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: