# 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 |  |