Hardware & Emerging Tech careers

Hardware and emerging tech roles build the physical and frontier side of technology: chips, robots, connected devices, AR/VR and quantum computing.

You'll love it if you like building physical things, tinkering with electronics, or working at the cutting edge.

8 roles in hardware & emerging tech

• Hardware Engineer

  Designs and tests physical computer components and devices.

  Circuit design · PCB layout · Testing equipment

• Robotics Engineer

  Designs, builds and programs robots.

  Mechanical design · Programming (C++, Python) · Sensors & control

• IoT Engineer

  Builds connected devices and the systems that manage them.

  Microcontrollers · Networking & protocols (MQTT) · Cloud

• Electrical Engineer (tech hardware)

  Designs the electrical systems inside tech products.

  Circuit analysis · Power electronics · Simulation tools

• Blockchain Developer

  Builds decentralized apps and smart contracts.

  Solidity · Cryptography basics · Security auditing

• AR/VR Developer

  Builds augmented and virtual reality experiences.

  Unity or Unreal · 3D math · Interaction design

• Quantum Computing Researcher

  Researches algorithms and hardware for quantum computers.

  Linear algebra · Quantum mechanics basics · Qiskit

• Semiconductor Engineer

  Designs and manufactures the chips inside every device.

  Digital logic · Verilog/VHDL · Physics