Learning to write programs helps engineers automate repeated software checks.
Does your course include programming and automated software tests?
field
Computer science
What you may learn
How computers solve problems, process information and run programs.
What to check
Does the course teach programming and problem-solving, or mainly using and supporting computer systems?
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Connected careers
Learning to program movement and decision steps helps engineers build robot-control software.
Look for robotics programming rather than only general computer use.
Sources and limitations
BLS: Software developers, quality assurance analysts and testers · · 2026-10-11
US occupational profile; general development and testing, not every named software specialism.
BLS: Mechanical engineers · · 2026-10-11
US broad mechanical-engineering occupation; partial comparator for thermal, fluids, design and tooling specialisms.
BLS: Electrical and electronics engineers · · 2026-10-11
US broad electrical/electronics engineering; identifies power, radio and control specialisations but not every circuit subtype.