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# Data provenance — computer-hardware-engineer
Where the content of this skill package comes from, counted by
content items (tasks, competences, tools, evidence entries, curated
knowledge). Rendered live by Gitea:
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title Content sources — computer-hardware-engineer
"ESCO (occupation & competences)" : 133
"O*NET (tasks & tools)" : 148
"Job boards (market evidence)" : 94
"Anthropic official Claude skills" : 5
"External AI skill packs (mapped)" : 150
```
| Source | Items | Share | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESCO (occupation & competences) | 133 | 25.1 % | references/profile.md, references/skills.md |
| O*NET (tasks & tools) | 148 | 27.9 % | references/tasks.md, references/tools.md |
| Job boards (market evidence) | 94 | 17.7 % | references/market.md (full report) + "Market evidence" headline sections |
| Wikipedia & AI expert curation | 0 | 0.0 % | glossary, literature, usecases, intake, quality, evals/ |
| Anthropic official Claude skills | 5 | 0.9 % | references/ai-skills.md, section "anthropics/skills" (official Claude Code skills) |
| External AI skill packs (mapped) | 150 | 28.3 % | references/ai-skills.md (per-source attribution inside) |
| Stack Exchange practitioner Q&A (CC-BY-SA) | 0 | 0.0 % | references/practitioner-qa.md (per-entry attribution inside) |
Licensing: O*NET (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0) · ESCO (© European Union) ·
job-ad evidence via official APIs (JSearch/Adzuna) · Wikipedia content
paraphrased with source URLs — never copied · external AI skills are
linked, not copied (Apache-2.0/MIT/source-available, see ai-skills.md).

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---
name: computer-hardware-engineer
description: "Occupational skill for the role 'computer hardware engineer' (also: IT hardware specialist, computer hardware technology engineering specialist, engineer of PC hardware, computer hardware engineering consultant, computer hardware engineering expert, computer network and hardware engineer). Use when the user asks for typical computer hardware engineer work such as: Update knowledge and skills to keep up with rapid advancements in computer technology.; Provide technical support to designers, marketing and sales departments, suppliers, engineers and other team members throughout the product development and implementation process.; Test and verify hardware and support peripherals to ensure that they meet specifications and requirements, by recording and analyzing test data."
---
# Computer Hardware Engineer
Computer hardware engineers design and develop computer hardware systems and components, such as circuit boards, modems, and printers. They draught blueprints and assembly drawings, develop and test the prototypes, and supervise the production process.
## Core workflow
1. Update knowledge and skills to keep up with rapid advancements in computer technology.
2. Provide technical support to designers, marketing and sales departments, suppliers, engineers and other team members throughout the product development and implementation process.
3. Test and verify hardware and support peripherals to ensure that they meet specifications and requirements, by recording and analyzing test data.
4. Monitor functioning of equipment and make necessary modifications to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
5. Build, test, and modify product prototypes, using working models or theoretical models constructed with computer simulation.
6. Analyze user needs and recommend appropriate hardware.
7. Direct technicians, engineering designers or other technical support personnel as needed.
8. Confer with engineering staff and consult specifications to evaluate interface between hardware and software and operational and performance requirements of overall system.
## How to use this skill
- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
## Key competences (essential)
- abide by regulations on banned materials
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- approve engineering design
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- computer engineering
- computer technology
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design hardware
## Hot technologies
- SAS
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
- C
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Apache Subversion SVN
- Git
- C++
<!-- hot-tech -->
## Hot technologies
Top tools from 36 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-10):
- Altium — 8 %
- logic analyzer — 8 %
- logic analyzers — 8 %
- Microsoft Excel — 8 %
- Microsoft Outlook — 8 %
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 8 %
- oscilloscope — 8 %
- oscilloscopes — 8 %
- Siemens Expedition DX Designer — 8 %
- Siemens Expedition PCB — 8 %
<!-- hot-tech -->
---
*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/92bb3d8c-8a9f-4cd7-80ec-247bbf173004), O*NET 30.3 (17-2061.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*

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"isco_group": "2152",
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"crosswalk_match": "exactMatch"
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"url": "https://esco.ec.europa.eu/"
},
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"version": "30.3",
"url": "https://www.onetcenter.org/",
"license": "CC BY 4.0"
}
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"attribution": "This package includes information from the O*NET Database (v30.3) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0. skillfactor is not endorsed by USDOL/ETA. ESCO data (v1.2.1) (c) European Union, used per the ESCO download conditions: https://esco.ec.europa.eu/en/use-esco/download",
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# External AI agent skills — computer-hardware-engineer
Proven, publicly available AI agent skills mapped to this occupation.
Nothing is copied from the sources: every entry is a name, a one-line
summary and a link to the upstream skill package. Each section names
its source repository, commit, license and retrieval date.
**Tiers:** `core` = the skill directly exercises a top market hard
skill, tool or method (from gated job-ad evidence) or an essential
ESCO competence of this occupation; `adjacent` =
plausibly useful, secondary. Entries are capped at 12 per source
and 80 in total per occupation (core first,
strongest matches survive); everything beyond the caps is excluded
and logged in the pipeline audit trail, not in this package.
