💡 Why it matters: Every gadget, from a phone to a hospital monitor, has circuit boards inside. Electronics engineers design them, and they are needed wherever devices are made.
🌍 Around the world
- Nigeria: Nigeria wants to make more devices locally, which needs people who can design them.
- United States: Jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, much faster than average (US Bureau of Labor Statistics), for electrical and electronics engineers.
💰 What it can pay
🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Starting out
- ₦1.5M – ₦3.8M
- Mid-career
- ₦4.5M – ₦11M
- Senior
- ₦11M – ₦26M
≈ ₦375k – ₦917k a month mid-career. Indicative estimate by Incusim.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
National Careers Service job profile: starter and experienced salary.. National Careers Service, 2026
🇺🇸 United States
US category: Electrical and electronics engineers. Median is the electronics engineers (except computer) figure; low/high are 10th/90th percentile for the combined category.. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025
🇨🇦 Canada
Electronics Engineer. Hourly wages x 2,080 hours.. Job Bank Canada, 2023
Yearly pay before tax. UK, US and Canada figures come from the official sources named on each card. Nigeria has no official salary survey, so those are our indicative estimates. Real pay depends on the employer, the place, your skills and experience.
🛠️ What you actually do
- Design circuit boards and electronic devices
- Test prototypes and fix faults
- Write small programs for chips
- Choose parts that are cheap and reliable
- Work with product designers on new gadgets
⚡ Skills you'll need
- Problem solving
- Maths
- Attention to detail
- Creativity
- Patience
Get ready at school
🇳🇬 Nigeria
- Self-study with Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects
- HND, then top up to a degree
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Engineering degree apprenticeship (Level 6) while working
- BTEC or T-level in engineering, then a degree or apprenticeship
🇺🇸 United States
- Associate degree in engineering technology at a community college, then transfer to a bachelor's
- Co-op or internship programs during your degree
🇨🇦 Canada
- College diploma in engineering technology, then bridge to a degree
- Co-op programs that mix study with paid work terms
🗺️ Your path to this career
- 1Enjoy Physics and Maths and tinker with simple circuits
- 2Study Electronic or Electrical Engineering
- 3Build projects with Arduino or similar kits
- 4Do a work placement at an electronics, telecom or device company
- 5Join a hardware startup or manufacturer
⏰ A day in the life
You solder a prototype board and plug it in to see if the sensor works. When it fails, you trace the fault with a meter, adjust the design and test again until the device behaves.