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Job Description
Assist electronics engineers in such activities as electronics systems and instrumentation design or digital signal processing.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 17-3029.04
Also Known As…
- Professor
- Electronics Technology Instructor
- Electronics Technology Department Chair
- Electronics Department Manager
- Signal Circuit Designer
- Product/Device Technologist
- Plastic Parts Designer
- Parts Designer
- Nanotechnologist
- Instrumentation Technologist
- Instrumentation Instructor
- Electronics Technician
- Electronics Engineering Technologist
- Electronic Technologist
- Electronic Parts Designer
- Digital Circuit Designer
- Computer Engineering Technologist
- Circuit Designer
- Building Components Designer
- Applied Technologist
- Analog Device Designer
- Analog Circuit Designer
Tasks for “Electronics Engineering Technologists”
- Conduct or supervise the installation and operation of electronic equipment and systems.
- Prepare or maintain design, testing, or operational records and documentation.
- Supervise the building or testing of prototypes of electronics circuits, equipment, or systems.
- Analyze and implement engineering designs for producing electronic devices and systems and microprocessor-based control applications, applying principles of mathematics, digital signal processing, network analysis, and computer engineering.
- Evaluate machine or process control requirements to develop device or controller specifications suited to operating environments.
- Evaluate operational aspects of green consumer electronics applications, such as fuel cells for consumer electronic devices, power-saving devices for computers or televisions, or energy-efficient power chargers.
- Integrate software or hardware components, using computer, microprocessor, or control architecture.
- Assemble circuitry for electronic systems according to engineering instructions, production specifications, or technical manuals.
- Specify, coordinate, or conduct quality control or quality assurance programs or procedures.
- Select electronics equipment, components, or systems to meet functional specifications.
- Produce electronics drawings or other graphics representing industrial control, instrumentation, sensors, or analog or digital telecommunications networks, using computer-aided design (CAD) software.
- Inspect newly installed equipment to adjust or correct operating problems.
- Test solar photovoltaic products, such as inverters or energy management systems.
- Replace defective components or parts, using hand tools and precision instruments.
- Modify, maintain, and repair electronics equipment and systems to ensure that they function properly.
- Write software programs for microcontrollers or computers in machine, assembly, or other languages.
- Assemble or analyze electronics technologies to be used in electric-drive vehicles.
- Assist scientists and engineers in conducting applied research in electronics engineering.
- Participate in the development or testing of new green electronics technologies, such as lighting, optical data storage devices, or energy-efficient televisions.
- Educate equipment operators on the proper use of equipment.
- Provide support to technical sales staff regarding product characteristics.
- Set up and operate specialized or standard test equipment to diagnose, test, or analyze the performance of electronic components, assemblies, or systems.
- Troubleshoot microprocessors or electronic instruments, equipment, or systems, using electronic test equipment such as logic analyzers.
Related Technology & Tools
- Signal generators
- Spectrum analyzers
- Programmable logic controllers PLC
- Digital multimeters
- Oscilloscopes
- Function generators
- Digital logic analyzers
- Analog multimeters
- Optical time domain reflectometers OTDR
- Multimeters
- Personal computers
- Altera Quartus II
- Static Free Software Electric VLSI Design System
- Spreadsheet software
- JavaScript
- Terminal emulation software
- Keysight Technologies Advanced Design System
- Logisim
- Computer aided design CAD software
- IBM WebSphere
- gEDA
- Cadence PSpice
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio CCStudio
- Spectrum Software Micro-Cap
- Data acquisition software
- EMA TimingDesigner
- ngspice
- GE Fanuc Automation VersaPro
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- Circuit simulation software
- IBM Cognos Impromptu
- Eclipse IDE
- UNIX
- Linux
- Microsoft Excel
- Gnuplot
- SPLAT!
- Microsoft Windows
- Kicad
- Oracle Hyperion
- Microsoft Word
- Altium Designer
- Mentor Graphics PADS
- Xcircuit
- Rockwell RSLogix
- GNU Octave
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- SAP