_Matched deterministically (ISCO group + title/competence keywords,
tiered against market evidence + ESCO essentials) by
`pipeline/p5_enrich_ai_skills.py` on 2026-07-14._
## Source: anthropics/skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/anthropics/skills](https://github.com/anthropics/skills) (commit `f6656c1`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: Apache-2.0; the document skills (docx/pdf/pptx/xlsx) are source-available — see the LICENSE.txt in the upstream skill folder
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `docx` | adjacent | Use this skill whenever the user wants to create, read, edit, or manipulate Word documents (.docx files) or Word templates (.dotx files). Triggers include: any mention of 'Word doc', 'word document', '.docx', '.dotx', or requests to … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/docx) |
| `pdf` | adjacent | Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple PDFs into one, splitting PDFs apart, rotating pages, adding watermarks, creating … | [source](https://github.com/anthropics/skills/tree/main/skills/pdf) |
## Source: a5c-ai/babysitter
- Repository: [https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter) (commit `44a5d58b`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `growing-outside-in-systems` | core | Drive feature development using Outside-In TDD with Hexagonal Architecture. Design emerges through inline code, in-memory fakes, interface extraction, and deferred I/O. Use when building features, writing tests, or structuring backend … | [source](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/44a5d58b/library/specializations/backend-development/skills/growing-outside-in-systems) |
| `quantitative-methods` | core | Design and execute statistical analyses including regression modeling, hypothesis testing, power analysis, and robustness checks using R, Stata, SPSS, or Python | [source](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/44a5d58b/library/specializations/domains/social-sciences-humanities/social-sciences/skills/quantitative-methods) |
| `A/B Test Design` | core | Statistical experiment design and analysis capabilities for product experimentation | [source](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/44a5d58b/library/specializations/product-management/skills/ab-test-design) |
| `doe-designer` | core | Design of Experiments planning and analysis skill for factorial and response surface experiments. | [source](https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter/tree/44a5d58b/library/specializations/domains/science/industrial-engineering/skills/doe-designer) |
## Source: aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills](https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills) (commit `b7b0b9f`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: Apache-2.0
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `ad-test-designer` | core | Use when the user asks to "design an A/B test", "set up a creative/landing test", "run an incrementality test", or "is this result statistically and practically material?"; produces a hypothesis, variant matrix, sample-size/duration/power … | [source](https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/b7b0b9f/ad/orchestrate/ad-test-designer) |
## Source: AgriciDaniel/claude-ads
- Repository: [https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-ads](https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-ads) (commit `669c760`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `ads-test` | core | Design and evaluate paid-ad experiments with hypotheses, randomization units, sample-size and duration assumptions, guardrails, platform experiment tools, analysis, and decision rules. Use for A/B test, split test, experiment design, … | [source](https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-ads/tree/669c760/skills/ads-test) |
## Source: AgriciDaniel/claude-blog
- Repository: [https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-blog](https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-blog) (commit `49842ea`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `blog-strategy` | core | Blog strategy development including topic cluster architecture with hub-and-spoke design, audience mapping, competitive landscape analysis, AI citation surface strategy across ChatGPT/Perplexity/AI Overviews, distribution channel planning … | [source](https://github.com/AgriciDaniel/claude-blog/tree/49842ea/skills/blog-strategy) |
## Source: alirezarezvani/claude-skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills) (commit `0241f43`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `product-skills` | core | Use when coordinating product work across the 12 bundled product sub-skills (RICE, OKRs, UX research, design tokens, competitive teardown, analytics, experiments, discovery, roadmaps, spec-to-repo, landing pages, SaaS scaffolding) or the 4 … | [source](https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/0241f43/product-team/skills/product-skills) |
## Source: basicmachines-co/basic-memory
- Repository: [https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory](https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory) (commit `53da71c`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: custom (see upstream LICENSE)
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `memory-literary-analysis` | core | Analyze a complete literary work into a structured Basic Memory knowledge graph. Covers schema design, entity seeding, chapter-by-chapter processing, cross-referencing, validation, and visualization. | [source](https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/tree/53da71c/skills/memory-literary-analysis) |
## Source: brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills) (commit `85bf545`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: CC-BY-4.0
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `methodology-skills` | core | 13 research methodology skills. Trigger: study design, methodology selection, scientific reasoning, mentoring. Design: rigorous methods frameworks covering qualitative, quantitative, and mixed approaches. | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/research/methodology) |
| `law-skills` | core | 9 legal research skills. Trigger: legal research, case law analysis, regulatory compliance. Design: legal databases, citation networks, and judicial analytics tools. | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/domains/law) |
| `psychology-research-guide` | core | Psychological research methods, experimental design, and analysis | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/domains/social-science/psychology-research-guide) |
| `deep-research-skills` | core | 13 deep research & systematic reviews skills. Trigger: systematic reviews, multi-source synthesis, comprehensive literature surveys. Design: multi-step research protocols with quality assessment and evidence grading. | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/research/deep-research) |
| `action-research-guide` | core | Design and conduct action research and participatory studies | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/research/methodology/action-research-guide) |
| `ai-ml-skills` | core | 27 ai & machine learning skills. Trigger: ML experiments, model training, deep learning, NLP, computer vision. Design: covers frameworks, benchmarks, paper reproduction, and AI research workflows. | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/domains/ai-ml) |
| `automation-skills` | core | 10 research automation skills. Trigger: automating experiments, tracking results, reproducible pipelines. Design: ML experiment management, workflow orchestration, and lab automation tools. | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/research/automation) |
| `qualitative-research-guide` | core | Design and conduct qualitative research using grounded theory and case studies | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/research/methodology/qualitative-research-guide) |
