Design electrical equipment or systems.

Design electrical equipment or systems. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 7 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Design electrical or electronic systems or equipment. in Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 7 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 6 (86%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Design, implement, maintain, or improve electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, or domestic purposes. · Electrical Engineers · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Design electrical systems, such as lighting systems. · Electrical and Electronics Drafters · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Design electrical and mechanical systems for avionic instrumentation applications. · Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.9 · exposure with tools
• Design and modify equipment to employer specifications. · Broadcast Technicians · importance 3.8 · direct LLM exposure
• Modify electrical prototypes, parts, assemblies, or systems to correct functional deviations. · Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Assist in developing capital project programs for new equipment or major repairs. · Electrical Engineers · importance 3.4 · exposure with tools
• Participate in the development or testing of electrical aspects of new green technologies, such as lighting, optical data storage devices, and energy efficient televisions. · Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• Electrical Engineers
• Electrical and Electronics Drafters
• Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
• Broadcast Technicians
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  title  = {Design electrical equipment or systems.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/design-electrical-equipment-or-systems}
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