How to hire electrical engineers
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Job description template
Copy it, fill in the brackets, and remove anything that does not fit your job. Keep only must-haves you would really turn someone away for.
[Job title] at [Company name] [City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range] About the role [Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.] What you will do • Confer with engineers, customers, or others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects or products. • Design, implement, maintain, or improve electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, or domestic purposes. • Direct or coordinate manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, or testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, or customer requirements. • Inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational, safety, or environmental standards. • Investigate or test vendors' or competitors' products. • Operate computer-assisted engineering or design software or equipment to perform engineering tasks. • Oversee project production efforts to assure projects are completed on time and within budget. • Perform detailed calculations to compute and establish manufacturing, construction, or installation standards or specifications. What you bring • [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any] • [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Bachelor's degree] • Strong writing, critical thinking, reading comprehension, active learning, active listening and speaking skills • Working knowledge of engineering and technology, computers and electronics, design and English Language • [Anything else you would really turn someone away for] Pay and benefits [Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $58.00 an hour ($120,630 a year). [Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.] How to apply [Apply on JAI Bot. Every applicant hears back.]
Interview questions for electrical engineers
Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.
- Tell me about a time you had to confer with engineers, customers, or others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects or products. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to design, implement, maintain, or improve electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, or domestic purposes. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to direct or coordinate manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, or testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, or customer requirements. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Tell me about a time you had to inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational, safety, or environmental standards. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
- Describe something important you wrote at work, such as a report, notes or an email. Who read it and what happened next?
- Describe a decision at work where the obvious answer was wrong. How did you work out the better choice?
- Tell me about written instructions, a policy or a manual you had to follow closely. How did you make sure you followed it correctly?
- Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?
Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.
What electrical engineers do
- Confer with engineers, customers, or others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects or products.
- Design, implement, maintain, or improve electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, or domestic purposes.
- Direct or coordinate manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, or testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, or customer requirements.
- Inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational, safety, or environmental standards.
- Investigate or test vendors' or competitors' products.
- Operate computer-assisted engineering or design software or equipment to perform engineering tasks.
- Oversee project production efforts to assure projects are completed on time and within budget.
- Perform detailed calculations to compute and establish manufacturing, construction, or installation standards or specifications.
Skills that matter most
Education, experience and outlook for electrical engineers
- Typical education to start: Bachelor's degree (BLS)
- Job outlook: +9.9% over ten years, much faster than average · about 11,400 openings a year (BLS)
What to pay electrical engineers
Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:
| State | Median yearly pay |
|---|---|
| New Mexico | $158,520 |
| California | $144,040 |
| New Hampshire | $135,710 |
| Washington | $132,710 |
| Texas | $129,450 |
| South Carolina | $98,440 |
| Arkansas | $96,860 |
| Montana | $87,360 |
See electrical engineers pay in every state
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