| `a5` | core | Agent A5 - Paradigm & Worldview Advisor - Philosophical foundations for research design. Covers ontology, epistemology, axiology, and methodology alignment. Use when: establishing philosophical foundations, justifying methodological … | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/25-HosungYou-Diverga/skills/a5) |
| `academic-baseline` | core | Use when working on any empirical academic research context — paper writing, data analysis, literature review, or any task involving citations, results, or publication artifacts. Establishes non-negotiable principles that govern all other … | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/60-regisely-superpapers/skills/academic-baseline) |
| `claude-scientific-guide` | core | Ready-to-use agent skills for scientific research and engineering | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/research/methodology/claude-scientific-guide) |
| `statistics-skills` | core | 10 statistical analysis skills. Trigger: statistical tests, Bayesian analysis, hypothesis testing, sampling. Design: method guides covering assumptions, code, and result interpretation. | [source](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills/tree/85bf545/skills/43-wentorai-research-plugins/skills/analysis/statistics) |
## Source: davila7/claude-code-templates
- Repository: [https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates) (commit `fa79251`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `latex-posters` | core | Create professional research posters in LaTeX using beamerposter, tikzposter, or baposter. Support for conference presentations, academic posters, and scientific communication. Includes layout design, color schemes, multi-column formats, … | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/latex-posters) |
| `scientific-critical-thinking` | core | Evaluate research rigor. Assess methodology, experimental design, statistical validity, biases, confounding, evidence quality (GRADE, Cochrane ROB), for critical analysis of scientific claims. | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/scientific-critical-thinking) |
| `scientific-slides` | core | Build slide decks and presentations for research talks. Use this for making PowerPoint slides, conference presentations, seminar talks, research presentations, thesis defense slides, or any scientific talk. Provides slide structure, design … | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/scientific-slides) |
| `denario` | core | Multiagent AI system for scientific research assistance that automates research workflows from data analysis to publication. This skill should be used when generating research ideas from datasets, developing research methodologies, … | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/denario) |
| `hypothesis-generation` | core | Generate testable hypotheses. Formulate from observations, design experiments, explore competing explanations, develop predictions, propose mechanisms, for scientific inquiry across domains. | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/hypothesis-generation) |
| `peer-review` | core | Systematic peer review toolkit. Evaluate methodology, statistics, design, reproducibility, ethics, figure integrity, reporting standards, for manuscript and grant review across disciplines. | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/peer-review) |
| `research-engineer` | core | An uncompromising Academic Research Engineer. Operates with absolute scientific rigor, objective criticism, and zero flair. Focuses on theoretical correctness, formal verification, and optimal implementation across any required technology. | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/ai-research/research-engineer) |
| `pymoo` | core | Multi-objective optimization framework. NSGA-II, NSGA-III, MOEA/D, Pareto fronts, constraint handling, benchmarks (ZDT, DTLZ), for engineering design and optimization problems. | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/pymoo) |
| `market-research-reports` | core | Generate comprehensive market research reports (50+ pages) in the style of top consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Gartner). Features professional LaTeX formatting, extensive visual generation with scientific-schematics and generate-image, … | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/market-research-reports) |
| `venue-templates` | core | Access comprehensive LaTeX templates, formatting requirements, and submission guidelines for major scientific publication venues (Nature, Science, PLOS, IEEE, ACM), academic conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, CHI), research posters, and … | [source](https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates/tree/fa79251/cli-tool/components/skills/scientific/venue-templates) |
## Source: fcakyon/claude-codex-settings
- Repository: [https://github.com/fcakyon/claude-codex-settings](https://github.com/fcakyon/claude-codex-settings) (commit `44b7c00`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: Apache-2.0
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `paper-search-usage` | core | This skill should be used when user asks to "search for papers", "find research papers", "search arXiv", "search PubMed", "find academic papers", "search IEEE", "search Scopus", or "look up scientific literature". | [source](https://github.com/fcakyon/claude-codex-settings/tree/44b7c00/plugins/paper-search-tools/skills/paper-search-usage) |
## Source: ferdinandobons/startup-skill
- Repository: [https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill](https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill) (commit `a5f97c3`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `startup-design` | core | Design, validate, and plan a startup from scratch. Covers market research, competitive analysis, business model, brand identity, product definition, financial projections, and validation experiments. Trigger when the user has a startup … | [source](https://github.com/ferdinandobons/startup-skill/tree/a5f97c3/startup-design) |
## Source: foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills) (commit `34429a8`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: Apache-2.0
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `scientific-slides` | core | Build slide decks and presentations for research talks. Use this for making PowerPoint slides, conference presentations, seminar talks, research presentations, thesis defense slides, or any scientific talk. Provides slide structure, design … | [source](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills/tree/34429a8/bundled/skills/scientific-slides) |
| `scientific-critical-thinking` | core | Evaluate scientific claims and evidence quality. Use for assessing experimental design validity, identifying biases and confounders, applying evidence grading frameworks (GRADE, Cochrane Risk of Bias), or teaching critical analysis. Best … | [source](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills/tree/34429a8/bundled/skills/scientific-critical-thinking) |
| `designing-experiments` | core | Design experiments and quasi-experiments before analysis. Use when choosing study design, treatment/control structure, outcomes, assumptions, validation plans after scientific experiment failure, or which of DiD, ITS, synthetic control, or … | [source](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills/tree/34429a8/bundled/skills/designing-experiments) |
| `denario` | core | Multiagent AI system for scientific research assistance that automates research workflows from data analysis to publication. This skill should be used when generating research ideas from datasets, developing research methodologies, … | [source](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills/tree/34429a8/bundled/skills/denario) |
