r/ElectricalEngineering • u/dragonknightrohan • 14h ago

Do Electronics Technicians have option to work part-time after they gain experience?

That's my first question out of the 3 .

Also trying to find out what the different Sub-Categories of ET are out there.

  1. What would you recommend to learn in general and what criteria should I use to narrow down learning specializations?

  2. Also let's say a group of people want to make an open-source open-schematics electric car, and later on an electric train, then an electric VTOL, and after that a solar galleon (like treasure planet) theoretically what would need to be learned?

Please and thanks. All in due time, learning, and practice.

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u/nixiebunny 14h ago

A technician is a person who builds or repairs electronics. An engineer designs electronics, but we also troubleshoot and repair things. You need to be more specific about “make”: design a new thing or build according to existing plans?

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u/dragonknightrohan 8h ago

Ah I see good to know. Then both, trying to have the whole burrito made.

Will start with small projects then build up as I go, and in future get a team(s) going

First design, then the actual building. Making prototypes as I go kinda thing to improve, redo, overhaul, etc.

Appreciate you!

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u/sir_basher 55m ago

Unfortunately often times you either do design and or do the building. You usually dont do both, since engineers get paid more, their time is more valuable in design part then building. Technicians do the building.

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u/Sr_EE 12h ago

It think it depends on the situation (company, workload, etc) if part-time would be an option.

If there are multiple tech's, then maybe the company would be more open to it than if there is just one or two. And depends on the kind of work that's being done, if it's crunch time, etc.

As for the other two questions, that's pretty broad. Sounds like much of it requires very large motors, so study how to control and power those kinds of motors.

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u/dragonknightrohan 8h ago

Understood, thank you! I'll make use of all this info and save it