Also called: High-Voltage Engineer
Designs giant electrical systems that dump enormous bursts of energy into fusion machines in an instant.
You design capacitor banks that release more power than a city uses, for a few millionths of a second, and test switches that handle lightning-bolt currents.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in electrical engineering; master's common.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Electrical Engineering, Physics.
Growing faster than average (about 7% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps simulate circuits, but building and testing giant capacitor banks is hands-on, high-voltage engineering.
Classes: AP Physics C, Electronics CTE class, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2071.
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