Advancement Prospects
PCB specialists with experience and managerial abilities can advance to positions of increasing responsibility such as senior PCB designer, project leader, and engineering manager. A small percentage of designers are promoted to executive-level positions or open their own PCB design firms. Others become college professors.
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