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Ten Essential Skills for Electrical Engineers

ISBN: 978-1-118-52742-9

March 2014

Wiley-IEEE Press

268 pages

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“Presents an uncommonly insightful perspective of the insights, experience, and wisdom of the author regarding the craft of electrical engineering. This book is a ‘must have’ on the bookshelf of any newly practicing hardware engineer and those who mentor them.”
—Roger Colbath, Engineering Director, ViaSat, Inc.

In today’s competitive marketplace, engineering students and professionals need every advantage to succeed in job interviews and in the industry. This insightful book will serve as a valuable reference for them throughout the interview process and while on the job.

Ten Essential Skills for Electrical Engineers applies the fundamentals learned in school to the practical tasks required by employers. With the ultimate goal of helping readers land a job and succeed at it, the book offers insightful chapters that teach them how to: design resistive circuits; prevent thermal failures; analyze circuits; use statistics to design manufacturable products; design feedback control systems; design op-amp circuits; design analog and digital filters; and work with high-frequency digital and RF signals.

Written in an intuitive, easy-to-follow style, the book:

  • Enables recent graduates in engineering to succeed in challenging technical interviews
  • Reviews practical skills using the latest tools and techniques
  • Focuses on the intersection between company-specific knowledge and engineering fundamentals
  • Offers real-life, industry case studies, examples, and commentary from employers and practicing engineers
  • Provides a companion website containing interview practice problems and advanced material for readers seeking additional expertise

Ten Essential Skills for Electrical Engineers is a must-have book for aspiring and current engineers who wish to approach their next job interview confident in their grasp of the engineering skills that employers are seeking.

About the Author

BARRY L. DORR, PE, is a Principal Design Engineer at Datron World Communications. He has taught Circuit Analysis at San Diego State University, Servo Systems for the IEEE, and numerous industrial seminars. He holds eight patents for signal processing and communication devices, and has contributed articles to Embedded Computing Magazine, Electronic Design News, and various trade publications.