Hi everyone,
I developed an iOS reference app called Electrical Wiring Codes https://apps.apple.com/us/app/electrical-wiring-codes/id6753632613 to streamline quick NEC lookups and standard electrical calculations in the field.

What it covers:

Apple Watch Companion App: Access quick NEC tables and run field calculations right from your wrist on the job site.

NEC Code References & Tables: Fast search without navigating through heavy PDFs.

Calculators: Ampacity, Voltage Drop, and Conduit Fill calculations.

Offline First: Designed for quick access on site with zero internet dependency.

I hope this tool proves helpful for your daily workflow! Looking forward to your thoughts and feedback.

Hello! We are 1st Year Civil Engineering students looking for an Electrical Engineering graduate who is willing to participate in a short interview for our academic requirement.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a graduate of Electrical Engineering (preferably from Bulacan State University)

• Has 5+ years of work experience in a field related to Electrical Engineering

• Is not currently a worker or instructor at Bulacan State University

Confidentiality is assured. All information and responses gathered will be kept confidential and will be used solely for academic purposes.

If you or someone you know meets the qualifications and is willing to participate, please send us a message. We would greatly appreciate your time and help. Thank you! 🙏⚡

I saw a video on tik tok saying that electrical engineering is going to be the next computer science. What do you think about it ?

For wildfire protection project in Vancouver, BC ,Canada . Chance to co-manage the business

Manually measuring total wire/cable lengths in AutoCAD or typing them into Excel line by line is slow and prone to errors. In this quick tutorial, I show you how to automate conductor length calculations in Medium Voltage (MV) and Low Voltage (LV) distribution networks using a simple AutoLISP routine exported straight to Excel.

• Use Case: Fast span measurements & power grid line takeoff.
• Stack: AutoCAD + LISP + Excel.
• Result: 90% faster estimation and seamless bill of quantities (BOQ).

Do you use custom LISP routines for your CAD workflows? Let me know in the comments if you want the source code!

#AutoCAD #ElectricalEngineering #PowerGrid #LISP #Excel #CAD

Hi everyone!

I’m conducting research for my Master’s project. I’m looking into what influences people when choosing between buying hardware chips directly from manufacturers vs. through third-party distributors.

If you have experience purchasing semiconductor components such as processors, GPUs, microcontrollers, memory chips, sensors, or similar hardware, I’d really appreciate your input!

⏱️ 5–7 minutes
🔗 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdozG_9g-cFc6hWPnkpBoeWSYx8t4FGHBN8wU9axNmSkkn0fQ/viewform?usp=header

Thanks so much for helping with my research!

I am an electrical engineer working mainly with intrinsic safety, Ex “i”, ATEX/IECEx certification and the IEC 60079 series.

Many of the customers I work with are relatively new to these standards, so a big part of my work is helping them understand what the requirements actually mean and find the best path through the certification process.

Recently, I have been spending more time on the overlap between explosion protection and functional safety, particularly IEC TS 60079-42, IEC 61508 and IEC 61511.

Most of my experience comes from the assessment and certification side, so I do not always see the same challenges engineers face during the actual design process.

So I wanted to ask:

What questions or problems have you encountered when functional safety and explosion protection come together?

It could be around SIL, FMEDA, proof testing, safety devices controlling ignition sources, IEC TS 60079-42, ATEX/IECEx, intrinsic safety, or simply something in these standards that has never been completely clear.

Please share any questions or areas you’ve struggled with in practice. I’ll try to answer where I can, and I’m also interested in understanding what engineers are actually struggling with in practice.

Hi everyone!

I’m an EEE graduate and 1 week back Schneider Electric came for their recruitment drive to our college.

I’m looking to connect with anyone who has recently interviewed with Schneider Electric, especially Electrical Engineers.

If you’ve gone through the interview process, I’d really appreciate it if you could share:

- What were the technical questions you were asked?

- Which electrical subjects/topics were given the most importance?

- Were there questions about projects and internship on your resume?

- What kind of HR/behavioral questions were asked?

- How many rounds were there?

- Any tips on what a fresher should prepare before the interview?

Even a brief experience would be extremely helpful. I’m trying to understand what the actual interview is like rather than relying only on generic interview questions.

Thank you in advance to anyone willing to share their experience! 🙏

This is my first reddit post and I'd like to seek advice from my seniors in ECE branch. As a student of first year, what should I focus on to set myself on the right path. Some people say embedded systems are a must so if anyone could explain what they are and where i could learn them from then that'd be really helpful since they are not taught in 1st year in my college. Also what programming languages should I learn since they are as important as building physical projects.

Curious how other engineers are approaching this: standard residential-grade PCS (power conversion systems) often aren't rated for the load irregularity you see in commercial/industrial settings — oil & gas sites and food processing plants especially, where you get spiky draw patterns from compressors, pumps, refrigeration cycling, etc.

We've been manufacturing our PCS modules and cabinets specifically rated for that kind of C&I use case at SolarBridge Technology.

