A professional who researches, develops, designs, and tests electronic components, products, and systems for commercial, industrial, medical, military, and scientific applications, applying principles and techniques of electronic engineering. Responsibilities include:

• Designs electronic circuits, components and integrated systems, utilizing ferroelectric, nonlinear, dielectric, phosphorescent, photo-conductive, and thermoelectric properties of materials (design engineer, products master title).
• Designs test control apparatus and equipment, determines procedures for testing products (test engineer master title), and directs engineering personnel in fabrication of test control apparatus and equipment.
• Develops new applications of conductive properties of metallic and nonmetallic materials used in components, and in application of components to products or systems.
• May direct field operations and maintenance of electronic installations.
• May evaluate operational systems and recommend design modifications to eliminate causes of malfunctions or changes in system requirements.
• May specialize in development of electronic principles and technology in fields, such as telecommunications, telemetry, aerospace guidance, missile propulsion control, counter-measures, acoustics, nucleonic instrumentation, industrial controls and measurements, high-frequency heating, computers, radiation detection, encephalography, electron optics, and biomedical research.
• May use computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to perform engineering tasks.