The Department of Defense releases many standards of operation to streamline and make uniform its operations. While many of these are pertinent to very specific organizations and operations within the DoD, one of the most wide-reaching and generally applicable standards is MIL-STD-130N.

A career in industrial electronics

If you like finding out how things work and are good at maths, science and problem solving, you might be interested in a career as an Electronics Engineer, working in a business that develops new products or a company that does industrial electrical repairs.