Occupations in electrical/electronics engineering

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• electrical engineer
• electrical test engineer
• electrical design engineer
• electrical-
  geophysical
  prospecting)
• electrical-research engineer
• electronics engineer
• electronics-design engineer
• electronics-research engineer
• electronics-test engineer
• illuminating
  engineer
• planning engineer, central office facilities (tel. & tel.)
• supervisor, drafting and printed circuit design
• sales-engineer, electrical products
• sales-engineer, electronics products and systems
• electrical technician (alternate title: electrical-laboratory technician)
• electronics technician
• technician, semiconductor development
• cableengineer, outside plant (telephone and telecommunications)
• distribution-field engineer (
  utilities
  ) (alternate title: line inspector)
• electrical engineer, power system (utilities) (alternate title: power engineer)
• electrolysis-and-corrosion-control engineer (alternate titles: corrosion-control specialist; corrosion engineer; electrolysis engineer; electrolysis investigator)
• engineer of system development (utilities) (alternate titles: development-and-planning engineer; planning engineer; system-planning engineer)
• engineer-in-charge, studio operations (radio-TV broad.) (alternate titles: chief engineer; chief engineer, broadcasting operations; transmission engineer)
• engineer-in-charge, transmitter (radio-TV broad.) (alternate titles: director of engineering; engineer, chief; transmitter engineer)
• induction-coordination power engineer (utilities)
• outside-plant engineer (tel. & tel.)
• power-distribution engineer (utilities) (alternate title: electric-distribution engineer)
• power-transmission engineer (utilities) (alternate titles: electrical-transmission engineer; transmission-and-coordination engineer; transmission-line engineer)
• protection engineer (utilities)
• supervisor, microwave (radio-TV broad.)
• transmission-and-protection engineer (tel. & tel.) (alternate title: transmission engineer)
• engineering manager, electronics
• central-office equipment engineer (tel. & tel.)
• commercial engineer (radio-TV broad.) (alternate title: traffic engineer)
• customer-equipment engineer (tel. & tel.) (alternate title: services engineer)
• instrumentation technician
• controls designer (alternate title: controls project engineer)
• integrated circuit layout designer (alternate title: mask designer)
• printed circuit designer
• drafter, electrical
• drafter, electronic (alternate title: drafter, electromechanical)
• design technician,
  digitizer
  )

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has developed specialized groups ("societies") which professionals can join according to their specialization:^[2]

• aerospace and electronic systems
• antennas and propagation
• broadcast technology
• circuits and systems
• communications
• components, packaging, and manufacturing technology
• computational intelligence
• computers
• consumer electronics
• control systems
• electrical insulation
• electron devices
• electromagnetic compatibility
• engineering in medicine and biology
• geoscience and remote sensing
• industrial electronics
• industry applications
• information theory
• instrumentation and measurement
• intelligent transportation systems
• magnetics
• microwave theory and techniques
• nuclear and plasma sciences
• oceanic engineering
• photonics
• power electronics
• power and energy
• product safety engineering
• reliability
• robotics and automation
• signal processing
• solid-state circuits
• systems, man, and cybernetics
• ferroelectrics, and frequency control
• vehicular technology

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