Dunwoody Electronics Engineering Technology

Microchips aren’t just found in laptops and smartphones. From traffic lights to robotic assembly lines, most modern technologies use integrated circuits in sensors and controls to automate certain processes.

Dunwoody’s Electronics Engineering Technology program will provide you with the hands-on experience and theoretical knowledge needed to design and troubleshoot circuits utilizing the latest semiconductor devices; biomedical devices; microprocessors; microcontrollers; circuit design and fabrication equipment; and data acquisition devices.

Design a circuit and take it from a simulation model to functional prototype to printed board.

Utilize circuit manufacturing techniques to create surface-mount and through-hole circuit boards.

Train on LabVIEW, graphical systems engineering software used widely in industry.

Most students complete internships—often in the medical device industry, which is a robust part of Minnesota’s manufacturing industry.

The electronics technology field offers a variety of career paths as well as options for further study.

This degree directly transfers into Dunwoody’s Bachelor of Science in Automation & Controls Engineering Technology or the Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering Technology.

Class topics include:

  • Basic electricity and electronics
  • Digital electronics
  • Microprocessors and microcontrollers
  • Computer programming
  • Programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
  • Communication systems
  • Circuit engineering

Degree Requirements

To view program requirements, including required courses, electives, course descriptions, and credit hours, visit:

College Catalog: Electronics Engineering Technology

Recent Employers of Graduates

Companies that hire our graduates include:

  • Starkey Hearing Technologies
  • Martin Calibration
  • Cypress Semiconductor
  • Digikey
  • Boston Scientific
  • Design Ready Controls

Common Job Titles

Possible job titles upon graduation include:

  • Electronics Technician
  • Bio-Medical Technician
  • Field Service Engineer
  • Calibration Technician
  • Programmer
  • Assembler

Student Organizations

Opportunities to get involved outside of the classroom include:

  • Robotic Snow Plow Team
  • Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK)
  • SkillsUSA

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Facilities

Controls Engineering Lab

Assemble and program the industrial controls used in discrete manufacturing and advanced process control applications.

  • 24 Allen Bradley L18ERM CompactLogix PLCs
  • 24 Allen Bradley PanelView HMIs
  • 24 Kinetix Motion Controllers
  • 24 Powerflex VFDs
  • 24 Cognex Machine Vision Systems
  • Emerson Process Controls & Instrumentation

Programmable Controls Lab

Learn to debug and program programmable logic controllers for use in a variety of control systems.

  • 11 Allen Bradley MicroLogix PLCs
  • 11 Allen Bradley CompactLogix PLCs
  • 11 Siemens S7-1200 PLCs
  • 11 ABB VFDs
  • 11 Maple Systems HMIs

Basic Electricity Lab

Complete projects that help you learn the fundamentals of electricity, including how to analyze, design, build, and test series, parallel and combination AC and DC circuits.

  • 12 Digital Oscilloscopes
  • 12 DC power supplies and AC function generators
  • 12 Elenco circuit prototyping stations
  • 12 NIDA 130E Microprocessor trainers
  • 1 LPKF S62 PCB Mill