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AI hardware design engineer

Designs computer hardware and tests prototypes to ensure they meet specifications and requirements for commercial or industrial use.

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Hardware design engineer · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Design and develop computer hardware and support peripherals.
  2. Build and test product prototypes using computer simulation.
  3. Test and verify hardware to ensure it meets specifications.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Computer Hardware Engineers” (O*NET 17-2061.00), as O*NET lists them:

  • Design and develop computer hardware and support peripherals, including central processing units (CPUs), support logic, microprocessors, custom integrated circuits, and printers and disk drives.
  • Build, test, and modify product prototypes, using working models or theoretical models constructed with computer simulation.
  • Test and verify hardware and support peripherals to ensure that they meet specifications and requirements, by recording and analyzing test data.

Hardware design engineer · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • C
  • C++
  • Linux
  • Perl
  • Python
  • The MathWorks MATLAB

Industries it fits

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Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits

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