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Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment

Work activity · O*NET

Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment. 24 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation
  • Design electromechanical equipment or systems
  • Design electrical equipment or systems

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 78.6% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 35.7% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 55.6% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 22nd pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Photonics Engineers 9
Mechatronics Engineers 5
Microsystems Engineers 3
Robotics Engineers 3
Automotive Engineers 2
Electrical Engineers 2
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 2
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians 2
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 2
Photonics Technicians 2
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 1
Aerospace Engineers 1
Agricultural Engineers 1
Automotive Engineering Technicians 1
Broadcast Technicians 1
Computer Hardware Engineers 1
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 1
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects 1
Mechanical Drafters 1
Mechanical Engineers 1
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 1
Robotics Technicians 1
Security Management Specialists 1
Validation Engineers 1
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 24 occupations in occupations that perform Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Robotics Technicians Broadcast Technicians Photonics Technicians Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians Electrical Engineers Agricultural Engineers Mechanical Drafters Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Mechanical Engineers Computer Hardware Engineers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/design-electrical-or-electronic-systems-or-equipment

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/design-electrical-or-electronic-systems-or-equipment

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-design-electrical-or-electronic-systems-or-equipment,
  title  = {Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/design-electrical-or-electronic-systems-or-equipment}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.