Electronics Engineer (General)

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

An Electronics Engineer designs and develops electronic equipment, from iPods to global positioning systems (GPS). Works primarily with smaller electronic equipment that uses electricity as a means of storing information.

Job Outlook

There were 245 Electronics Engineer (General) job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 13906 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Electronics Engineer industry, which includes the Electronics Engineer (General) career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Electronics Engineer (General) jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $97,005.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $85,337.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Electronics Engineer (General) postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $77,990.

Education and Experience

Posted Electronics Engineer (General) jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	6.56%
Bachelor's Degree	65.48%
Master's Degree	35.45%
Doctoral Degree	18.2%
Other	5.41%

Posted Electronics Engineer (General) jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	22.66%
3 to 5 years	39.24%
6 to 8 years	13.8%
9+ years	24.3%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Electronics Engineer (General) positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Communication (40.95%)
Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (23.88%)
Management (20%)
Leadership (17.28%)
Operations (17.24%)
Mathematics (16.27%)
Problem Solving (15.63%)
Research (13.81%)
Planning (13.79%)
Writing (11.4%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Electronic Engineering (29.26%)
Electrical Engineering (36.72%)
Electronics (29.38%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Project Management (12.03%)
Telecommunications (9.9%)
Systems Engineering (17.82%)
C (Programming Language) (11.24%)
AutoCAD (5.17%)
Simulations (19.5%)
Printed Circuit Board (9.41%)
Control Systems (9.08%)
Test Equipment (9.46%)
Electronic Components (6.59%)
Prototyping (5.82%)
Electronic Systems (8.29%)
Algorithms (12.51%)
Sensors (9.63%)
C++ (Programming Language) (15.32%)
Debugging (12.17%)
Firmware (5.8%)
New Product Development (12.95%)
Radio Frequency (15.3%)
Systems Design (6.81%)
Computer Engineering (14.29%)
Physics (15.18%)
Python (Programming Language) (16.49%)
MATLAB (18.47%)
Computer Science (17.69%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

Wireless Engineering (4.38%)
Guidance Navigation And Control Systems (7.78%)
Electronic Circuit Simulation (2.4%)
Electronic Hardware (3.52%)
Altium Designer (1.33%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

Guidance Navigation And Control Systems (49.44%)
Altium Designer (8.43%)
Electronic Circuit Simulation (15.24%)
Wireless Engineering (27.86%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Electronics Engineer (General) skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Electronics Engineer
Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer
Wireless Engineer
Radar Engineer
Dft Engineer
Communications Engineer
Principal Electrical Engineer
Electronic Systems Engineer
Electrical/Electronics Engineer
Electronic Hardware Engineer

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Electronics Engineer (General) jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Northrop Grumman (636)
Raytheon Technologies (565)
Lockheed Martin (498)
Boeing (435)
Intel (368)
Actalent (198)
Booz Allen Hamilton (104)
Red River (95)
SpaceX (93)
L3Harris Technologies (88)

North Carolina

Naval Air Systems Command (6)
Raytheon Technologies (5)
TEKsystems (5)
Baxter International (4)
Guilford County Schools (4)
Emerson Electric (3)
Enviva Lp (3)
Volvo (3)
Garmin International (3)
Fayetteville Technical Community College (3)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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