| `scientific-reporting` | core | Write research/technical reports with strong structure + figure standards. Supports Markdown/HTML/PDF outputs (Quarto optional), executive summary, methods, results, discussion, and reproducibility appendix. | [source](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills/tree/34429a8/bundled/skills/scientific-reporting) |
| `scientific-brainstorming` | core | Open-ended scientific ideation partner. Use for research gaps, mechanism exploration, interdisciplinary connections, assumptions, possible research directions, and lightweight literature matrix or A+B paper-combination idea mapping. For … | [source](https://github.com/foryourhealth111-pixel/Vibe-Skills/tree/34429a8/bundled/skills/scientific-brainstorming) |
## Source: indranilbanerjee/digital-marketing-pro
- Repository: [https://github.com/indranilbanerjee/digital-marketing-pro](https://github.com/indranilbanerjee/digital-marketing-pro) (commit `a3d119c`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `ab-test-plan` | core | Design A/B and multivariate tests. Use when: sample size calculation, testing hypothesis, CRO experimentation. | [source](https://github.com/indranilbanerjee/digital-marketing-pro/tree/a3d119c/skills/ab-test-plan) |
## Source: infrasity-labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/infrasity-labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills](https://github.com/infrasity-labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills) (commit `02cfefb`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `blog-strategy` | core | Blog strategy development including topic cluster architecture with hub-and-spoke design, audience mapping, competitive landscape analysis, AI citation surface strategy across ChatGPT/Perplexity/AI Overviews, distribution channel planning … | [source](https://github.com/infrasity-labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills/tree/02cfefb/.claude/skills/blog-strategy) |
| `ab-testing` | core | When the user wants to plan, design, or implement an A/B test or experiment, or build a growth experimentation program. Also use when the user mentions "A/B test," "split test," "experiment," "test this change," "variant copy," … | [source](https://github.com/infrasity-labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills/tree/02cfefb/.claude/skills/ab-testing) |
## Source: jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills) (commit `e112938a`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `hypothesis-tester` | core | Structured hypothesis formulation, experiment design, and results interpretation for Product Managers. Use when the user needs to validate an assumption, design an A/B test, evaluate experiment results, or decide whether to ship based on … | [source](https://github.com/jeremylongshore/claude-code-plugins-plus-skills/tree/e112938a/plugins/productivity/pm-ai-partner/skills/hypothesis-tester) |
## Source: K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills) (commit `4d97e29`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `latex-posters` | core | Create professional research posters in LaTeX using beamerposter, tikzposter, or baposter. Support for conference presentations, academic posters, and scientific communication. Includes layout design, color schemes, multi-column formats, … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/latex-posters) |
| `scientific-slides` | core | Build slide decks and presentations for research talks. Use this for making PowerPoint slides, conference presentations, seminar talks, research presentations, thesis defense slides, or any scientific talk. Provides slide structure, design … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/scientific-slides) |
| `hugging-science` | core | Use when the user is doing AI/ML work in a scientific domain such as biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, climate, genomics, materials, medicine, ecology, energy, engineering, math, drug discovery, protein design, weather modeling, … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/hugging-science) |
| `cirq` | core | Google quantum computing framework. Use when targeting Google Quantum AI hardware, designing noise-aware circuits, or running quantum characterization experiments. Best for Google hardware, noise modeling, and low-level circuit design. For … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/cirq) |
| `scientific-critical-thinking` | core | Evaluate scientific claims and evidence quality. Use for assessing experimental design validity, identifying biases and confounders, applying evidence grading frameworks (GRADE, Cochrane Risk of Bias), or teaching critical analysis. Best … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/scientific-critical-thinking) |
| `scientific-brainstorming` | core | Creative research ideation and exploration. Use for open-ended brainstorming sessions, exploring interdisciplinary connections, challenging assumptions, or identifying research gaps. Best for early-stage research planning when you do not … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/scientific-brainstorming) |
| `exa-search` | core | Web toolkit powered by Exa, tuned for scientific and technical content. Use this skill when the user needs to search the web or fetch/extract URL content. Covers: web search (semantic lookups, research, current info — with optional … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/exa-search) |
| `market-research-reports` | core | Generate comprehensive market research reports (50+ pages) in the style of top consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Gartner). Features professional LaTeX formatting, extensive visual generation with scientific-schematics and generate-image, … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/market-research-reports) |
| `research-lookup` | core | Look up current research and scientific information across three backends: fast web search via parallel-cli (default), the Parallel Chat API for deep multi-source synthesis, and Perplexity sonar-pro-search for scholarly paper searches. … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/research-lookup) |
| `venue-templates` | core | Access comprehensive LaTeX templates, formatting requirements, and submission guidelines for major scientific publication venues (Nature, Science, PLOS, IEEE, ACM), academic conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, CHI), research posters, and … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/venue-templates) |
## Source: K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills) (commit `4d97e29`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `latex-posters` | core | Create professional research posters in LaTeX using beamerposter, tikzposter, or baposter. Support for conference presentations, academic posters, and scientific communication. Includes layout design, color schemes, multi-column formats, … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/latex-posters) |
| `scientific-slides` | core | Build slide decks and presentations for research talks. Use this for making PowerPoint slides, conference presentations, seminar talks, research presentations, thesis defense slides, or any scientific talk. Provides slide structure, design … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/scientific-slides) |
| `hugging-science` | core | Use when the user is doing AI/ML work in a scientific domain such as biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, climate, genomics, materials, medicine, ecology, energy, engineering, math, drug discovery, protein design, weather modeling, … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/hugging-science) |
| `cirq` | core | Google quantum computing framework. Use when targeting Google Quantum AI hardware, designing noise-aware circuits, or running quantum characterization experiments. Best for Google hardware, noise modeling, and low-level circuit design. For … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/cirq) |
