Electrical Engineering Market

1. Electrical Engineering Market
Survey and Technical requirements
Prepared by: Eng. Ahmed Mohamed Hamza
Email: a_m_hamza@yahoo.com
14-July-2007

2. 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

3. 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.

4. Communication Field
 Three broad categories:
 Mobile
 Fixed Lines
 Satellite (Nilesat)
http://www.nilesat.com.eg

5. 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

6. Mobile Cont.
 Operator:
 Mobinil (Alex.)
http://www.mobinil.com
 Vodafone (Alex.)
http://www.vodafone.com.eg
 Etisalat (Alex.)
http://www.etisalat.com.eg

7. Mobile Cont.
 Vendor:
 Mobinil: Alcatel, Motorola (Alex)
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com
 Vodafone: Ericsson
http://www.ericsson.com/ericsson/worldwide/egypt.shtml
 Etisalat: huawei, Ericsson
http://www.huawei.com

8. Mobile Cont.
 Sub contractor
 Mobinil: MobiServe
http://www.mobiserve.com.eg/

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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).

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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#

15. Embedded Example- Valeo
 Scope: Embedded system for automotive
industry
 Departments
 eSoftware
 Validation and unit testing
 System

16. Embedded Example- SysdSoft
 Departments according to projects:
 Wimax (Mac Layer)
 WiFi
 Wireless USB
 RFIC
• Intention to come to Alex

17. Electronics Example-
Mentor Graphics
 Departments:
 Consultancy
 Quality Assurance (Analog, Digital)
 IP

18. Electronics Example-
SWS (Smart Wireless Systems )
 Departments:
 Analog/mixed-signal
 RF design solutions
 IP

19. 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

20. 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….

21. 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

22. 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

23. Extra Technical Requirements
 Embedded Systems:
 RTOS
 ARM processor
• Electronics:
 System C
 System Verilog
Communication:
 Wimax (OFDM)
 UMTS
• Network
 Juniper: http://www.juniper.net/

24. Master Degree system - Egypt
 Alexandria University
 Cairo University

25. 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

26. 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.

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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)

30. 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)

31. 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

32. 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.

33. 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)

34.  Good Luck and Thank you