Electrical Engineering MarketSurvey and Technical requirements

Prepared by: Eng. Ahmed Mohamed Hamza

Email: a_m_hamza@yahoo.com

14-July-2007

Outline

Introduction Communication Field Embedded and Electronics Field Network Field Petroleum Field Extra Technical Requirements Master in Egypt and abroad Training before Graduation Training After Graduation How to search jobs Grade and Graduation project Soft Skills

Introduction

This is not a soft skills seminar !!!! This is my point of view !!! We will talk about the different fields in the Electric

Engineering market (with emphasis in Embedded and Electronics) and the basic requirements for each introducing examples from each field.

Don’t think that there are no jobs. There are many jobs but you need to be prepared

well.

Communication Field

Three broad categories: Mobile Fixed Lines Satellite (Nilesat)

http://www.nilesat.com.eg

Mobile

The companies in this field usually divided into: Operator Vendor Sub Contractor

Job Categories: Radio planning BSS VAS

• Basic technical requirements:

GSM architecture and planning Unix/Linux (for VAS) Basics of communication Systems and Microwave links

Mobile Cont.

Operator: Mobinil (Alex.)http://www.mobinil.com Vodafone (Alex.)http://www.vodafone.com.eg Etisalat (Alex.)http://www.etisalat.com.eg

Mobile Cont.

Vendor: Mobinil: Alcatel, Motorola (Alex)http://www.alcatel-lucent.com

Vodafone: Ericssonhttp://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/worldwide/egypt.shtml Etisalat: huawei, Ericssonhttp://www.huawei.com

Mobile Cont.

Sub contractor Mobinil: MobiServe

http://www.mobiserve.com.eg/

Fixed Lines

Company: Telecom Egypt (Alex.)www.telecomegypt.com.eg Job categories:

Switching Transmission

• Basic technical requirements:

Fiber optics CDMA Switching systems Basics of Microwave links

Fixed Lines cont.

• Some related companies:

Alcatel (Alex): http://www.alcatel-lucent.com QuickTel: http://www.quicktel.net/ Ericsson: http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/worldwide/egypt.shtml Nortel: http://www.nortel.com/

• CDMA ZTE: http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/ Teletech (Alex): http://www.teletech.com.eg

Embedded and Electronics Field

Advantages: This is an industry that develop our country. To work yon need to be qualified only !!! This market is increased nowadays. The salaries become higher than past.

Disadvantages: Work load and tension compared to other fields with the same

salary. You need more than the usual undergraduate study. The market is in Cairo till now. (Some companies are in their way

to come to Alex).

Field Categories

Embedded:

Valeo: http://www.valeo.com/ Sysdsoft: http://www.sysdsoft.com quickTel: http://www.quicktel.net/ IBM: http://www.ibm.com/eg/ Newportmedia: http://www.newportmediainc.com/

• Basic technical requirements:

Embdded C C++ Microcontrollers (Timers, Interrupts, UART, SPI,..) Microprocessors Unix/Linux

Field Categories cont.

• Electronics:

Mentor Graphics: resume_egc@mentor.com SWS: human.resources@sws.com.eg Ensphere (To be come):

http://www.enspheresolutions.com/

• Basic technical requirements:Digital: VHDL/Verilog, C, C++Analog: VHDL-AMS

Field Categories cont.

• Programming and web applications (more related to computer science)

Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/egypt/english/default.aspx

IBM: http://www.ibm.com/eg/ ITworx (Alex): http://www.itworx.com/

• Basic technical requirements: C++ Jave C#

Embedded Example- Valeo

Scope: Embedded system for automotive industry

Departments

eSoftware Validation and unit testing System

Embedded Example- SysdSoft Departments according to projects:

Wimax (Mac Layer) WiFi Wireless USB RFIC

• Intention to come to Alex

Electronics Example- Mentor Graphics Departments:

Consultancy Quality Assurance (Analog, Digital) IP

Electronics Example- SWS (Smart Wireless Systems ) Departments:

Analog/mixed-signal RF design solutions IP

Networks field

The companies in this field are divided into two categories:

Vendor Side Client Side (every where!!!)

