NOC 2021 · 21310 · TEER 1
Electrical and electronics engineers
Unit group 21310 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
What this group covers
Electrical and electronics engineers design, plan, research, evaluate and test electrical and electronic equipment and systems. They are employed by electrical utilities, communications companies, manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment, consulting firms, and by a wide range of manufacturing, processing and transportation industries and government.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- analog and mixed-signal design engineer
- antenna engineer
- audio engineer - electricity and electronics
- automation engineer - electrical and electronic systems
- avionics engineer
- broadcasting professional engineer
- chief electrical engineer
- chief electronics engineer
- chief engineer - electric power
- chief engineer - radio and television broadcasting
- circuit design engineer
- control systems engineer
- design and development engineer - electrical and electronic systems
- digital circuit design engineer
- displays and controls design engineer
- electrical and electronics research engineer
- electrical controls engineer
- electrical design engineer
- electrical distribution engineer
- electrical distribution planning engineer
- electrical energy transmission engineer
- electrical energy transmission planning engineer
- electrical engineer
- electrical engineering lead
- electrical engineering project manager
- electrical equipment engineer
- electrical network engineer
- electrical power scheduling engineer
- electrical power systems design engineer
- electrical power systems service engineer
- electrical process control engineer
- electrical project engineer
- electrical research engineer
- electrical systems planning engineer
- electrical systems protection engineer
- electronics engineer
- electronics research engineer
- electronics test engineer
- instrumentation and control engineer
- instrumentation engineer
- line construction engineer
- low voltage equipment engineer
- meter engineer
- metrology engineer
- microelectronics engineer
- overhead electrical distribution engineer
- process instrumentation engineer
- protective relay engineer
- radar engineer
- radio and television broadcasting design engineer
- radio and television broadcasting systems design engineer
- radio research engineer
- research engineer - nanoelectronics
- roadway lighting design engineer
- rural electrification engineer
- satellite antenna engineer
- satellite instrumentation engineer
- signal engineer
- spacecraft electronics engineer
- technical services electrical engineer
- television systems engineer
- underground electrical distribution engineer
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.