What Can I do With a Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering?
Career Center Library Resources
The Career Center Library has a variety of resources to help students explore potential career fields. These resources include information about typical responsibilities, qualifications, career paths, job outlook, salary, and related careers.
Books Specifically Related to Electrical and Computer Engineering Majors
- 100 Jobs in Technology
- Careers in Engineering
Vocational Biographies
Vocational Biographies describes the career success stories of 1001 real people. Search by career title, keyword, topic, and career cluster. Username: portland su and pass code: 3w9n
- Electrical Engineer
- Electro-Optical Engineer
- The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers — IEEE
- Portland State University Student Chapter of the IEEE - Robotic and Automation Society
- Portland State University Student Chapter of the IIEE - Aerospace Society
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
- Society of Women Engineers — Northwest Region
- Engineers — From the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- Computer Systems Analysts, Engineers, and Scientists — From the Occupational Outlook Handbook.
- Your Career in the Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering Fields — From The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE).
- Electrical Engineering Career Information — From the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
- College Majors and Career Opportunities - Electric Engineering — Lists related occupations and types of employers. From Career Services, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- Electrical and Computer Engineering: What Can I Do With This Major? — Outlines common career areas, identifies typical employers, and suggests general strategies to enhance employability. From Career Services at the University of Tennessee.
- Careers in Electrical Engineering — Lists related industries, technologies, and specific career opportunities. From the Milwaukee school of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Careers in Electrical Engineering — Lists sample job titles, places of employment, and employers. From the Career Development Center, Alfred University, Alfred, New York.
- American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Oregon — Directory of member firms in Oregon
- American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) — Directory of member firms nationally
- Internet Sites with Job Search Information for Electrical and Computer Engineering Majors
- EngineeringJobs.Com — See Engineering Jobs — Company Employment Pages section for alphabetical list of company home pages that contain current job openings for a variety of engineering fields including electrical and computer engineering. See also Engineering Employers
- Diversilink Website — Jobs database from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.
- Online Database — From the Society of Women Engineers. Includes links to home pages of potential employers.
- Monster.com — Search jobs database by location, keyword, or job category.
- Sloan Career Cornerstone Center — Job listings for Electrical and Computer Engineers
- League of Oregon Cities — Intern Placement and Referral Service
According to the 2000-2001 Occupational Outlook Handbook, places of employment for electrical and computer engineers include: engineering and business consulting firms, government agencies, communications and utilities firms, and a variety of manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment, industrial machinery, professional and scientific instruments, aircraft and guided missiles.
The following list of employers and job titles was derived from the Career Center's jobs database where the employer specifically requested electrical and computer majors. This list does not reflect all potential places of employment or kinds of jobs for electrical and computer engineering majors. This list does not reflect current openings.
- adidas International — Testing Engineer
