Computer Hardware Engineers

35% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.

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Wages

Very high paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Computer Hardware Engineers' was $138,080, or $66 per hour

'Computer Hardware Engineers' were paid 187.3% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

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Comments

Bob (Low) 4 months ago

Hardware Engineers take skill and complex learning to do, I don't think ai has the the capacity to do it in this age

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N (Uncertain) 10 months ago

https://www.techspot.com/news/101401-samsung-planning-human-free-fully-automated-fabs-within.html

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Nick (No chance) 1 year ago

Requires hands on testing and complex engineering problems in the real world that can only be interfaced by physical mediums. Needs to account for human error and potential problems in the intended engineering project. Unless you built a robot human that can design PCBs, circuits, programs… AND order those designs from a fab house and handle the monetary and shipping policies, AND then assemble and check for errors…… etc. Like I said before, AI will be very beneficial in the design process for streamlining tasks for the engineer but it can’t replace the engineer. I hope that I’m not wrong in the future.

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Chris (Highly likely) 1 year ago

Most hardware tasks are highly redundant and can easily be evaluated though simple logic and data analysis. Creating databases of past issues and cataloging problems will allow AI within seconds narrow down issues, based on past issues, to a handful of possible problems that AI would provide step by step instructions to fix allowing people with much lower levels of skill to fix. So while AI won't completely replace people, it will reduce knowledge and as a result salaries of people in these fields and will allow off-shoring of an increasing number jobs that are high skilled today.

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Rei (Moderate) 2 years ago

This is about hardware, not the software or the AI. So, the peripheral of the computer, robot with great AI, will likely replace humans. Still, the QC will be handled by humans.

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Husain 3 years ago

This occupation takes IQ and the ability to work in a team, and robots will hog it all up, and maybe listen to their team if the team is lucky. And robots are weak grabbers, so they cannot grab pieces. They don't know what's in them because they can't dig themselves out. Computer hardware engineers use math, problem-solving, curiosity, and science, and robots maybe don't have problem-solving, and you certainly cannot program something to be curious until some year like 2080, which I cannot imagine.

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Daniel (No chance) 4 years ago

I believe humans would never risk computers programming others as if one is wrong, all of them are.

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