| `scientific-critical-thinking` | core | Evaluate scientific claims and evidence quality. Use for assessing experimental design validity, identifying biases and confounders, applying evidence grading frameworks (GRADE, Cochrane Risk of Bias), or teaching critical analysis. Best … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/scientific-critical-thinking) |
| `scientific-brainstorming` | core | Creative research ideation and exploration. Use for open-ended brainstorming sessions, exploring interdisciplinary connections, challenging assumptions, or identifying research gaps. Best for early-stage research planning when you do not … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/scientific-brainstorming) |
| `exa-search` | core | Web toolkit powered by Exa, tuned for scientific and technical content. Use this skill when the user needs to search the web or fetch/extract URL content. Covers: web search (semantic lookups, research, current info — with optional … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/exa-search) |
| `market-research-reports` | core | Generate comprehensive market research reports (50+ pages) in the style of top consulting firms (McKinsey, BCG, Gartner). Features professional LaTeX formatting, extensive visual generation with scientific-schematics and generate-image, … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/market-research-reports) |
| `research-lookup` | core | Look up current research and scientific information across three backends: fast web search via parallel-cli (default), the Parallel Chat API for deep multi-source synthesis, and Perplexity sonar-pro-search for scholarly paper searches. … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/research-lookup) |
| `venue-templates` | core | Access comprehensive LaTeX templates, formatting requirements, and submission guidelines for major scientific publication venues (Nature, Science, PLOS, IEEE, ACM), academic conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, CHI), research posters, and … | [source](https://github.com/K-Dense-AI/scientific-agent-skills/tree/4d97e29/skills/venue-templates) |
## Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills](https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) (commit `876fa30`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `research-protocol` | core | Write a structured research protocol or study design document. Use when asked to write a research protocol, study protocol, research plan, methodology section, or research proposal. Produces a complete protocol with objectives, … | [source](https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/876fa30/plugins/pm-research/skills/research-protocol) |
| `experiment-designer` | core | Design statistically rigorous A/B tests and interpret experiment results. Use when asked to design an experiment, run an A/B test, calculate sample size, interpret test results, or assess whether an experiment was successful. Produces a … | [source](https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/876fa30/plugins/pm-advanced/skills/experiment-designer) |
## Source: nexu-io/open-design
- Repository: [https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design](https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design) (commit `4b66023`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: Apache-2.0
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `kami-deck` | core | A lab-meeting deck on gut-microbiome links to sleep quality — the design, the results, the caveats, and the next experiment. Built as a decision-grade academic research deck for lab group, PI. | [source](https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/4b66023/design-templates/kami-deck) |
| `marketing-psychology` | core | Apply psychological principles and behavioral science to copy and design. Useful for tightening hooks, framing, and pricing presentation. | [source](https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/4b66023/skills/marketing-psychology) |
| `html-ppt-zhangzara-coral` | core | Open Design's community-growth campaign across GitHub, Discord, and X: the loops, the content calendar, and the pipeline math. Built as a decision-grade marketing & GTM deck for growth team, community lead. | [source](https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/4b66023/design-templates/html-ppt-zhangzara-coral) |
| `html-ppt-zhangzara-signal` | core | Open Design's strategy memo: should it monetize the plugin registry now or hold — options, risks, and the recommendation. Built as a decision-grade corporate strategy deck for CEO, strategy team. | [source](https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/4b66023/design-templates/html-ppt-zhangzara-signal) |
| `deck-guizang-editorial` | core | Open Design's FY26 marketing plan: brand-to-pipeline — audience, offer, channel mix, and the launch calendar that ties creative to growth. Built as a decision-grade marketing & GTM deck for CMO, growth lead, founder. | [source](https://github.com/nexu-io/open-design/tree/4b66023/plugins/_official/examples/deck-guizang-editorial) |
## Source: nWave-ai/nWave
- Repository: [https://github.com/nWave-ai/nWave](https://github.com/nWave-ai/nWave) (commit `1d0f13c`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `nw-interviewing-techniques` | core | Mom Test questioning toolkit, JTBD analysis, interview conduct, assumption testing framework, and hypothesis design | [source](https://github.com/nWave-ai/nWave/tree/1d0f13c/nWave/skills/nw-interviewing-techniques) |
## Source: OpenRaiser/NanoResearch
- Repository: [https://github.com/OpenRaiser/NanoResearch](https://github.com/OpenRaiser/NanoResearch) (commit `7144364`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `academic-plotting` | core | Generates publication-quality figures for ML papers from research context. Given a paper section or description, extracts system components and relationships to generate architecture diagrams via Gemini. Given experiment results or data, … | [source](https://github.com/OpenRaiser/NanoResearch/tree/7144364/skills/vendor-ai-research/academic-plotting) |
## Source: Orchestra-Research/AI-research-SKILLs
- Repository: [https://github.com/Orchestra-Research/AI-research-SKILLs](https://github.com/Orchestra-Research/AI-research-SKILLs) (commit `773a529`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `academic-plotting` | core | Generates publication-quality figures for ML papers from research context. Given a paper section or description, extracts system components and relationships to generate architecture diagrams via Gemini. Given experiment results or data, … | [source](https://github.com/Orchestra-Research/AI-research-SKILLs/tree/773a529/20-ml-paper-writing/academic-plotting) |
## Source: rampstackco/claude-skills
- Repository: [https://github.com/rampstackco/claude-skills](https://github.com/rampstackco/claude-skills) (commit `bc6d961`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `cro-optimization` | core | Run conversion rate optimization through hypothesis-driven testing including audit, hypothesis generation, test design, statistical analysis, and rollout decisions. Use this skill whenever the user wants to optimize conversion, run A/B … | [source](https://github.com/rampstackco/claude-skills/tree/bc6d961/skills/cro-optimization) |
| `experiment-design` | core | A discipline for designing experiments (A/B tests, multivariate, holdouts) so the results actually answer the question you asked. Hypothesis writing, sample size, duration, segment analysis, interpretation, decision-making, and the common … | [source](https://github.com/rampstackco/claude-skills/tree/bc6d961/skills/experiment-design) |
## Source: rohitg00/skillkit
- Repository: [https://github.com/rohitg00/skillkit](https://github.com/rohitg00/skillkit) (commit `d2e5c34`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: Apache-2.0
