电子设备已成为日常生活的一部分。微处理器，机器人，激光器，光纤，生物医学电子产品，卫星通信和无线网络都使用微电子技术。随着应用的广泛，对电子技术专家的需求不断增长，他们对电力，微计算机，通信和工业电子原理以及如何使用它们来创建解决方案具有全面的了解。电子工程技术人员正在我们社会的许多领域中找到有意义的工作。在生物医学领域，他们操作和维护一系列医疗电子设备。例如，越来越多地使用医疗监控系统，该系统使患者能够进行日常活动，同时传感器收集生物数据并通过无线或互联网将其传输回医务人员。在生态学和野生动植物保护领域
Electronic devices have become part of everyday life. Microprocessors, robots, lasers, fibre optics, biomedical electronics, satellite communications and wireless networking all use microelectronic technology. With a wide range of applications, there's growing demand for electronic technologists who bring a comprehensive understanding of the principles of electricity, microcomputers, communications and industrial electronics and how they can be used to create solutions.<br>Career options<br>Graduates work in electronics: maintenance, design or sales. Job responsibilities usually involve operating/maintaining equipment and systems and instructing others on how to use the equipment and devices. In some cases, technologists are also involved in design, collaborating with other technologists and engineers to create and test new devices.<br>Employment may be found in many industry sectors, including telecommunications, manufacturing, oil and gas, biomedical research, industrial instrumentation, consulting engineering, marine research, conservation and alternative energy.<br>This program includes courses that can be applied towards a career in the Canadian Armed Forces as a weapons engineering technician or an aerospace telecommunications and information systems technician.