Embedded Systems in 5 Minutes!

0:00hey everyone it's oliver today i'm going

0:02to be talking about embedded systems

0:04engineering i'll go over what it is what

0:06embedded systems engineers do at their

0:08jobs and what degrees can lead to

0:10becoming an embedded systems engineer so

0:13let's kick it off by trying to

0:15understand what embedded systems are to

0:17those without an engineering background

0:19this name might sound a little fancy or

0:21complicated but really embedded systems

0:24are all around us in the context of

0:26engineering an embedded system is really

0:28just a combination of hardware and

0:31software designed for a specific purpose

0:33anything from your calculator to a

0:35microwave to a digital camera will have

0:38an embedded system in it hence the word

0:40embedded an embedded system is

0:42essentially a computer system that has a

0:44dedicated function within a larger

0:46mechanical or electronic system most

0:49embedded systems today are made on a

0:51variety of microprocessors or

0:53microcomputers these can be programmable

0:55or they can be for a single purpose and

0:57they look a little bit something like

1:00like this or this

1:02or this or this there's tons they're

1:05everywhere rather than being

1:06multi-purpose like a laptop or your

1:09desktop computer an embedded system

1:10usually serves a more focused smaller

1:13purpose which means it can be easier and

1:16cheaper to manufacture as well as mass

1:18produce but obviously it takes somebody

1:21with a specific skill set to be able to

1:23program or develop a microcontroller or

1:26computer and this is where a variety of

1:29different engineers come in the most

1:31common engineers who work on an embedded

1:33system are computer engineers or

1:35mechatronics engineers in these

1:37disciplines you gain a background of

1:39both hardware and software systems and

1:41understand how computers work with this

1:43skill set they are ideally equipped to

1:46develop embedded systems for a variety

1:48of purposes other engineers who you

1:50might see working on embedded systems

1:52are software engineers who would try to

1:54optimize the code to make it run as

1:56efficiently as possible or you might see

1:59electrical engineers or even engineering

2:01scientists who are testing out the

2:03electronics making sure there's no

2:05interference between electronic

2:06components all of these different fields

2:08of engineering might find themselves

2:10involved in embedded systems in one way

2:12or another at some point in their career

2:14practically every single thing that we

2:16use nowadays aside from your desktop and

2:19laptop will have some type of computer

2:21in it and that's where a lot of these

2:23embedded systems are and every year with

2:25the advances in technology things like

2:27shrinking the sizes of transistors so

2:29that you get more processing power per

2:32the same space microcomputers have

2:34become very powerful and they can run

2:36some pretty complex algorithms but with

2:38this complexity you also need the people

2:40who are able to understand it this

2:42complex new way embedded systems

2:44engineers can work for many companies

2:46but some popular ones are companies like

2:48intel shielinx amd nvidia and some of

2:51the other big tech companies like apple

2:53microsoft and google

2:56since they all kind of have their own

2:57hardware and software systems and they

2:59have to find ways to integrate those

3:01things you could also work for smaller

3:03more local companies to develop embedded

3:05systems for managing traffic transit or

3:08managing a business warehousing system

3:10you also could work for a company that

3:12develops drones or security cameras or a

3:14variety of other systems related to that

3:17there's pretty much limitless

3:18possibilities as an embedded systems

3:21engineer and it's really up to you to

3:23find the thing that you're truly

3:24interested in and try to pursue the

3:26knowledge you need in order to work in

3:28that field but generally to work in

3:30embedded systems you need to have not

3:32only a good understanding of how

3:34computer hardware works along with how

3:37software works along with how circuitry

3:39works and many other things but you also

3:42have to understand how all those things

3:44work together and once you can do that

3:46you can proudly call yourself an

3:48embedded systems engineer and i know

3:49that there's going to be some people out

3:51there who want to know how much an

3:52embedded system engineer gets paid and

3:54this varies depending on where you live

3:57as well as which company you're working

3:59for but generally you can expect to

4:01start somewhere between sixty and a

4:03hundred thousand dollars i know it's a

4:04pretty big range but sometime after two

4:07to five years you can easily be making

4:10over a hundred thousand dollars

4:12sometimes a whole lot more the best

4:14thing you can do for yourself if you

4:15really want to work on embedded systems

4:17is to try tinkering with them yourselves

4:19learning about programming as well as

4:21circuits and computers and then putting

4:24all those things together to create fun

4:25projects to showcase to the world so you

4:28can do that through a youtube channel

4:29through your linkedin page or any other

4:31avenue that you see fit and really show

4:33people that you know how embedded

4:35systems work if you want any more

4:37information about embedded systems i

4:39have some links down below in the

4:40description that you can check out if

4:42you're interested otherwise that about

4:44wraps it up for this video thank you so

4:46much for watching hopefully you enjoyed

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