Summary: Computer hardware engineers research, design, create, test, and observe the installation of computers. Computer hardware includes computer chips, circuit boards, systems, modems, keyboards, and printers. These engineers are a lot like electronic engineers, but work strictly with computers. The constant upgrades of computers are results of this kind of engineering.
Starting salary: These engineers start at about $58,910
Average salary: computer engineers had averaged about $100,180 in May of 2008.
Gender Breakdown: 77% male, 23% female
Job Outlook: Overall jobs in engineering should be good. Computer hardware engineers show to have an employment growth of 4%. Even though technology is expanding a lot in the United States, computer hardware engineers should be affected by foreign industry.
Top 3 schools: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California Berkeley
Professional Societies: IEEE
