Is there any curated website or some resources from where i can get previous year question that has been asked by companies like texas, nxp, nvidia etc for ece core in digital domain

Having 2nd round technical interview with Anduril? Anyone have any tips or remember the questions they got?

Just wondering how much an internship in AI with limited programming would help to gain more experience in other fields like i mentioned. I assume it will because its in tech, but i'm just curious in how much it could actually help.

Hello, I am currently in my senior year of undergrad in EE with a specialization in photonics. I initially wanted to continue my area of study into my MS program (which I have already accepted to begin next fall). But, with some fears about an MS not being adequate for photonics roles, as well as really enjoying the antenna engineering course I am enrolled in, I am questioning switching to applied electromagnetics for my MS. My main question is what should I do in the spring/summer quarter to prepare myself for this field if I do choose to do it? I have completed all the general EE coursework and taken Semiconductor/material science electives, but for RF/Antenna engineering it seems that a heavier emphasis on circuit design is needed. Also, what are the differences between RF and antenna engineers?

Any insight into the field is appreciated!

I am currently a junior in CE and doing fairly decent so far (not amazing, but decent), I should have an internship in software lined up for the summer but it’s not guaranteed at the moment.

My question right now is whether or not it’s worth going for my masters. My school offers auto-admittance for graduate programs based on undergraduate performance, I got accepted for a few of them:

Sustainability engineering, sustainable transportation and logistics, industrial engineering, engineering management, data science and applications, internet of things engineering, clean energy engineering, electrical engineering, robotics engineering, and data science engineering.

As of right now, if I were to choose, I’m mainly interested in robotics engineering (just because that sounds like it would be fun) but I am also considering management, or data science because they seem like they would be good decisions career-wise.

But primarily I’m just interested in whether or not you guys think it’s worth going for a masters at all. Obviously it’s more money, but I’m not super concerned, it’s a state school so tuition isn’t cheap per say, but an extra few semesters wouldn’t put me that much further in the pit.

I think in the long run I’d prefer to work in something more hardware focused than software/data, but also taking the extra year or two would give me more time to get internships and experience, which is what I’m mainly worried about at the moment.

Please let me know your thoughts!

I am interviewing for this position in NY, would this job be a good start out of college, with a degree in EE? It sounds like I would be working on customer solutions for wireless rf systems, but I want to make sure this is a good start for me since its not as technical as other design roles might be. I am a good people person and wouldnt mind communicating with customers, but what should I aim to do to progress my career? Would there be a clearer path to senior/management roles through technical sales engineering or product design, and which path has better salary benefits. I appreciate any advice!

Does someone have "manesty xpress 700" tablet compression machine datasheet/info about it , I am not finding anything online.

I heard Japan lost it's charm in the past few decades but comparing pay/work-life balance and stay, where can Japan be placed in standards regarding it's VLSI design. For example say, above India, below USA. I can observe Indian industry growing from past decade with more skilled people getting into industry. What other countries are better than Japan and below it?

Hi ECE community,
I am wondering what the professionals/working graduates in this subreddit think about transitioning to Analog IC design from a Physics background I have both a BSc. and an MS in Phyics, and currently, I am finishing up an MS in Semiconductors and Microelectronics. I am taking courses in MOS VLSI Design, Mixed signal design, EDA, and some fabrication and device physics courses.

I want to start in Analog Design, however, my internship experiences are mostly in IC fabrication and are quite academic/physics-oriented (EUV lithography and 2D materials). I am thinking about ways of gaining some experience before finding my footing in the field. I have worked a bit with the Skywater 130nm PDK and interned at a big IC design company for a couple of months (it was quite difficult, so I mostly gained some familiarity with Cadence). I am looking itno some of the accelerator programs in large companies for recent graduates, but I am unsure if I will be able to 'intern' that way.

How realistic is my plan? While I am learning theory, I have noticed I best learn while working on a real-world project, but I am not certain if anyone would mentor /take me in (given my background not in EE).

I am located in Europe, so any tips/advice would be superb! :)

Hello everyone! Im currently confused which route Im planning on pursuing. I have an upcoming offer to be a software engineer at company A however I also have an assessment to be a software test engineer at company B. Please help me which of the two has a better career path and progression.

