing. Still haven't decided if I'd want to do a fifth year right away to get a masters or graduate after four years and possibly go for a masters later.
 
I got paid more than my roomie and i was an intern, however as I said, it is becoming more and more rare for big companies (the ones that pay really well) to hire interns. Is this a rule? Nope, it is quite possible to get a good internship, just rare (from the Companies I talked to anyway)

ECE is a great major. I started out as a CE, but switched to EE during my second year since I didn't like the programming as much.
 
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