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `hypothesis-testing` | core | Applies the scientific method to debugging by helping users form specific, testable hypotheses, design targeted experiments, and systematically confirm or reject theories to find root causes. Use when a user says their code isn't working, … | [source](https://github.com/rohitg00/skillkit/tree/d2e5c34/packages/core/src/methodology/packs/debugging/hypothesis-testing) |
| `design-first` | core | Guides the creation of technical design documents before writing code, producing architecture diagrams, data models, API interface definitions, implementation plans, and multi-option trade-off analyses. Use when the user asks to plan a … | [source](https://github.com/rohitg00/skillkit/tree/d2e5c34/packages/core/src/methodology/packs/planning/design-first) |
## Source: zechenzhangAGI/AI-research-SKILLs
- Repository: [https://github.com/zechenzhangAGI/AI-research-SKILLs](https://github.com/zechenzhangAGI/AI-research-SKILLs) (commit `773a529`, retrieved 2026-07-14)
- License: MIT
| Skill | Tier | What it adds | Upstream |
|---|---|---|---|
| `academic-plotting` | core | Generates publication-quality figures for ML papers from research context. Given a paper section or description, extracts system components and relationships to generate architecture diagrams via Gemini. Given experiment results or data, … | [source](https://github.com/zechenzhangAGI/AI-research-SKILLs/tree/773a529/20-ml-paper-writing/academic-plotting) |

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# Market evidence report — computer-hardware-engineer
Source: **36 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 36), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
## Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 19 | 53 % |
| senior | 10 | 28 % |
| lead | 5 | 14 % |
| junior | 2 | 6 % |
## Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altium | 3 | 8 % |
| 2 | logic analyzer | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | logic analyzers | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | Microsoft Outlook | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | oscilloscope | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | oscilloscopes | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | Siemens Expedition DX Designer | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | Siemens Expedition PCB | 3 | 8 % |
## Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pcb design | 8 | 22 % |
| 2 | hardware design | 7 | 19 % |
| 3 | circuit design | 6 | 17 % |
| 4 | fpga design | 6 | 17 % |
| 5 | analog circuit design | 5 | 14 % |
| 6 | digital circuit design | 5 | 14 % |
| 7 | fpga development | 5 | 14 % |
| 8 | pcb layout | 5 | 14 % |
| 9 | rf design | 5 | 14 % |
| 10 | signal integrity analysis | 4 | 11 % |
| 11 | systems engineering | 4 | 11 % |
| 12 | technical documentation | 4 | 11 % |
| 13 | hardware architecture design | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | hardware development | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | power supply design | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | signal integrity | 3 | 8 % |
| 17 | system architecture | 3 | 8 % |
| 18 | system integration | 3 | 8 % |
| 19 | system testing | 3 | 8 % |
## Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | liquid-flow-through (LFT) cooling | 3 | 8 % |
| 2 | modular open systems approach (MOSA) | 3 | 8 % |
## Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hardware design | 6 | 17 % |
| 2 | system design | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | system development | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | system integration | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | technical documentation creation | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | technical leadership | 3 | 8 % |
## Regional breakdown
> **Corpus note:** 36 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
### US (us)
36 ads.
**Top hard skills:**
- pcb design — 22 % (8 ads)
- hardware design — 19 % (7 ads)
- circuit design — 17 % (6 ads)
- fpga design — 17 % (6 ads)
- analog circuit design — 14 % (5 ads)
- digital circuit design — 14 % (5 ads)
- fpga development — 14 % (5 ads)
- pcb layout — 14 % (5 ads)
- rf design — 14 % (5 ads)
- signal integrity analysis — 11 % (4 ads)
**Top tools:**
- Altium — 8 % (3 ads)
- logic analyzer — 8 % (3 ads)
- logic analyzers — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Outlook — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 8 % (3 ads)
- oscilloscope — 8 % (3 ads)
- oscilloscopes — 8 % (3 ads)
- Siemens Expedition DX Designer — 8 % (3 ads)
- Siemens Expedition PCB — 8 % (3 ads)
**Seniority:** mid 53 % · senior 28 % · lead 14 % · junior 6 %
### UK (gb)
**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
## Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Hardware Engineer | 9 |
| Senior Hardware Engineer | 4 |
| Computer Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| Computer Hardware Engineer I | 1 |
| Digital Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| Hardware Design Engineer | 1 |
| Hardware Design Engineer - Sr Staff | 1 |
| Hardware Design Engineer 3 with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Hardware Engineer 1-903 | 1 |
| Hardware Engineer Co-op | 1 |
| Hardware Engineer II (Co-op) - United States | 1 |
| Hardware Engineering Lead | 1 |
| High Speed Digital Hardware Engineer (PCB Design) | 1 |
| IT Engineering - Computer Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| IT Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| Lead Hardware Engineer - Onsite position | 1 |
| Lead Hardware Engineer - Onsite position-Ashburn,Virginia | 1 |
| Senior Electronics & Computer Hardware Engineer - Autonomous Sys Jobs | 1 |
| Senior Electronics & Computer Hardware Engineer Autonomous Systems | 1 |
| Senior Hardware Engineer-Ashburn,Virginia | 1 |
| Senior Hardware Engineering Manager | 1 |
| Senior Hardware Reverse Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Systems Engineer, Computer Hardware | 1 |
| Sr. Computer Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| Systems Hardware Engineer | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.

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# Occupation profile — computer hardware engineer
- **ESCO URI:** http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/92bb3d8c-8a9f-4cd7-80ec-247bbf173004
- **ESCO code:** 2152.1.1
- **ISCO-08 group:** 2152 — Electronics engineers
- **O*NET-SOC:** 17-2061.00 — Computer Hardware Engineers (match: exactMatch)
## Description (ESCO)
Computer hardware engineers design and develop computer hardware systems and components, such as circuit boards, modems, and printers. They draught blueprints and assembly drawings, develop and test the prototypes, and supervise the production process.
## Definition
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## Alternative labels
- IT hardware specialist
- computer hardware technology engineering specialist
- engineer of PC hardware
- computer hardware engineering consultant
- computer hardware engineering expert
- computer network and hardware engineer
- computer hardware and network engineer
- computer hardware technology engineering consultant
- hardware engineer
- computer hardware technology engineer
- PC hardware engineer
- engineer of IT hardware
- computer engineer
- specialist IT hardware engineer
- computer hardware engineering specialist
- engineer in computer hardware and network
- engineer in computer hardware
- IT hardware engineer
- computer hardware engineering adviser
- computer hardware technology engineering expert
- computer hardware technology engineering adviser

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# Competences — computer hardware engineer
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/92bb3d8c-8a9f-4cd7-80ec-247bbf173004).
