QUESTION 17 OF 30

While the functionality of a piece of hardware is important, companies use other criteria when deciding whether to develop a piece of equipment. Can you discuss some of these?

It is easy for senior hardware engineers to become enamored with their own designs and ignore other criteria their organizations use to evaluate the viability of a piece of hardware. The interviewer will ask this question to make sure you do not fall into this category and understand that good hardware designs are evaluated on a wide range of criteria, not only their functionality and performance.

"While my primary design criteria when working on a piece of new hardware are performance and functionality, I recognize that other criteria will be used to evaluate my design and determine if the hardware will be manufactured. I keep these in mind when going through the process of designing a new piece of equipment. Some of these include manufacturability, user interface, reliability, repairability, support requirements, cost, and the time required to develop, test, and manufacturer the hardware."

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Senior Hardware Engineer Mock Interview

While the functionality of a piece of hardware is important, companies use other criteria when deciding whether to develop a piece of equipment. Can you discuss some of these?

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