Jobs · Architecture and Engineering · O*NET-SOC 17-2061.00
Computer Hardware Engineers: which tasks is AI doing?
4 of its 18 tasks show measurable AI use, and 46% of that use is automation (AI doing the task) rather than augmentation (AI helping a person do it).
Research, design, develop, or test computer or computer-related equipment for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use. May supervise the manufacturing and installation of computer or computer-related equipment and components.
Tasks with observed AI use
4 of 18
Claude conversations mapped to this job's tasks
Automation share of that use
46%
The rest is augmentation; all usage: 49%
US employment
76,660
BLS, May 2025
US median annual wage
$161,740
Wages differ by country
Which of these does AI already do for you?
Tick the tasks AI handles in your version of this job. Whatever stays unticked is what keeps a person needed: the links a chain waits on. The bars show where people already use AI for each task, from real usage data.
How to read this
Observed use is not the same as replacement. A task can see heavy AI use while the job grows, because the remaining tasks, such as judgment, accountability, and dealing with people, become more valuable. That is the weak-link pattern behind the explainer.
Task lists and wages are US data. The tasks are broadly similar in other countries; pay and employment are not. For your own economy, see work and jobs by country.
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