Also called: Ship Electrical Systems Engineer
Designs power systems for ships, including new battery-electric and hybrid vessels.
Electrical engineers lay out switchboards, generators, and cabling, and design charging systems for electric ferries and tugs.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in electrical engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Electrical Engineering, Marine Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 7% over 10 years).
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Ship electrification boosts demand; AI helps size systems, but safe high-voltage design needs engineers who own it.
Classes: AP Physics, AP Calculus, Electronics CTE class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2071.
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