I'm looking to dive deeper into RTL programming and was wondering if anyone could recommend some good websites for Interview practicing? I'm looking for something specifically tailored for hardware design and RTL concepts.

If anyone has experience with resources or websites that focus on RTL, Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog or general hardware design challenges, I’d love to hear your suggestions!

I really want to go into Mechatronics, but I understand it is a very broad field, and may lack in some areas or just go over the basics of that area (Maybe EE, ME, Programming, Arduino, PLCs, etc).

What area(s) should I focus on studying in my spare time and make projects of to gain a deeper grasp of it. I want to make sure I'm just a jack of all trades without knowing anything. I want to be knowledgeable in areas that may be lacking. Thanks!

Until now, I’ve relied heavily on my professors' lecture notes and online videos for studying, but I want to change that.

I’ve realized how important textbooks are and how difficult it is to truly learn without them. That’s why I decided to buy a tablet my main goal is to study textbooks on it and possibly take notes by splitting the screen, with the book’s PDF on one side and a notes app on the other. I plan to take notes and solve exercises while studying directly from the PDF.

How logical is this approach, or would it be better to stick with pen and paper?

I have a laptop, but I struggle with studying from book PDFs on it. Maybe it's due to the quality of the PDFs, or maybe I just haven’t put in enough effort.

Also, this question might seem a bit pointless since I could just buy one and see for myself, but since it's expensive for me, I want to hear about others' experiences before making a decision.

Iam a 2023 Ece graduate with an above average Cgpa. Took up a data engineer job from college placements. I have been laid off recently. Iam planning to switch back to ece. Iam interested in sensors and PCB design. What are the things i should do so as to get a job in this field. Does anyone have any contacts?

Let's say there is a system y(t) = x(sint)

So, if I delay the input of the signal x(t) -> x(t-a) And pass it to the system apparently we get x(sint - a)?? How tf

Why is it not x(sin(t-a))?

I can't wrap my head around this man, I'm cooked.

I am pursuing my Btech in Electronics and Telecom and am in my sophomore year. we have to make a mini project for 2 credits this semester. I chose to try and make a True Random number generator and use the random numbers to run monte carlo simulations and maybe make a stock prediction model. The thought process is that this project would be a nice amalgamation of Electronics, CS, and Finance. We want the hardware part (trng) to be not extremely easy that it would be a meaningful project but not extremely hard either (we're just sophomores with bare minimum knowledge abt electronics). and we have at most a month to make this.
Can you help us out in both making of the hardware based true random number generator - any links, resources, research papers would be appreciated and also any cool ideas to use those random numbers other than monte carlo.
Thanks in Advance

Doing some research into potential careers I think I've decided on power engineering, but I want to just double check with this subreddit to make sure I'm not getting anything wrong:

1. Like most engineering jobs, power engineers get a decent salary (around 60-80k starting, 100k+ later on in career).

2. The world is going to need more and more energy, so the growth of this field is only ever going up.

3. Work life balance can be a hit or miss, but that's mainly a job specific problem rather than an industry wide issue.

4. Job security is pretty good. Even if one does find themselves out of work it shouldn't be too big of a problem because a lot of power engineers are retiring now which leaves a lot of positions open.

5. Potentially a higher salary upside? With how many job openings there are in power engineering it makes it fairly easy to job hop once you break into the insdustry. As job hopping is one of the best ways to increase salary, this means that it's easier to increase your salary.

Hello,

I am about to graduate in June with a MSEE. I have two job offers on hand but I’m having a really hard time deciding which one to take.

The first job is higher paying ($125k base with up to 20% profit sharing, $15k sign on bonus, $12.5k relocation bonus). It is a post-Si validation role for a chip company in the Bay Area.

The second job is lower paying ($110k with no profit sharing, no sign bonus, $5k relocation bonus) but will be for a power electronics design role in defense in San Diego.

Including the yearly bonus of 20%, I would be taking a 25% pay cut taking the design role. However, hardware design is significantly more interesting to me than hardware validation python scripting. My thesis project is also focused on power electronics. I’ve also heard that the growth experienced as a design engineer is very valuable.

