Careers For People Who Know About Computers and Electronics

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What these careers require you to know

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
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Library Science Professors

teach courses in library science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
77560

LAN/WAN Support Specialists

analyze, test, troubleshoot, and evaluate existing network systems, such as local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet systems or a segment of a network system. Perform network maintenance to ensure networks operate correctly with minimal interruption.
71040

Aerospace Engineering Technicians

operate, install, adjust, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.
70680

Instructional Designers

develop instructional materials and products and assist in the technology-based redesign of courses. Assist faculty in learning about, becoming proficient in, and applying instructional technology.
70160

Historians

research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.
68400

Electronics Engineering Technologists

assist electronics engineers in such activities as electronics systems and instrumentation design or digital signal processing.
68310

Electronics Engineering Technicians

lay out, build, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify developmental and production electronic components, parts, equipment, and systems, such as computer equipment, missile control instrumentation, electron tubes, test equipment, and machine tool numerical controls, applying principles and theories of electronics, electrical circuitry, engineering mathematics, electronic and electrical testing, and physics. Usually work under direction of engineering staff.
68310

Electrical Engineering Technicians

test or modify developmental or operational electrical machinery or electrical control equipment and circuitry in industrial or commercial plants or laboratories. Usually work under direction of engineers or technologists.
68310

Electrical Engineering Technologists

assist electrical engineers in such activities as process control, electrical power distribution, or instrumentation design. May prepare layouts of electrical transmission or distribution systems, supervise the flow of work, estimate project costs, or participate in research studies.
68310

Camera Operators

operate television, video, or film camera to record images or scenes for television, video, or film productions.
67590

Sound Engineering Technicians

assemble and operate equipment to record, synchronize, mix, edit, or reproduce sound, including music, voices, or sound effects, for theater, video, film, television, podcasts, sporting events, and other productions.
67210

Electrical Drafters

develop specifications and instructions for installation of voltage transformers, overhead or underground cables, and related electrical equipment used to conduct electrical energy from transmission lines or high-voltage distribution lines to consumers.
65720

Music Composers and Arrangers

write and transcribe musical scores.
65720

Audio-Visual Collections Specialists

prepare, plan, and operate multimedia teaching aids for use in education. May record, catalogue, and file materials.
63560

Commercial Electrical Repairers

repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.
63350

Electro-Mechanical Technicians

operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.
62800

Robotics Technicians

build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.
62800

Telecom Equipment Technicians

install, set up, rearrange, or remove switching, distribution, routing, and dialing equipment used in central offices or headends. Service or repair telephone, cable television, Internet, and other communications equipment on customers' property. May install communications equipment or communications wiring in buildings.
61980

Geophysical Data Technicians

measure, record, or evaluate geological data, using sonic, electronic, electrical, seismic, or gravity-measuring instruments to prospect for oil or gas. May collect or evaluate core samples or cuttings.
61130

Radio, Cellular and Tower Technicians

repair, install, or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and two-way radio communications systems used in cellular telecommunications, mobile broadband, ship-to-shore, aircraft-to-ground communications, and radio equipment in service and emergency vehicles. May test and analyze network coverage.
60790
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