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Electronic devices are now integral to daily life. Technologies like microprocessors, robotics, lasers, fiber optics, biomedical electronics, satellite communications, and wireless networks all rely on microelectronics. Given their diverse applications, there's increasing need for electronic technologists with expertise in electrical principles, microcomputers, communications, industrial electronics, and their practical applications for problem-solving.
Career paths
Graduates pursue roles in electronics: focusing on maintenance, design, or sales. Typical duties include operating and maintaining systems, training others on equipment usage, and sometimes participating in design processes by working with engineers and fellow technologists to develop and evaluate new technologies.
Opportunities exist across various industries such as telecommunications, manufacturing, energy sectors, biomedical research, industrial instrumentation, engineering consulting, marine science, environmental conservation, and renewable energy.
This program offers coursework that qualifies graduates for positions in the Canadian Armed Forces, including roles as weapons engineering technicians or aerospace telecommunications and information systems specialists.