CAREER PROSPECTS IN COMPUTER HARDWARE
1. The work of computer hardware engineering’s is to research, design & develop, supervise manufacture and installation of computers related equipment and implementing solutions. 2. Another major responsibility of computer hardware engineers is to integrate advanced microprocessors, chipsets, digital/analog components and firmware into motherboards, networking adapters and systems that meet the requirements of leading original Equipment Manufactures (OEM’s) in the industry. 3. Consulting opportunities for computer hardware engineers would grow as business need help managing, upgrading and customizing increasingly complex systems. Growth in embedded systems, a technology that uses computers to control other devices such as applications or cell phones, also will increase the demand for computer hardware engineers. 4. In India, apart from being a PC support specialist, with networking knowledge a hardware engineer can become internet Engineer and be responsible for managing and maintaining the networking architecture for an organization’s website and Wide Area Network (wan) connectivity. 5. Another option is that of a network security analyst, responsible for design, implementation and maintenance of network and computer security policies. Computer Hardware Engineers are expected to have favorable job opportunities as this field will open the largest number of doors to fulfilling and high-paying careers. Thus the hardware industry can be a solution to the unemployment in the country as it has the potential of generating a million jobs every year. All this makes hardware industry an attractive career option.