## Essential
- **abide by regulations on banned materials** (skill/competence)
- **adjust engineering designs** (skill/competence)
- **analyse test data** (skill/competence)
- **apply for research funding** (skill/competence)
- **apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities** (skill/competence)
- **approve engineering design** (skill/competence)
- **communicate with a non-scientific audience** (skill/competence)
- **computer engineering** (knowledge)
- **computer technology** (knowledge)
- **conduct literature research** (skill/competence)
- **conduct quality control analysis** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research across disciplines** (skill/competence)
- **demonstrate disciplinary expertise** (skill/competence)
- **design drawings** (knowledge)
- **design hardware** (skill/competence)
- **design prototypes** (skill/competence)
- **develop professional network with researchers and scientists** (skill/competence)
- **disseminate results to the scientific community** (skill/competence)
- **draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation** (skill/competence)
- **electricity** (knowledge)
- **electricity principles** (knowledge)
- **electronics** (knowledge)
- **engineering principles** (knowledge)
- **environmental legislation** (knowledge)
- **environmental threats** (knowledge)
- **evaluate research activities** (skill/competence)
- **hardware architectures** (knowledge)
- **hardware components** (knowledge)
- **hardware materials** (knowledge)
- **hardware platforms** (knowledge)
- **hardware testing methods** (knowledge)
- **increase the impact of science on policy and society** (skill/competence)
- **integrate gender dimension in research** (skill/competence)
- **interact professionally in research and professional environments** (skill/competence)
- **manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data** (skill/competence)
- **manage intellectual property rights** (skill/competence)
- **manage open publications** (skill/competence)
- **manage personal professional development** (skill/competence)
- **manage research data** (skill/competence)
- **mathematics** (knowledge)
- **mentor individuals** (skill/competence)
- **model hardware** (skill/competence)
- **network standards** (knowledge)
- **operate open source software** (skill/competence)
- **operate scientific measuring equipment** (skill/competence)
- **perform data analysis** (skill/competence)
- **perform project management** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **prepare production prototypes** (skill/competence)
- **printed circuit boards** (knowledge)
- **promote open innovation in research** (skill/competence)
- **promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities** (skill/competence)
- **promote the transfer of knowledge** (skill/competence)
- **publish academic research** (skill/competence)
- **read engineering drawings** (skill/competence)
- **record test data** (skill/competence)
- **report analysis results** (skill/competence)
- **speak different languages** (skill/competence)
- **synthesise information** (skill/competence)
- **test hardware** (skill/competence)
- **think abstractly** (skill/competence)
- **use technical drawing software** (skill/competence)
- **write scientific publications** (skill/competence)
## Optional
- ABAP (knowledge)
- AJAX (knowledge)
- align software with system architectures (skill/competence)
- APL (knowledge)
- apply blended learning (skill/competence)
- apply technical communication skills (skill/competence)
- ASP.NET (knowledge)
- assemble hardware components (skill/competence)
- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
- build business relationships (skill/competence)
- C# (knowledge)
- C++ (knowledge)
- CAE software (knowledge)
- COBOL (knowledge)
- CoffeeScript (knowledge)
- Common Lisp (knowledge)
- communicate with customers (skill/competence)
- computer programming (knowledge)
- coordinate engineering teams (skill/competence)
- create technical plans (skill/competence)
- define manufacturing quality criteria (skill/competence)
- design firmware (skill/competence)
- develop product design (skill/competence)
- draft bill of materials (skill/competence)
- electrical engineering (knowledge)
- Erlang (knowledge)
- firmware (knowledge)
- Groovy (knowledge)
- Haskell (knowledge)
- implement anti-virus software (skill/competence)
- install operating system (skill/competence)
- install software (skill/competence)
- Java (computer programming) (knowledge)
- JavaScript (knowledge)
- Lisp (knowledge)
- maintain safe engineering watches (skill/competence)
- MATLAB (knowledge)
- mechatronics (knowledge)
- microelectronics (knowledge)
- Microsoft Visual C++ (knowledge)
- ML (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Objective-C (knowledge)
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language (knowledge)
- Pascal (computer programming) (knowledge)
- perform resource planning (skill/competence)
- perform test run (skill/competence)
- Perl (knowledge)
- PHP (knowledge)
- process customer orders (skill/competence)
- program firmware (skill/competence)
- Prolog (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Python (computer programming) (knowledge)
- quality standards (knowledge)
- R (knowledge)
- Ruby (computer programming) (knowledge)
- SAP R3 (knowledge)
- SAS language (knowledge)
- Scala (knowledge)
- scientific computing (knowledge)
- Scratch (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Smalltalk (computer programming) (knowledge)
- Swift (computer programming) (knowledge)
- teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
- train employees (skill/competence)
- TypeScript (knowledge)
- use CAD software (skill/competence)
- use CAM software (skill/competence)
- VBScript (knowledge)
- Visual Basic (knowledge)
<!-- market-evidence -->
## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 36 ads, as of 2026-07-10)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
### Hard skills
- pcb design — **22 %**
- hardware design — **19 %**
<!-- market-evidence -->

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# Tasks & work activities — computer hardware engineer
Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 17-2061.00 (Computer Hardware Engineers).
## Task statements
- **[Core]** Update knowledge and skills to keep up with rapid advancements in computer technology.
- **[Core]** Provide technical support to designers, marketing and sales departments, suppliers, engineers and other team members throughout the product development and implementation process.
- **[Core]** Test and verify hardware and support peripherals to ensure that they meet specifications and requirements, by recording and analyzing test data.
- **[Core]** Monitor functioning of equipment and make necessary modifications to ensure system operates in conformance with specifications.
- **[Core]** Build, test, and modify product prototypes, using working models or theoretical models constructed with computer simulation.
- **[Core]** Analyze user needs and recommend appropriate hardware.
- **[Core]** Direct technicians, engineering designers or other technical support personnel as needed.
- **[Core]** Confer with engineering staff and consult specifications to evaluate interface between hardware and software and operational and performance requirements of overall system.