• Basic technical requirements: CCNA AND MCSE Unix/Linux

Networks field cont.

Some examples: OMS: http://www.omsme.com/ Raya: http://www.rayacorp.com/ Orange: http://www.orange.co.uk/ TEdata: http://www.tedata.net/ Link (Alex): http://www.link.net/english/default Egytrans (Alex): http://www.egytrans.com/ http://www.egypt.gov.eg/ And more….

Petroleum field

Field Categories:

Upstream industry Owner Company Contractor Services

Downstream industry

• Basic technical requirements ( No strong technical requirements)

Basics of electronics (opamps) Basics of Fluids and thermodynamics Basics of mechanical Engineering PLC for control

Petroleum field cont.

• Upstream industry examples: Owner: Jabco, Badr El Din, Khalda Contractor:

ADC: http://www.adcpetroleum.com/Crosco: http://www.crosco.com/

Services: Schlumberger: http://www.slb.com/Halliburton: http://www.halliburton.com/

• Upstream industry examples: AMOC: http://amocalex.mkhoster.com/ Alexandria Petroleum

Extra Technical Requirements Embedded Systems: RTOS ARM processor

• Electronics: System C System Verilog

Communication: Wimax (OFDM) UMTS

• Network Juniper: http://www.juniper.net/

Master Degree system - Egypt Alexandria University Cairo University

Master Degree abroad

I will talk about Europe because:

1. The known is US and Canada

2. The low fees in some countries in Europe

Master Degree abroad cont.

The procedures: Searching: Ranking, Previous experience, fees,

English programs TOEFL: 80-100 in iBT (less than US and UK) GRE: Most universities in Europe don’t require GRE

in Master Reference letters (2 or 3) Admission: Be careful about the admission period

and be prepared By TOEFL and reference letters.

Master Degree abroad cont.

Some Useful links Google: The world’s top 100 technology

universities (THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT)

http://www.indiaeducation.info/studyabroad/Best-Universities/Technology-Universities.asp

Google: Top 100 world universities in Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences (ARWU)

http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ARWU-FIELD2007/ENG.htm

Training before Graduation

• For Embedded: IEEE courses Science club

• For communication: Training in Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and Mobinil

• For Networks:• Courses in New Horizons and Synergy

• For electronics: MIT: http://ocw.mit.edu/ Berkeley: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php

Training After Graduation

For Embedded, Electronics, Programming, Networks

Information Technology Institute (really it deserve 9 months)http://www.iti.gov.eg/

Software Engineering (Alex): SD, UNIX, Java Technologies for E-Business GIS Computer Networks Multimedia VLSI Mechatronics Media Convergence (New) Information Security (New) Embedded Systems (New)

Training After Graduation cont. For Communication and Networks

MCIT (9 months and 3 weeks)

http://www.mcit.gov.eg/ptrain/ National Telecommunication Institute (NTI)

http://www.nti.sci.eg/ Vodafone academy (9 months)

How to search jobs

Direct contact Al-ahram newspaper Forums and groups http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Egypt-

Developers/ Vlsi Egypt (yahoo group) Job Fairs

Grade and Graduation project Is the grade important?

For Master Most companies the Grade is included in their evaluation like

communication companies and some electronics companies like mentor.

There are some companies that don’t care about grade like embedded and network companies (Valeo)

• Is the graduation project important?

It is very in increasing your chances to be accepted if it is in the same field you apply for.

Soft Skills

It is very important to have excellent soft skills to be accepted in the job you wish.

Your technical knowledge alone doesn’t pay. So you must make a good CV (there are

templates in the word that are helpful) And you must be familiar with interview

questions (Seminars, websites, others experience)

Good Luck and Thank you