Solve : Computer Hardware Engineer Interview?

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Answer» Hello, I'm a high school student currently working on a career project. The assignment is requiring me to interview a person of my dream career; Computer Hardware Engineer. So please take the time to read this and reply if you are a certified computer hardware engineer, so I may ask you a few questions. Here is my email: [emailprotected] Here is a government site that outlines what makes one a certified computer hardware engineer. Computer Hardware Engineers Quote What Computer Hardware Engineers Do Computer hardware engineers research, design, develop, and test computer systems and components such as processors, circuit boards, memory devices, networks, and routers. By creating new directions in computer hardware, these engineers create rapid advances in computer technology. Work Environment Computer hardware engineers usually work in research laboratories that build and test various types of computer models. Most work in high-tech manufacturing firms. How to Become a Computer Hardware Engineer Most computer hardware engineers need a bachelor’s degree from an accredited program. Pay The median annual wage for computer hardware engineers was $100,920 in May 2012. Bear in mind you could just GET a job that pays more MONEY and consider technology as just a hobby. Your choice. Thank you a lot, this will help my project though it isn't a direct person it will do. Thanks again.Hope your Inbox is not flooded with SPAM since you posted your addy to a public Forum...Quote from: Solomon on March 02, 2015, 06:26:15 PM Thank you a lot, this will help my project though it isn't a direct person it will do. Thanks again. Not many here have diplomas in the specific filed you named. The broad term is 'Electrical Engineer' which may include the area you mentioned. Many have certifications, but those are not from any university. To fully cover your filed of interest would require: Formal classwork in mathematics. Formal classwork in applied physicals. Some classwork in chemistry. Formal classwork in mechanical engineering. Working knowledge of photography. Working knowledge of Word processing. Certification in Auto-CAD. From the above you can see that hardware engineering for computers covers a broad knowledge of a lot of THINGS. Not a joke. To do modern designs for a computer you have to use Auto-CAD or something like it. Have you tried to make contact with a company such as Dell, HP, Toshiba, etc to see if they can assist with your questions? I am not aware of any Computer Hardware Engineers among us here. I use to work for Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley as an Electronics Technician with PLC's and all sorts of Automation Electronic Controls and occasionally our location would get mail from students from a neighboring college inquiring as to if they could make contact with an Electronics Engineer for a college project and one lucky individual got to COME in and have a tour of our plant and shadow an engineer for a day in which he was able to ask questions and take notes and sit at the computer of the electronics engineer and the engineer was able to show him for example the software that they use to design the circuit boards which shows the component locations and traces in different colors representing the multilayer PCB, as well as a very brief exposure to the programming of the firmware for the controllers in which some were the newer flash and many were the older eproms which you would erase in a UV cabinet and then lock the legs of them down into a programmer and program them. Then they got to learn some ladder logic and work with a program called GML Commander to control automation controls etc. Chatting with the student that was here asking about what college he was from and how many places he contacted before landing this opportunity, he stated that he put out about 40 inquiries and only got 2 responses willing to have him come in and shadow an engineer for a day for his project. And out of the 38 that didnt land him the opportunity he only got about 10 of them back in which they stated that for some reason or another they thanked him for his interest in their company but that due to security, confidentiality of materials, or some other reasons that a shadowing of an engineer was not possible. I'd suggest making contact with a company who may be able to assist you. *Also if you do shadow an engineer you might have your foot in the door for later when you get your degree, they already know you. As for this student got to come back as an intern learning more and getting paid, and later moved to Milwaukee where last I knew as of 2001, he was hired as an Electronics Engineer with a nice $90k starting salary, after meeting him in 1997.

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Hello, I'm a high school student currently working on a career project. The assignment is requiring me to interview a person of my dream career; Computer Hardware Engineer. So please take the time to read this and reply if you are a certified computer hardware engineer, so I may ask you a few questions.

Here is my email: [emailprotected] Here is a government site that outlines what makes one a
certified computer hardware engineer.
Computer Hardware Engineers
Quote

What Computer Hardware Engineers Do
Computer hardware engineers research, design, develop, and test computer systems and components such as processors, circuit boards, memory devices, networks, and routers. By creating new directions in computer hardware, these engineers create rapid advances in computer technology.
Work Environment
Computer hardware engineers usually work in research laboratories that build and test various types of computer models. Most work in high-tech manufacturing firms.
How to Become a Computer Hardware Engineer
Most computer hardware engineers need a bachelor’s degree from an accredited program.
Pay
The median annual wage for computer hardware engineers was $100,920 in May 2012.

Bear in mind you could just GET a job that pays more MONEY and consider technology as just a hobby. Your choice. Thank you a lot, this will help my project though it isn't a direct person it will do. Thanks again.Hope your Inbox is not flooded with SPAM since you posted your addy to a public Forum...Quote from: Solomon on March 02, 2015, 06:26:15 PM

Thank you a lot, this will help my project though it isn't a direct person it will do. Thanks again.

Not many here have diplomas in the specific filed you named. The broad term is 'Electrical Engineer' which may include the area you mentioned. Many have certifications, but those are not from any university.
To fully cover your filed of interest would require:
Formal classwork in mathematics.
Formal classwork in applied physicals.
Some classwork in chemistry.
Formal classwork in mechanical engineering.
Working knowledge of photography.
Working knowledge of Word processing.
Certification in Auto-CAD. **
From the above you can see that hardware engineering for computers covers a broad knowledge of a lot of THINGS.

** Not a joke. To do modern designs for a computer you have to use Auto-CAD or something like it.

Have you tried to make contact with a company such as Dell, HP, Toshiba, etc to see if they can assist with your questions?

I am not aware of any Computer Hardware Engineers among us here. I use to work for Rockwell Automation/Allen Bradley as an Electronics Technician with PLC's and all sorts of Automation Electronic Controls and occasionally our location would get mail from students from a neighboring college inquiring as to if they could make contact with an Electronics Engineer for a college project and one lucky individual got to COME in and have a tour of our plant and shadow an engineer for a day in which he was able to ask questions and take notes and sit at the computer of the electronics engineer and the engineer was able to show him for example the software that they use to design the circuit boards which shows the component locations and traces in different colors representing the multilayer PCB, as well as a very brief exposure to the programming of the firmware for the controllers in which some were the newer flash and many were the older eproms which you would erase in a UV cabinet and then lock the legs of them down into a programmer and program them. Then they got to learn some ladder logic and work with a program called GML Commander to control automation controls etc.

Chatting with the student that was here asking about what college he was from and how many places he contacted before landing this opportunity, he stated that he put out about 40 inquiries and only got 2 responses willing to have him come in and shadow an engineer for a day for his project. And out of the 38 that didnt land him the opportunity he only got about 10 of them back in which they stated that for some reason or another they thanked him for his interest in their company but that due to security, confidentiality of materials, or some other reasons that a shadowing of an engineer was not possible.

I'd suggest making contact with a company who may be able to assist you. *Also if you do shadow an engineer you might have your foot in the door for later when you get your degree, they already know you. As for this student got to come back as an intern learning more and getting paid, and later moved to Milwaukee where last I knew as of 2001, he was hired as an Electronics Engineer with a nice $90k starting salary, after meeting him in 1997.

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