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Electrical Engineers
Designs circuits, electronics and the systems that make and move power.
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Electrical engineers design everything from tiny circuit boards in phones and medical devices to power plants, electric-vehicle chargers and the grid. They use math and simulation to design, then build and test prototypes in a lab.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
- Engineering Design · Career and Technical
Builds engineering, which this job uses.
- Calculus · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Physics · Science
Builds physics, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Studio Art · Arts
Builds design and technical drawing, which this job uses.
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Electrical Engineers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.