An electrical design engineer is someone who is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and supervising the manufacturing of electrical equipment. This equipment can include the likes of power generation equipment, communications systems, navigation systems, radar systems, and electric motors. Electrical engineers will also design the electrical systems for aircraft and automobiles, as well as electronic equipment like communications systems and broadcast systems.

It is important to note that there are a number of subfields of electronic design engineering. This includes telecommunications engineering, signal processing, instrumentation, and control engineering.