TProfile: Electronic Engineer
Functions:
Technical and managerial roles, in planning and research areas, with respect to the specific aspects of Electronics in particular.
Graduates in Electronic Engineering may find professional opportunities in the design, development, engineering, production, operation and maintenance of electronic systems, but also in ICT. Graduates will be able to work in various professional contexts related to electronics: from micro/nano-electronics to electronic design, to electronics for industry, energy, cars. Graduates in Electronic Engineering know the main methods and techniques for designing electronic components, systems and apparatus and the relevant production processes. The training is completed and integrated by laboratory experiences.
Competences:
The degree provides high-technology skills and in particular:
- design and production of electronic components, subsystems and systems;
- engineering, operation and maintenance of electronic systems;
- evaluation and installation of electronic apparatus and components for communications networks;
- electronic control of apparatus, machines, production chains;
- management of electronic measuring systems, laboratories and production lines.
In detail, graduates will have gained advanced knowledge of electronic circuits, processors, electronic hardware chips, computer hardware and software, including knowledge of application packages and programming languages, information transmission through telecommunication, broadcasting, and connection and control via Internet networks.
Career opportunities: Electronic Engineers are an answer to the needs of transversal skils, increasingly demanded in Smart Cities, in the Internet of Things, in big data, in secure, broadband telecommunications networks, in new generation power networks, in electric and smart cars, in domotics, mechatronics, robotics, but also in diagnostic medicine, in new production technology and in modern engineering. The typical jobs of the graduate in Electronic Engineering are those of innovation in ICT, production, design, planning and programming. Graduates can find employment at:
- design and production companies of electronic components, systems, systems and infrastructures; Manufacturing or service industries;
- Production and operational facilities employing electronic technologies and infrastructures for signal processing in civil, industrial and information fields;
- Telecommunications systems operators;
- Automation systems management for industry and services;
- Regulatory and control bodies;
- Public and Private Research Institutes and agencies, with design, research and development responsibilities;
- Public administrations;
- Self-employment