You've seen them at 'The Mall', or 'Pier 39' in San Francisco. We also have Universal Instruments Corporation. They are one of two 'component insertion' equipment companies in the world. These clever machines include vision systems and are used to put electronic parts onto circuit boards. Surface mount is their latest product.
Laboratories lives here too.
Recently acquired by Clarion in Japan, they have all the work they can handle. They build very high quality Stereo Amplifiers and Speaker Systems. They also now build the 'stereos' for Nissan vehicles, and there are a few of them. The technician is a skilled craftsman who works closely with an engineer to create, build, and often design electronic or computerized equipment. This highly skilled individual has learned how to operate sophistocated equipment like logic analyzers, state probes, digital oscilloscopes, and the like.