Engineers typically specialize in a single field, such as chemical, robotics, software or civil. Each discipline requires professionals with very specific skill-sets.

Careers in engineering vary greatly in terms of job responsibilities and location. An Engineer designs or modifies products or procedures in order to solve a problem and typically specializes in a single field, such as chemical, robotics, or civil. Each discipline requires professionals with very specific skill-sets. Engineering careers are constantly changing as new technologies are being developed. Engineers must have strong mathematical skills, logic, and the ability solve to a variety of problems. Computer hardware engineers research, design, develop, and test computer systems and components such as processors, circuit boards, memory devices, networks, and routers. Computer hardware engineers usually work in research laboratories that build and test various types of computer models. Most work in computer systems design services and in manufacturing.

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• Computer Hardware Engineers
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• Environmental Engineering Technicians
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