What is the difference between electrical engineers and computer engineers?
Employment prospects are excellent in these areas. New graduates seeking employment are 100% successful, with starting salaries in the $55,000/year range. We encourage you to pursue your interests. Here is what professionals in each discipline do. • Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of electrical equipment. Some of this equipment includes electric motors; machinery controls, lighting, and wiring in buildings; automobiles; aircraft; radar and navigation systems; and power generation, control, and transmission devices used by electric utilities. Although the terms electrical and electronics engineering often are used interchangeably in academia and industry, electrical engineers have traditionally focused on the generation and supply of power, whereas electronics engineers have worked on applications of electricity to control systems or signal processing. • Electrical engineers specialize in areas such as power systems engineering or electrical equ