Studying in the United States: How about the employment of electrical engineering in the United States?

Electrical Engineering (EE) major in the United States is a very popular major in applying for studying in the United States, especially for graduate students of EE. In recent years, the competition is very fierce. On the one hand, due to the increasingly severe employment situation at home and abroad, graduates want to make themselves better in the competition and choose to study abroad. On the other hand, the employment prospect of electrical engineering (EE) major is very good, and the salary is also optimistic compared with other majors. Let me introduce the employment situation of electrical engineering in the United States, hoping to provide some help to you!

There are many branches of EE major (electrical engineering major) for American graduate students, and this major has become one of the most popular application majors among foreign students of science and engineering at present, because of its wide research scope and optimistic employment prospects. From the design of a switch to the research of the space shuttle, professional knowledge of electrical engineering is indispensable. Therefore, students want to go to the most developed countries in the world to further their studies, make themselves stronger and lay a more solid foundation for future employment.

Most of the graduates majoring in electrical engineering are senior technical talents, so the graduates of this major have a wide range of choices and strong adaptability in employment. Generally speaking, graduate students majoring in electrical engineering can play an important role in the fields of system operation, automatic control, information processing, experimental technology, research and development, economic management and application of electronic and computer technology related to electrical engineering, and can also engage in power design, construction, debugging, production, operation, management, market operation, scientific and technological development and technical training in power plants, power supply bureaus, power grid dispatching stations and other enterprises at all levels, or engage in maintenance and overhaul of electrical equipment. In addition, graduates of this major can also engage in electrical technology work in other industries.

At present, there are large state-owned power generation groups: China Huaneng Group, China Datang Group, China Huadian Group, China Guodian Group and China Power Investment Group. Power grid companies include: State Grid Corporation and China Southern Power Grid Corporation. Electrical equipment manufacturers include: Shanghai Electric Power Station, Xinjiang TBEA, etc. There are also some well-known multinational companies, such as SIEMENS, ABB, SCHNEIDER, AREVA, VESTAS and so on. All these are undoubtedly very attractive to students majoring in EE, but the employment scope of EE is not limited to this. Take North China Electric Power University as an example. In recent years, the employment rate of graduates majoring in electrical engineering has reached more than 94%. However, because there are so many graduates in this major, the competition will inevitably be fierce, and the requirements for competitors will become higher and higher. For example, in 27, the campus recruitment conditions of State Grid Corporation and China Southern Power Grid Corporation have become more and more demanding, and the candidates must be graduates majoring in electrical engineering from national key universities. If possible, it is a wise choice to study for graduate students, especially to get diplomas from some famous foreign engineering schools. It is not difficult to see that it is necessary to have a good development, a professional counterpart, and a background in a prestigious school.

in addition, when recruiting American graduate students majoring in EE, the admission unit will also consider the specific professional direction of the graduates. According to statistics, there are as many as a dozen branches under EE, so the direction matching has also become the auditing condition for recruiting units. The following American experts specifically introduce the main employment direction of EE industry.

The first one is the familiar and yearning power company

Among them, State Grid Corporation, China Southern Power Grid Corporation and the five major power generation companies? Datang, Huaneng, Guodian, Huadian and China Power Investment Corporation should be the first choice for graduates majoring in electrical engineering. However, the requirements of these famous enterprises for talents are also quite high, and the competition is extremely fierce. If you have had the experience of studying in overseas famous schools, I believe you can lay some foundation for becoming one of these enterprises. There are also some students who, for personal reasons, choose provincial and municipal power companies, power supply companies or power supply bureaus. These choices are relatively more realistic and the treatment is good. However, if you want to get a good development in such a place, your comprehensive quality is very important. It can be said that famous foreign universities are better than ordinary domestic graduate students, and domestic graduate students are better than ordinary undergraduate students. After such competition, everyone should know where to put themselves.

(At present, domestic power generation companies mainly include Datang, Guodian, Huadian, Huaneng, CLP, Ertan, Three Gorges and Wuling; Large power plants and nuclear power plants mainly include Guangdong Nuclear Power Plant and China Nuclear Power Plant. )

The second employment direction is electric power design institute or research institute

It is worth mentioning that design institutes and research institutes have always been regarded as talent areas with graduate degrees or above, mainly engaged in designing power plants, substations and lines, on-site debugging, testing, data reporting, research, etc., with little work pressure, but quite rich salary. As just mentioned, a place like this, if it doesn't have a commendable degree, don't spend energy. Therefore, it is suggested that those students who join the postgraduate entrance examination army should not be trampled on by tens of thousands of postgraduate entrance examination troops every year, and go abroad to have a look. It is another world.

The third employment direction is the engineering bureau and other units.

Relatively speaking, the work may be hard, and it will be constantly transferred with different project locations, but the salary is still considerable. Their job nature is mainly responsible for the related work of power plant construction and substation construction.

American graduate students majoring in EE go to work in some electrical equipment companies. According to statistics, more than half of the graduates majoring in electrical engineering will be engaged in power system-related work, and most of them choose to enter some large and medium-sized electrical equipment companies, automation companies and communication equipment companies to engage in research and development, technical support and project management. Of course, some equipment manufacturing companies are also in great need of EE professionals. Transformers, generators, switches and other equipment are important products of these companies. At the same time, industries such as electrical equipment, automobiles, railways, lighting, communications, and chemical industry also need EE talents. From this point of view, people who study EE really don't worry about finding a job, but whether they can find a job that satisfies them depends on their own quality.

Jin Jilie, a senior expert studying abroad, has been engaged in the application for studying abroad in science and engineering for a long time. After learning about the setting of EE major in most domestic schools, he concluded that the following courses under EE are quite important, such as circuit, digital electricity, analog electricity and control theory. In addition, after consulting the EE professional settings of many foreign schools, it is suggested that students studying EE should also master the following knowledge to enhance their professionalism and lay a good foundation for future employment. For students in different schools, the emphasis of this knowledge is slightly different, but learning more will be helpful for future development. These include: knowledge of electrotechnics and electronics; Automatic control, advanced mathematics and other courses; Single chip microcomputer, PLC and other knowledge; DSP assembly language; Software programming, such as high-level language C/C++, VC, VB, DELPH and other databases, SQL, PB, ORACLE and so on; Knowledge of sensors and knowledge of CAD and optomechanics.

the above is for everyone to interpret the employment situation of electrical engineering in the United States.