I don't know everything involving the whole process but in regards to what you would study in college for the type of people involved in creating hardware are o

I don't know everything involving the whole process but in regards to what you would study in college for the type of people involved in creating hardware are often mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, and industrial designers. A good source of finding out the types of positions for these things also are looking at current companies in the hardware space, such as Apple. Their job boards are very telling =]