How to become a Telecommunications Engineer
Official title: Telecommunications Engineers
Researches, plans, designs and directs the building and maintenance of telecommunications systems.
Main tasks
- Plan and design telecommunications systems and equipment, and supervise and control their operation
- Plan and design communications networks based on cable, optical fibre and wireless media
- Choose suitable hardware and software, and design and develop signal processing methods
- Design distribution systems for telecommunications networks, radar and television
Ways in
- University department: Engineering degrees, Offered by 93 universities in Taiwan
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$1,828,000 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 a Telecommunications Engineer?
Ways in include: Engineering degrees.
How much does a Telecommunications Engineer earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$1,828,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is a Telecommunications 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 a Telecommunications 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