- ADP, Inc.
- Alcatel-Lucent
- Alcoa-Intalco Works —Electrical Reliability Engineer
- Analog Devices — Design Engineer
- APCON, Inc. — Firmware Engineer, Software Engineer, Hardware Engineer
- Applied Materials — Associate Customer Engineer I
- Armstrong World Industries, Inc. — Electrical Engineer
- Audatex — Entry Level Software Engineer
- Bechtel — Electrical Engineer, Controls & Instrumentation Engineer
- Black & Veatch — Electrical Engineer
- Blue Reference, Inc. — Entry Level QA Engineer, Entry Level Software Developer
- Blue Road Research — Engineer
- Boeing
- Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) — Electrical Engineering Technician, Electrical Engineer, Electronics Engineer
- Business Education Compact (BEC) — Software Engineer Assistant
- C-Cor — Senior Integration Systems Engineer
- Cardinal Glass Industries, Inc. — Electrical Engineer
- Cascade Energy Engineering — Industrial Energy Efficiency Engineer
- CH2M Hill — Electrical Engineer, Senior Transportation Project Manager
- Chrome Systems Corporation
- Cisco, Inc. — Application Developer
- City of Beaverton — Inspectors/Plans Examiners Community Development Department
- City of Salem — Control Systems Manager
- Clear Channel Communications — Staff Engineer
- Cognex Corporation — Quality Assurance Engineer, Software Engineer
- Columbia Sportswear Company — Telecommunications Engineer III
- Concise Solutions, Inc. — Software Developer/Web Designer
- Credence — Associate Software Engineer/Associate Design Engineer
- Crossroads Systems — Hardware Engineer
- Diamler Trucks North America — Applications Developer, Electrical Engineer
- Database Marketing Agency, Inc. (DMA) — Entry-level Programmer
- Datalogic Scanning Inc. — SW Engineer 1/2
- Day Wireless Systems — Staff Engineer
- Delta Products Corporation — Applications Engineer
- Dr. Bott, LLC — Software Engineer
- Earl and Brown Company, The — Field Application Engineer
- eFulgent — Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing, ETL Developer/Analyst, Software Engineer/Java Developer, DW/BI/Java/J2ee Consultants
- Elcon Associates, Inc. — Substation Design Engineer/Designer
- Electronic Power Conditioning — Sales Application Engineer/Design Engineer
- Ensequence, Inc. — Entry Level Software Engineer
- Environmental Control Corporation — Sales Engineer
- ESI - Electro Scientific Industries — Applications Engineer, Software Engineering Intern, Hardware Engineering Intern, Electrical Engineer, Product Support Engineer
- Etec Systems, Inc.
- FanBox/SMS.ac — Software Programmer
- FEI — Manufacturing Technician
- Flexiworld Technologies — Senior Wireless Software Engineer
- FLIR Systems, Inc. — Junior Control Systems Engineer
- Fluid Analytics — Mechanical/Electrical Engineer
- FM Global — Loss Prevention Consultant
- Garmin AT — Software Engineer, Design Engineer
- Georgia-Pacific Corporation — Electrical Engineering Intern
- Gunderson, Inc.
- Hewlett Packard — Entry Level Systems/Software Engineer
- Hyak Electroworks — Electrical Engineer
- Industrial Design and Construction, Inc. (IDC) — "IDC is a broadly diversified supplier of design, construction, manufacturing support and facility services to the Electronics, Food and Consumer Products, and Pharmaceuticals industries."
- IEC Corporation — Electrical Engineer
- iNEK Technologies — Entry Level Software Engineer
- InSite Group, Inc. — Electrical Engineer
- Intel — Quality and Reliability Engineer, Database/Apps Developer Intern, Circuit Design Intern
- Intertek Testing Systems
- iTrendz, Inc. — IT/Programmer Analyst
- Jacobs Engineering Group —Electrical Engineer
- Kavi, Inc. — Software Engineer, Development Engineer, Technical Marketing Engineer
- Kronos Talent Management — Software Engineer
- Lattice Semiconductor — Hardware Engineer, Graduate Training Program, Product Marketing Engineer, Assembly Engineer II
- Leupold & Stevens, Inc. — Optical Engineer
- Longview Fibre Company — Electrical Engineer Intern, Electrical Design Engineer
- LSI Logic
- LTK Engineering Services — Communications Engineer
- LTX Corp.