In my early career, should I take the money, or the more interesting job?

Will the money literally “pay off” in the long run over taking a more interesting job?

I am currently in my second year of engineering in electronics and communication. i need advice on what i should be learning other the courses provided in my college. I see many people studying ECE and take up jobs in Computer science domain, but i really want to work in EC. I want to know what skills i need to do this. I also want to know where the industry is going right now. I cant see a clear path for myself in future.
Please reply i really need this.

Hello, I have this problem along with my solution, but I have no clue if its correct or not. I dont really know what Rout is, I know that Rin=uin/iin which I calculated to be equal to R1. So I used the same logic for output resistance, Rout=uout/i2, is this correct? I got roughly 1 Mohm.

If of interest, for the gain I got Av= -415/18.

Couldnt find anything in my textbook about the output resistance. I appreciate any help! thank you

I include my solution to the first exercise here

lets share housing recourses w each other and create this thread to find roommates!

Is it true that design verification doesn’t typically require a masters degree while design roles do prefer a masters? Just want to get some clarification on this as I am a freshman looking into careers.

About two months ago, I accepted an offer for a control systems engineer with a local, midsized company. The role was for control system design of small-scale equipment that use embedded control systems. However, the company has a European counterpart and they are the ones that actually design the systems. So, there are no control systems being designed domestically. So far, I have been acting as a general electrical engineer. For example, I had to research to see if a specific sensor would work with another piece of equipment. I also had to make a wiring diagram that connected the sensor to a single-pole double thrust switch. I am the only electrical engineer besides one engineer who has been working there for 40 years.

He told me to stay on the job for a few years and learn, and then switch jobs. However, I struggle to see career growth. If I am just doing general ECE work, how will I land mid-level jobs that are more specialized such as mid-level jobs in circuit design, embedded systems, power systems, etc.? Basically, we get the equipment from the other company and we take it apart and modify it according to customer needs.

I was excited at first because I could have specialized in control system programming in PLC or embedded software, but that is not the case. I'm considering switching to a different entry-level job before I spend too much time here, because otherwise I would have to jump back to entry level if I cannot find any mid-level jobs 3-4 years from now.

Hey there, Just to start with I'm a third year electrical and computer engineering. I joined this department since it has always been my number one choice, to go, learn and work on. I do remember how I actually cried with my heart filled with happiness, and my friends congratulation saying that I made it. But this went upside down and forced me to write this post. I am not getting good grades as I planned, and what makes everything worse is that I am barely passing my major courses, so far I had two C-, around 4 C+, lotta Bs, and around 8 As. My CGPA is going down, close to 3.1 and something like that. My every time dream was to do my PhD in this department, and work the rest of my life in ECE-core jobs. But, what I am going through these days, is very different from the one that I want to go through. I sometimes wake for no reason in the middle of the night and then think that I can not even graduate let alone go out and achieve something big. I know that there is someone out there, who went through exactly the same type of life, but passed all the challenges. So if there is anyone who interested to help me out, please help me. Thanks in Advance

CompE major going into final year and I'm trying to decide what I should take as my final elective. For some background I have had 2 internships, have an upcoming one this summer, and do volunteer work for undergraduate research. My last & upcoming internships and research have all been related to embedded in one way or another (PCB design, board bring up, firmware, software including a little bit of DSP, etc.)

I have one more elective that I need to take and a few that I'm interested in, curious to hear some external input:

1. Data Structures & Algorithms: Not required for major, useful for obvious reasons but not sure how much mileage I'll get out of it if working with low level embedded things

2. Embedded Digital Control Systems: Already taken control systems, this course sounds very similar just focused on more embedded applications than overarching theory

3. Introduction to Internet of Things: OSI model, IoT design considerations, data analytics, etc.

4. Biomedical Circuit Applications: Focus on electrical/embedded things for mostly biometric related applications

5. Project Management for Engineers: Self explanatory

Some of these are definitely more generally applicable than others but if any stand out let me know

im in my 2nd year of engineering and dont know what courses should i take , and i dont even know where to start or what job im going to take so please help suggest courses with certifications that i should take to improve my odds of getting a job