Occupation Atlascomputer hardware engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/92bb3d8c-8a9f-4cd7-80ec-247bbf173004
computer hardware engineer
Computer hardware engineers design and develop computer hardware systems and components, such as circuit boards, modems, and printers. They draught blueprints and assembly drawings, develop and test the prototypes, and supervise the production process.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic5.69
- I Investigative5.56
- C Conventional5.37
- E Enterprising1.98
- A Artistic1.83
- S Social1.82
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Computer Hardware Engineers (17-2061.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (63)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- abide by regulations on banned materials
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- approve engineering design
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- computer engineering
- computer technology
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design hardware
- design prototypes
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- electricity
- electricity principles
- electronics
- engineering principles
- environmental legislation
- environmental threats
- evaluate research activities
- hardware architectures
- hardware components
- hardware materials
- hardware platforms
- hardware testing methods
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- mentor individuals
- model hardware
- network standards
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform data analysis
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- prepare production prototypes
- printed circuit boards
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- report analysis results
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- test hardware
- think abstractly
- use technical drawing software
- write scientific publications
Optional (69)
- ABAP
- AJAX
- APL
- ASP.NET
- Assembly (computer programming)
- C#
- C++
- CAE software
- COBOL
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- Erlang
- Groovy
- Haskell
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- Lisp
- MATLAB
- ML (computer programming)
- Microsoft Visual C++
- Objective-C
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- PHP
- Pascal (computer programming)
- Perl
- Prolog (computer programming)
- Python (computer programming)
- R
- Ruby (computer programming)
- SAP R3
- SAS language
- Scala
- Scratch (computer programming)
- Smalltalk (computer programming)
- Swift (computer programming)
- TypeScript
- VBScript
- Visual Basic
- align software with system architectures
- apply blended learning
- apply technical communication skills
- assemble hardware components
- build business relationships
- communicate with customers
- computer programming
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- design firmware
- develop product design
- draft bill of materials
- electrical engineering
- firmware
- implement anti-virus software
- install operating system
- install software
- maintain safe engineering watches
- mechatronics
- microelectronics
- perform resource planning
- perform test run
- process customer orders
- program firmware
- quality standards
- scientific computing
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- train employees
- use CAD software
- use CAM software
O*NET equivalents
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