Also called: Navigation Engineer, PNT Engineer
Designs the GPS systems and receivers that tell phones, planes and tractors exactly where they are.
You test a receiver that resists jamming, analyze timing signals, and drive a test van through city canyons. Your work matters for airplanes, ships, farming and even the timing of stock trades.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's or master's in electrical or aerospace engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 7% over 10 years). Electronics engineers overall.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps process signals; designing receivers and defending against GPS jamming is a growing human field.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus, Electronics class, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2072.
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