How to become an Electronics Engineer
Official title: Electronics Engineers
Researches, plans, designs and directs the building and maintenance of electronic systems.
Main tasks
- Design and plan electronic systems, and supervise and control their operation
- Set control standards and procedures to make sure electronic systems and equipment run efficiently and safely
- Design circuits and components for aircraft guidance, instrument control, radar, remote control and other electronic equipment
- Develop installation methods and procedures for testing electronic components, circuits and systems
- Choose suitable hardware and software, and design and develop signal processing methods
Ways in
- University department: Engineering degrees, Offered by 93 universities in Taiwan
- Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional electronics engineer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 電子工程技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 16.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$1,406,000 a year
- Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
- 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.
How much does an Electronics Engineer earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$1,406,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is an Electronics Engineer a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
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
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, 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