If people have the desire, look at circuit board designer positions. They are highly payed positions and normally don’t require a degree. The last person I talked to was making $160,000/year. When I retired, I was a design manager and worked my way up through the ranks. Good pay, clean working conditions.
CBD dont need Engineering Degrees?
Oy don’t tell me that. I was actually studying circuit board design 20 years ago, even made my own for a radio but lost interest. What would they be used for today, mainly computers? That would seem very high tech.
I've known facility designers in the oil/gas field to make $250k/yr including overtime. This will be very experienced hands and likely have an associate degree or enough training to be equivalent.
What kind of background would you need?
The problem with this job is that it has nearly been automated out of existence. There are still specialty areas like RF layout, but any more - EEs are doing their own board layout.
In Silicon Valley there used to be dozens of small to medium size shops that did Board layout. They just aren’t here anymore. There are still some free-lancers - but they are mostly my age (50+).
It’s much like drafting - the availability of relatively cheap or even free software has made this a profession of the past.