A lot of the technology getting the most investment right now depends on electrical engineering. The data centers powering artificial intelligence need more efficient chips and power systems that won’t bankrupt the surrounding area, electric vehicles depend on battery and motor-control hardware to stay running, and never-before-seen levels of automation are rolling about factory floors. At the same time, billions of dollars are being poured into semiconductor manufacturing and infrastructure to keep up with both the compute power and electricity required to meet rising demand.
Today, electrical engineers earn a median annual salary of about $118,000, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Below are some of the most active employers hiring electrical engineers right now.
Top Companies Hiring Electrical Engineers
- Nvidia
- Apple
- Tesla
- Intel
- Siemens
Top Companies Hiring Computer Electrical Engineers
Headquarters: Munich, Germany
Founded: 1847
Company size: 300k+ employees
Industry: Industrial Automation, Electrification, Infrastructure
As Europe’s largest engineering company, Siemens is a major player in industrial automation, electrification and infrastructure software. The company’s electrical engineers work close to the power systems that keep factories and rail networks running at minimal waste and maximal precision. Working with drives, controls, switchgear and power distribution equipment, Siemens is especially relevant for engineers interested in industrial electrification.
Headquarters: Cupertino, California
Founded: 1976
Company size: 160k+ employees
Industry: Consumer Electronics, Software
Apple designs much of its hardware in-house across more than 2.5 billion active devices, giving electrical engineers a direct role in how products perform across legacy products iPhone and Mac as well as newer releases like the Vision Pro. The work can include chip-level performance tuning, power management, sensor systems and wireless hardware that need to operate seamlessly inside Apple’s tightly controlled in-house ecosystem.
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland
Founded: 1988
Company size: 100k+ employees
Industry: Robotics, Electrification, Industrial Automation
ABB makes robotics and electrification systems for factories, utilities and transportation networks. Operating out of more than 100 countries, the company hires electrical engineers to work on drives, motor-control systems, switchgear and high-voltage equipment that keep machines moving without blowing a fuse or compromising safety.
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
Founded: 1968
Company size: 80k+ employees
Industry: Semiconductors
Intel designs processors and operates the fabs that manufacture them. Electrical engineers there have a path into both chip development and production. Some roles focus on validating silicon before it reaches customers, while others support the equipment and processes needed to build chips at high volume. The work is highly technical because tiny defects can affect entire batches of hardware.
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
Founded: 1993
Company size: 40k+ employees
Industry: Semiconductors, AI Infrastructure
Since releasing the first GPU in 1999, Nvidia has become a core infrastructure company in the AI economy, combining chips, networking and software into the large-scale systems that train AI models. Electrical engineers there work close to that hardware stack, focusing on things like power delivery, high-speed connections between processors and the systems that unify thousands of GPUs to smoothly run together.
Headquarters: Bethesda, Maryland
Founded: 1995
Company size: 120k+ employees
Industry: Aerospace, Defense
Lockheed Martin started as a small aircraft company founded by two brothers in a garage. Now, it’s the U.S. government’s top defense contractor, developing military aircraft, spacecraft, satellites and missile defense systems from more than 340 global facilities. Electrical engineers there help build the radar and communications hardware that allows those systems to operate reliably in high-stakes environments.
Headquarters: Rueil-Malmaison, France
Founded: 1836
Company size: 160k+ employees
Industry: Energy Management, Industrial Automation
Global energy giant Schneider Electric builds power-management and automation systems for data centers, factories, buildings and utility networks. Its electrical engineers are tasked with keeping facilities running during outages and helping customers manage heavier rush-hour electricity loads. This work is becoming especially important as AI infrastructure puts new strain on the grid.
Headquarters: Hsinchu, Taiwan
Founded: 1987
Company size: 90k+ employees
Industry: Semiconductor Manufacturing
TSMC, the world’s largest independent chip foundry, manufactures advanced chips for many of the biggest names in tech, including Nvidia, Intel and Apple. Its electrical engineers work inside highly automated fabs where production depends on precise equipment, stable processes and constant yield improvement. Their work determines how far next-generation chip hardware can realistically advance.
Headquarters: Austin, Texas
Founded: 2003
Company size: 100k+ employees
Industry: Automotive, Energy, Robotics
Electrical engineers at Tesla determine how energy moves through its self-driving, electric vehicles — and the Supercharger stalls that support them — as well as its Optimus humanoid robots. They work on battery-management systems, motor controls and power electronics that regulate how those systems operate in the real world. Similar teams also support sensing hardware and robotics controls within Tesla’s autonomy programs.
Headquarters: Arlington, Virginia
Founded: 1922
Company size: 180k+ employees
Industry: Aerospace, Defense, Avionics
Every second, an aircraft using RTX technology takes off. According to the company, its aviation systems help move 11 million people every day. Across Raytheon, Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace, electrical engineers work on embedded hardware, circuit design and testing equipment that support these flight systems, radar, satellite communications and defense platforms.
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