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What Is a Computer Hardware Engineer? A computer hardware engineer is in charge of researching, developing, and testing hardware, or the physical equipment that makes up a computer. If you have a passion for updating and upgrading computers, read on to find out what you might do as a computer hardware engineer.
Physics, chemistry, and electrical engineering are highly relevant to computer hardware. Understanding how hardware works is important even if you only work with software --- for instance when dealing with memory limits or memory hierarchy. 4. It's nice to have a broad knowledge of science and engineering culture in general.