- Marlabs — Programmer/Analyst
- Maxim Integrated Products — Test Engineer, Technical Engineer
- Maxtek Computer Corporation
- McAfee Inc. — Whitebox QA Engineer, Software Engineer
- Mentor Graphics — Corporate Applications Engineer - PCB
- Merix Corporation — Photo/AOI Process Engineer
- Micron Technology — Test Engineer, Product Engineer
- Microsemi Power Products Group — Wafer Fab Engineer
- Microsoft Corporation — Test Apprentice Program, PM,SDE and SDET
- MKE & Associates, Inc. — Electrical Engineer
- MotiveQuest — Software Developer
- Mt. Hood Community College — Distance Learning WebCT Technician
- NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc. — Controls Engineer/Software Engineer/Computer Engineer, Test Engineer Nikon Precision Inc. — Field Service Engineer
- Northwest Engineering Service, Inc. — Building Commissioning Professional
- Novellus — Software Engineering Training Program, Hardware Engineering Training Program, Electrical Manufacturing Engineer Trainee, Field Service Engineer
- nResult — Entry Level QA Engineer, Entry Level Hardware and Wireless QA Engineer
- NuMedics, Inc. — Entry Level Software Engineer, Web Application Developer
- Oregon Air Reps, Inc. — Sales Engineer
- Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services — Structural Engineer/Code Specialist
- Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) — Transportation Engineer I -Bridge Corrosion Protection Designer
- Oregon Military Department — Facilities Engineer I
- Oregon State University — Faculty Research Assistant (Department of Nuclear Engineering & Radiation Health Physics)
- Oregon Steel Mills — Electrical Engineer II
- OverEngineering Corporation — Software Engineer II
- PacifCorp — Installation Policy Intern, Electrical Engineering Graduate-Grad Track Program, IT Specialist/DB Administrator
- PAE Consulting Engineers — Electrical Engineer
- PCTest, Inc. — Entry Level Hardware & Wireless QA Engineer
- Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard — Engineer
- Peri Software Solutions, Inc. — Software Developers
- Plexsys Interface Products, Inc. — Software Engineer I/II
- PMC Sierra — Product Engineering, Product Validation
- Port of Portland — IT Network Engineer
- Portland General Electric — Plant Engineer I, Electrical Engineer I - Power Supply
- Portland Group, The
- Precision Castparts — Management Development Program
- Protingent Staffing — Video Systems Engineer
- Puget Sound Naval Shipyard — Entry Level Engineering
- QUALCOMM — RF Applications Engineer, Senior Software Engineer II
- RadiSys
- Rational Software Corp. — Software Engineer
- Reliable Controls Corporation — Electrical Engineer
- Research In Motion (RIM) — Software Testing Specialist Co-op
- Rogers Machinery Company — Control Systems Designer, Junior Design Engineer
- S & D, Inc. — Achitect/Engineer
- Saint-Gobain Crystals — Process Engineer
- Schreiber Foods, Inc. — Production Team Advisor
- Shasta College — Systems Engineer
- Sherwin Williams/Purdy — Engineering Trainee
- Siemens Building Technologies — Engineering Intern
- SonoSite, Inc. — Senior Systems Engineer
- South Puget Sound Community College — Director of Buildings and Grounds
- Southwest Research Institute — Engineer, Analyst
- Sparling — Electrical Designer/Project Designer, Building Technology Infrastructure Design CAD Drafter
- Stratus Technical Sales, LLC — Sales Engineer
- Sun Microsystems — Test Engineer
- Taos — UNIX Systems Administrator
- Teknovus — Systems Test Engineer
- Tektronix — Software Engineer, Hardware Engineer, Technical Support Engineer, Applications Support Engineer, Technical Support Engineer: Logic Analyzers and Oscilloscopes
- Teradyne — Software Engineer, Hardware Engineer, Applications Engineer, Analog Design Engineer, Digital Hardware Design Engineer
- Transim Technology Corporation — .NET Application Developer
- TriMet — Engineer I, Training/Engineering Supervisor Rail Maintenance of Way, Fair Equipment Systems Manager, Software Systems Engineer V
- TriZetto — Software Engineer Intern
- Underwriters Laboratories
- United Postal Service (UPS) — Plant Management Trainee (MIT)
- University of Puget Sound, The — Manager of Maintenance Services and Plant Engineering
- US Air Force — Developmental Engineers
- US Army — Entry Level Electrical Engineer/Power Engineering
- US Army Aviation & Missile Command
- US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) — Electrical Engineer
- US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — Electrical Engineer
- US Navy Navair Weapons Division — Electrical Engineer
- Vedicsoft Solutions, Inc. — Java Developer
- Vensoft, Inc. — Software Developer
- Verizon Communications — Network Engineer/Outside Plant Engineer
- WaferTech — Supervising Production Engineer, Integration/Product Engineers, Test Engineer, Diffusion Equipment Engineer, Photo Equipment Engineer, Photo Process Engineer
- Wah Chang — Project Engineers
- Wapiti Planning Engineer — Transmission Planning Engineer
- Welch Allyn/Protocol — Field Service Engineer, Sustaining Engineer
- Xerox — Support Engineer, Imaging Systems and Algorithms Specialist. Software Engineer, Systems Engineer
- Xi Software Systems, Inc. — Programmer Analyst
- Zirous — Developer
