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An aerospace engineer walks onto the job at $72,770 and can double their
salary in just a few years. In fact, careers in the electronics industry can pro-
vide a sizable salary, but exactly how much will you make? A new resource
from the IPC Education Foundation breaks down the most common career
paths in electronics manufacturing, from operators to owners. What jobs
are available? What does someone in the electronics industry even do?
The work on sustainability in
electronics at IPC continues
and a new leadership council
is one result of those efforts.
In March 2023, IPC convened
a Sustainability for Electron-
ics Leadership Council to offer
peer review and direction to IPC. The coun-
cil is a response to the industry's requests for
more attention on environmental, social, and
corporate sustainability in IPC's industry
standards, education, and advocacy.
While at a conference in
Dallas, Barry Matties lis-
tened to a presentation
on digital twin from Don
Kinard, a senior fellow at
Lockheed Martin. Later,
we reached out to Don,
who was happy to provide a deeper under-
standing of the role of the digital twin in
the manufacturing space. What does digital
twin mean when the product your manufac-
ture is an eight- or nine-figure combat
aircraft packed full of electronics?
Solving the Challenge of the Workforce Pipeline:
A New Resource to Careers in Electronics
Team Players: A New Industry
Leadership Council Seeks
Sustainability Solutions
Lockheed Martin: Flying High
With Digital Twin
TOP TEN
EDITOR'S
PICKS
SMTA announced that the technical program of their
annual conference, SMTA International, is finalized and
registration is now open. The event will be held Oct,
9–12, 2023 at the Minneapolis Convention Center in
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Introducing the SMTA International
Technical Program for Advancing
Electronics Manufacturing
Kelly Scanlon
Don Kinard
