The development of electronics over the last 50 years has been extraordinary. Today you have the option of working with electronics in computing, telecommunications, aviation, robotics or the security and defence industries. Or you might like to develop sophisticated medical equipment, electrical consumer goods, or explore the science of most efficiently moving electrons around circuit boards!

Working as a Computer Hardware Engineer you can design and develop physical devices that process information, anything from computer components to telephones.

You could specialise in areas such as data networks, mobile and satellite communications, signal processing, image processing, data coding, optical fibres and communication, photonics and microelectronics devices.

A career as a Software Engineer will see you designing and producing cost effective, reliable software systems. This could include working with artificial intelligence, computer science, graphics, CAD (computer aided design), human computer interaction, information systems, computer interfacing, networks, software development, software systems and systems design.

See also ICT, Photonics, Aerospace, Marine.