Job Description: Computer Hardware Engineers study the hardware parts that make up computers and how they work. They are the ones that design, test, and improve computer parts ranging from microchips to hard disks to gaming joysticks.
Starting Salary: $78,186
Avarage Salary: $101,410
Gender:
Female 4% |  | Male 96% |  |
Job Outlook: There is expected to be a 4% employment growth for computer hardware engineers. Even though the field of computers is a fast growing and changing field of work, growth in the US is low because of the study and production of parts outside of the US.
Top schools:
1. Abilene Christian University
2. University of Missouri, Rolla
3. SUNY-Stony Brook
1. Abilene Christian University
2. University of Missouri, Rolla
3. SUNY-Stony Brook
Professional Societies and Licensing:
Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering Computer Society
Association for Computing Machinery
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInstitute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering Computer Society
Association for Computing Machinery
