Employment
 According
to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer engineers hold about 79,000 jobs. This represents 5.3% of the 1.5 million jobs held by
engineers in the U.S.
Computer engineers
are employed in industry, government, education and consulting.
They usually
work in teams with other engineers and individuals from other functional
areas. They may be working on a new design of an electronic
component for an individual project, focused on the development of
software specific to a new product, or one being redesigned, or may work
in sales or in supporting research activities. Computer engineers
frequently work on new applications of computers, such as advances in
digital television and photography, virtual meeting technology,
intelligent highways, control systems, and new technologies for cars,
phones, security systems, telescopes, airplanes, and space vehicles.
The following is a partial
list of employers of Computer Engineers:
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Technology Intensive Firms
U.S. Federal Government
and State and Local Affiliates
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Other
Firms
Other Employers
- Colleges and
Universities
- K-12 Schools
- Professional
Associations
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Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the
US Department
of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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