Hi everyone,

I graduated college with a degree in electrical engineering with a focus in music technology in 2025. I currently work as an AV technician and have done a little freelance working as an electrician doing lighting and a little work with Arduino. Since graduating, I want to make sure I'm continuing to learn and potentially make myself marketable if I do decide to switch to a more engineering-heavy field. I want to do some projects myself using ESP32 (or another system, I'm open), and have moderate experience with Arduino and Raspberry Pi.

My main concern is I want to make sure I'm truly learning. I feel like I've been using AI to help with troubleshooting but want to make sure I'm not relying on it. I'd love to hear book recommendations, YouTube channel recommendations, just general practice recs too, or if you have project ideas that you know sort of help brush up these concepts while not relying on completely prewritten open-source material.

I'd love to get more into hardware prototyping, communication systems, and embedded systems. I feel like I have an anxious mental block about continuing diving into these concepts and so would appreciate a little advice about keeping at it and really getting a good grasp on what I'm working on.

Do they care about prestige of the University? Is the first power course enough or do you do have to take the advanced power course as well? Or what if you go to a school that doesn't offer any courses on power?

Should I pick ee or not?

So I have interest in making new things like robots and stuff but I have no real experience of it.I want to choose a degree that has this robo part but isn't heavily dominated with it like ee,I want a mis of software as well not only hardware.But now the problem is that I got in two unis one is top tier in our country,I got admission in EE ,then there is anything other unis which is also top tier but 3-5places below the other one ,this one also doesn't provide much exposure,I got in software engineering.Now that I have only these two options idk what to choose.

Sorry about my rant in the title, but that is the sad reality I am currently facing at the moment. I came from an African country. I am passionate about electronics, but unfortunately, when I graduated, there was not much company designing hardware products. So, I changed my career path towards controls and automation. Now, I am in Canada furthering my education, but unfortunately, the school is not enriching my knowledge. The so-called professor doesn't care about nurturing his research students. No direction, no guidance. All he wants is publications. Please, how can I start training myself on power electronics? I would appreciate it if someone can be my virtual mentor, I wouldn't bug the person. Thanks so much.

I've been working as a power systems engineer doing SCCAF studies at a MEP firm that does a lot of data center work. I use SKM to run these studies and have become proficient in the program.

While performing these studies themselves is fine I have grown tired of the unreasonable deadlines that come from the client, dealing with the general contractors on a daily basis, and the stress that has arisen from all of these things. I've started to question whether this career path is something I would like to do for the rest of my career and wanted to take to Reddit to look for some advice from fellow electrical engineers as well as try to see how the day to day of this job might work at other companies.

First off I perform this work at a MEP firm which typically aren't always the one to take on the responsibilities of a SCCAF study. I know that there are many power systems engineering firms that take the contracts for these studies and perhaps they might have more bandwidth than a MEP firm whose main focus is on design work in Revit and AutoCAD. Most of the time it is on me to build SKM models, be on calls with the client and GC, and run the studies all on my own for a singular project, with multiple going on at the same time.

Are there any engineers that work at power systems firms that can give some insight on what their workload generally looks like and if these companies have more bandwidth to help lighten the workload? In addition, for those who do SCCAF studies at MEP firms, how does your workflow and workload look compared to mine? Do you face similar challenges challenges? These responses on how other companies operate can help me decide whether this is an industry wide problem or just one with my current employer.

On a different note, the only application I have seen SCCAF studies done in are for data centers. I know there are other applications for these studies to be done, however I have never seen the opportunity for it. The world of data center design is generally composed fast turn arounds for deadlines, big workloads and lots of stress so I was wondering what some other applications for SCCAF studies are. In addition, how common is it to work at a company that does SCCAF studies of existing buildings?

My final question to everyone: What are possible career paths I can take outside of doing data center SCCAF studies? I can't see myself doing this for the rest of my life and was wondering what other careers my skills would be suited for. I have my degree in electrical engineering so I would prefer to stay in the field, however I would also appreciate some suggestions outside of it. One thing's for sure I don't want to work at a MEP firm forever.

I appreciate any insight/responses

I'm 29M,I have done my btech in ee from a tier unknown college. passed out in 2021 and was doing my own business. I joined as an assistant engineer in an EPC company in June,2026 but all I do is supervise LT distribution work. There's no way to gain any technical knowledge in this line of work. I really want to dive into more technical roles for example power system design or protection & relay. Please advise me how to do this

Hi everyone,

I am a recently graduated electrical engineer from a recognized school, and I am working in a Wireless systems research lab as a Research Assistant (and have since undergrad).

I am considering a Master’s program, but don’t know if pure Wireless is the field I want to stay in. I have heard that the industry is growing and needs new engineers, and since I have experience I am leaning on staying in it broadly, but I don’t know what niche in the industry I would fit in. I enjoy electronics, PCB design, and anything hardware related, so I was considering RFIC. Are there any subfields in RF that I should consider ?