What does a computer engineer do?

Question

the question is pretty self explanatory. I am just looking at what kind of career i want to do, i have a strong skill in math, and i really enjoy working with computers.

Answer 1

computer engineer/electronics engineer are pretty much same but computer engineer has a bit of programming too. Mostly work at hardware level and developing new technologies.

Answer 2

Computer Engineering is more often the name of the degree rather than the name of a job. Every university will structure their programs different, but its pretty common to have 3 "computer-related" degrees these days: an Electrical Engineering program which deals with circuit designs, a Computer Science program that deals with computation theory, and a Computer Engineering program that is a combination of the two (but, at least in my case, favors the Computer Science side of the equation). In college I had to learn about and design both analog and digital circuits, as well as create software.



At work, our primary business is selling cell phone "smarts", and the associated software to make cell phones do what they do (internet access, bluetooth, games, graphics... making phone calls etc.) We hire all three types of engineers in large numbers. Since a lot of the software we write are things like hardware drivers, we need people that understand how hardware is made. For that reason, we probably have a slight bias towards people with Computer Engineering degrees over Computer Science. I don't hire for hardware positions, but I get the idea that there's a pretty strong bias for Electrical Engineers over Computer Engineers for hardware, but that doesn't mean we don't hire Computer Engineers to design hardware. It really just depends on what classes you take and where you want to take your life.

Answer 3

A computer engineer is an electrical engineer (BSEE) who specializes in digital circuits. He may or may not need to know software - it depends on the job. I've worked with engineers who couldn't tell the difference between computer code and doodling, and those who could write a decent text editor in 15 minutes. You need the BSEE, with specialization in digital, to start. The rest comes later.



Before I learned programming (back in the dark ages, when "IBM" and "computer" were about the same thing), I asked one of the pioneers in the computer field how one becomes a software engineer if one is an EE. He told me that was the easy direction - read programming books [Wirth's "Algorithms" is the best]. Going from software engineer to hardware engineer? He said "get a EE".

Answer 4

High five!I want to be a computer engineer too.Here are some things they do.

Computer Engineering (also called Electronic and Computer Engineering , or Computer Systems Engineering) is a discipline that combines both Electronic Engineering and Computer Science.[1] Computer engineers usually have training in electronic engineering, software design and hardware-software integration instead of only software engineering or electronic engineering. Computer engineers are involved in many aspects of computing, from the design of individual microprocessors, personal computers, and supercomputers, to circuit design. This field of engineering not only focuses on how computer systems themselves work, but also how they integrate into the larger picture.[2]

Usual tasks involving computer engineers include writing software and firmware for embedded microcontrollers, designing VLSI chips, designing analog sensors, designing mixed signal circuit boards, and designing operating systems.[citation needed] Computer engineers are also suited for robotics research,[citation needed] which relies heavily on using digital systems to control and monitor electrical systems like motors, communications, and sensors.

Hope this helped!!!!

Answer 5

Yes, start your networking from CCNA then go for any professional certification like CCNP or CCVP and finally go for CCIE and enjoy good salary.