Sector Guides: Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Engineering: Getting into electrical, electronic & telecommunications engineering

Sectors

Electronic Engineering This link opens in a new window
an overview of the sector, including trends and developments. From TARGETjobs
Telecommunications Engineering
an overview of the sector, including trends and getting a graduate job. From TARGETjobs
Control Engineering
an overview of the sector, including trends and developments and how to get a graduate job. From TARGETjobs

Electrical, Electronic & Computer Systems Engineering
Our guide to looking at your career options. It looks at skills you have developed at Sussex, and a range of options to start your career thinking
What jobs can you do with an electronic engineering degree?
includes automotive, defence, electronics, fast moving consumer goods, power generation, rail and utilities. From TARGETjobs

What jobs can you do with an electrical engineering degree?
includes aerospace, automotive, construction, defence, electronics, fast moving consumer goods, power generation and telecoms. From TARGETjobs

You might work in product development or in a support/implementation role. Development positions will typically involve one product at a time, while support roles might feature multiple projects per day. Project lengths can vary from a few weeks to more than a year. Support engineers may work with a product for years
The working environment is very much based on multi-disciplinary teams with different levels of experience. At the beginning a graduate might do small sections of the work. With experience you would take on greater levels of responsibility, in either a technical or management area

Some of our recent graduates working in these areas include:

Graduate
Engineer, hurleypalmerflatt (engineering consultancy) - MEng Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Production Systems Engineer, Gemini Data Loggers - BEng Electronic Engineering
Electronics, Drallim Industries - BEng Computer Systems Engineering
Research & Development Engineer - Electronic Systems, itmsoil - BEng Electrical/Electronic Engineering
Hardware Design Engineer, Optisense - MEng Computer Systems Engineering
Defence Engineer, Chess Dynamics - MEng Electrical/Electronic Engineering