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In Brief... Engineer - Electronic

 Brief Description:

Research's, designs, develops, and tests electronic components and systems for use in fields such as telecommunications, aerospace guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls.

 Detailed Information Online

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This occupation has been viewed 75,794 times since 1st Aug 2008 

 Qualifications required?
Level 8 Honours Bachelor Degree

 Typical entry routes:
Entrants would usually have a Degree in Electronic Engineering or related field.

 Sectors related to this occupation:

This occupation is typically found in the sectors below. You can explore information relating to sectors by clicking on the titles below.
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Computers & Software
  
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1 LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION


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Growth Rate 2004 - 2009

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Part-time workers

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Total employed in this occupation: 3300
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Part-time
5%
  
Scale
 
 
95%
Full-time
 
 
Older workers

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Over 55
2%
  
Scale
 
 
98%
Under 55
 
     
Ratio of Male / Female workers

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Male
96%
  
Scale
 
 
4%
Female
 
 
Non-Irish National workers

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Non-Irish
20%
  
Scale
 
 
80%
Irish
 

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1 Electronic Engineer
 Denis Canty
 
STEPS to Engineering

"I love seeing how things work and finding solutions to problems. A key skill of an Engineer"
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Denis Canty

1 Engineer - Electronic
 Deborah Caffrey
 
Intel

"Day-to-day work involves monitoring end of line yields and if/when there are any yield depressions to try to understand what may be the problem"
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Deborah Caffrey

1 Electronic Engineer
 Shane Callanan
 
Discover Science + Engineering

"Engineers are the same all over the world. There are technical problems to solve, and we love to solve them!!!"
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Shane Callanan


 



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