Electricity is ubiquitous from your personal cellular to large transportation systems such as the subway or planes. Since its invention, electricity has made our life much easier and convenient. But electricity would be only an energy source without people creating and maintaining equipments or applications using it. Electrical engineers are the people who create, improve and maintain electronic devices and equipments. Because of the ubiquity of electricity, electrical engineers can be found in any industrial branches of the economy and may work on as many different products as cars, robots, cell phone systems, or lighting and wiring systems in buildings. Indeed, whether you take a look at the personal electronic, plane or automotive industry electrical engineers play a core role designing the circuits and electronics parts, testing designs and improving them.

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