which is better job?
2006-08-04 03:10:33 · 11 answers · asked by Pat 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
An electrical engineer tends to deal with high power stuff - generators, turbines, motors etc
An electronic engineer tends to deal with low power electrical circuits - e.g. microprocessors, mobile phones, computers etc etc
Depends what you are interested in - electrical tends to be more 'high tech' / leading edge technology...
2006-08-04 03:17:46 · answer #1 · answered by BlahDeBlah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The person who answered "Actually, there is no difference" is wrong. I hope he understands (I am sure he does but I am not sure who reads this information and may read his answer and not realise the potential for a fatality) that he can easily be killed if he worked as an Electrical Engineer in the commissioning or maintenance of electrical equipment, as opposed to working on electronic systems, that are live, without a lot of thought for the high currents and voltages involved.
The better job now is to be an electronics engineer. Companies require more people trained in this field.
2006-08-07 08:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by Iain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, the whole electrical/electronic distinction never made sense to me. Where I went for engineering undergrad (Ohio State and some Wright State), there was only electrical engineering with all that stuff lumped together. There were technical course specialization categories, of course (circuits, computers, power, controls, solid state, etc).
Do people use electrical/electronics engineer as a distinction in jobs as well (not just school degree)? Not something I here about in my experience, hmm.
2006-08-04 04:09:52 · answer #3 · answered by Ubi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electrical engineer deals with electric delivery. electronics engineer deals with electronics. electrical engineer would probably make way more money
2006-08-04 03:17:35 · answer #4 · answered by BIG DADDY 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An electrical engineer deals with what we call 'heavy current' devices such as motors generators, power distribution.
An electronics engineer deals with what we call 'light current' devices such as printed circuit boards, amplifiers etc.
2006-08-04 13:27:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Al electronic engineers are sub ordinate to mechanical engineers
2006-08-06 10:44:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, an electrical engineer would be handling hign tension/power equipments like motors etc. and an electronic engineer handles low powered equipment like intregrated circuits, computer devices etc.
2006-08-04 03:35:05 · answer #7 · answered by maayub15 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, there is no difference. It's really semantics. I have my master's degree in electrical engineering and I work in advanced cell phone signal decoding.
2006-08-04 04:05:13 · answer #8 · answered by cw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only diference would be in a job description, these days its all about what your a specialist in, even though the principals behind both are the same.
2006-08-04 11:40:12 · answer #9 · answered by surfer soul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electrical = motors, power generation, etc
Electronics = mobile phones, computors, radios, etc
2006-08-04 03:16:22 · answer #10 · answered by David R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