How to become an electronics engineer
Official title: Electronics engineers
Also called: Computer hardware engineer, Electronics engineer, Instrumentation engineer
Electronics engineers conduct research on, design, and direct the construction functioning, maintenance and repair of electronic systems, and study and advise on technological aspects of electronic engineering materials, products or processes.
Main tasks
- Advising on and designing electronic devices or components, circuits, semi-conductors, and systems
- Specifying production or installation methods, materials and quality standards, and directing production or installation work of electronic products and systems
- Establishing control standards and procedures to ensure efficient functioning and safety of electronic systems, motors and equipment
- Organizing and directing maintenance and repair of existing electronic systems and equipment
- Designing electronic circuits and components for use in fields such as aerospace guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls
- Researching and advising on radar, telemetry and remote control systems, microwaves and other electronic equipment
- Designing and developing signal processing algorithms and implementing these through appropriate choice of hardware and software
- Developing apparatus and procedures to test electronic components, circuits and systems
Ways in
- University: Engineering degrees, Offered by 14 universities in Hong Kong
- Licence or registration: Registering body: Engineers Registration Board. Law: Engineers Registration Ordinance (工程師註冊條例), Cap. 409. Summary by Peernovo; check the body's current rules.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
- About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an electronics engineer?
Ways in include: Engineering degrees.
Do you need a degree to become an electronics engineer?
Usually. 88% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of an electronics engineer?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026