# 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)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 36 ads, as of 2026-07-10)

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### Hard skills

- pcb design — **22 %**
- hardware design — **19 %**

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