*Name of career:
Computer Hardware Engineers
* URL Link to page:
http://www.mynextmove.org/profile/summary/17-2061.00
*What they do:
Research, design, develop, or test computer or computer-related equipment for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use. May supervise the manufacturing and installation of computer or computer-related equipment and components.
*On the job, you would:
*Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
*Skills:
Basic Skills
*Abilities:
Verbal
*Education:
bachelor's degree
usually needed
*Job Outlook:
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
*Salary:
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
Computer Hardware Engineers
* URL Link to page:
http://www.mynextmove.org/profile/summary/17-2061.00
*What they do:
Research, design, develop, or test computer or computer-related equipment for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use. May supervise the manufacturing and installation of computer or computer-related equipment and components.
*On the job, you would:
- Update knowledge and skills to keep up with rapid advancements in computer technology.
- Provide technical support to designers, marketing and sales departments, suppliers, engineers and other team members throughout the product development and implementation process.
- Test and verify hardware and support peripherals to ensure that they meet specifications and requirements, by recording and analyzing test data.
*Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- product and service development
- English language
- telecommunications
- multimedia
- customer service
*Skills:
Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
*Abilities:
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
*Education:
bachelor's degree
usually needed
*Job Outlook:
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
*Salary:
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.