- **[Core]** Select hardware and material, assuring compliance with specifications and product requirements.
- **[Core]** Store, retrieve, and manipulate data for analysis of system capabilities and requirements.
- **[Core]** Write detailed functional specifications that document the hardware development process and support hardware introduction.
- **[Core]** Specify power supply requirements and configuration, drawing on system performance expectations and design specifications.
- **[Core]** Provide training and support to system designers and users.
- **[Core]** Evaluate factors such as reporting formats required, cost constraints, and need for security restrictions to determine hardware configuration.
- **[Core]** Design and develop computer hardware and support peripherals, including central processing units (CPUs), support logic, microprocessors, custom integrated circuits, and printers and disk drives.
- **[Supplemental]** Analyze information to determine, recommend, and plan layout, including type of computers and peripheral equipment modifications.
- **[Supplemental]** Assemble and modify existing pieces of equipment to meet special needs.
- **[Supplemental]** Recommend purchase of equipment to control dust, temperature, and humidity in area of system installation.
## Detailed work activities
- Advise customers on the use of products or services.
- Analyze design requirements for computer or electronics systems.
- Assemble equipment or components.
- Conduct validation tests of equipment or processes.
- Confer with technical personnel to prepare designs or operational plans.
- Create physical models or prototypes.
- Design electronic or computer equipment or instrumentation.
- Determine operational criteria or specifications.
- Monitor processes for compliance with standards.
- Prepare procedural documents.
- Provide technical guidance to other personnel.
- Recommend technical design or process changes to improve efficiency, quality, or performance.
- Select project materials.
- Supervise engineering or other technical personnel.
- Test performance of electrical, electronic, mechanical, or integrated systems or equipment.
- Train personnel on proper operational procedures.
- Update technical knowledge.

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# Tools & technology — computer hardware engineer
Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 17-2061.00.
| Software | Category | Hot technology |
|---|---|---|
| SAS | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
| The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| C | Development environment software | yes |
| Microsoft Visual Basic | Development environment software | yes |
| Apache Subversion SVN | File versioning software | yes |
| Git | File versioning software | yes |
| C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Oracle Java | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Perl | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
| Linux | Operating system software | yes |
| Shell script | Operating system software | yes |
| UNIX | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
| Application-specific integrated circuit ASIC logic synthesis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| ASSET JTAG ScanWorks | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Automatic test program generation ATPG | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Boundary scan insertion software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Built-in self-test BIST debugging software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Cadence Dracula | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Cadence PSpice | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Cadence Virtuoso Spectre Circuit Simulator | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Computer diagnostic software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Computer simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Data acquisition systems | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Design-for-testability DFT insertion software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Discrete Fourier transform DFT analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Failure analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Fast Fourier transform FFT analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Field programmable gate array FPGA logic synthesis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Integrated circuit simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Logic synthesis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| LogicVision icBIST | Analytical or scientific software | |
| MAGIC software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Magma Design Automation Blast Create | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Magma Design Automation Blast FPGA | Analytical or scientific software | |
| MathWorks Simulink | Analytical or scientific software | |
| MathWorks Simulink DSP Blockset | Analytical or scientific software | |
| MathWorks Simulink Fixed-Point Blockset | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Mentor Graphics BSDArchitect | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Mentor Graphics Calibre | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Mentor Graphics LeonardoSpectrum | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Mentor Graphics Precision RTL | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Microarchitecture simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Monte Carlo simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| M-Sim | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE | Analytical or scientific software | |
| SoftICE | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Synopsys Design Compiler | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Synopsys Hercules | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Synopsys HSIM | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Synopsys HSPICE | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Synopsys TetraMax ATPG | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Synplicity Synplify | Analytical or scientific software | |
| The Mathworks Control System Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
| The Mathworks Data Acquisition Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
| The Mathworks Embedded Coder | Analytical or scientific software | |
| The MathWorks Real-Time Workshop | Analytical or scientific software | |
| The MathWorks Signal Processing Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
| The MathWorks Symbolic Math Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
| The MathWorks Wavelet Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Timing analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Verification software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Very high speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Xilinx Synthesis Technology XST | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Cadence Encounter RTL Compiler | Compiler and decompiler software | |
| Cadence Allegro PCB Designer | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Cadence Concept | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Cadence OrCAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Cadence Schematic Composer | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Cadence Virtuoso Layout Suite | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Complementary-symmetry/metal-oxide semiconductor CMOS layout software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Dassault Systemes CATIA | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Electronic design automation EDA software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Field programmable gate array FPGA design software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Mathsoft Mathcad | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Mentor Graphics Xpedition xDX Designer | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| PARTHENON | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Place-and-route software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| PTC Creo Parametric | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Schematic editors | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| State diagram software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Xilinx ISE Foundation | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Xilinx ModelSim | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Database software | Data base user interface and query software | |
| PCI Express PCIe | Data base user interface and query software | |
| Eko | Desktop communications software | |
| Boundary scan description language BSDL | Development environment software | |
| Cadence Opus | Development environment software | |
| Freescale CodeWarrior Tools | Development environment software | |
| Hardware description and verification language | Development environment software | |
| Hardware description language HDL | Development environment software | |
| National Instruments LabVIEW | Development environment software | |
| Register transfer language RTL | Development environment software | |
| SystemVerilog | Development environment software | |
| Tool command language Tcl | Development environment software | |
| Verilog | Development environment software | |
| Very high-speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL | Development environment software | |
| Internet search engine software | Information retrieval or search software | |
| Web browser software | Internet browser software | |
| Microsoft Visual C# .NET | Object or component oriented development software | |
| SKILL FMEA software | Object or component oriented development software | |
| Cisco IOS | Operating system software | |
| Magellan Firmware | Operating system software | |
| Block diagram software | Pattern design software | |
| Windows kernel debuggers | Program testing software | |