Career Path

In this career, your responsibilities may include:

• Finding innovative uses for existing technology, and inventing new approaches to computing and information technology.
• Studying complex computing problems in other fields such as medicine and business, and designing solutions.

Job Titles

In your job search, you may find listings for this career under different titles. You can find some examples of these, as well as more information about this career, at Career One Stop.

Academic Requirements

Typically requires a master’s degree. Obtaining a doctorate would make you eligible for careers with greater responsibility and higher salaries in this pathway, if you do not already have the U.S. equivalent of a doctorate.