From computer hardware engineering technician to computer hardware engineer
14 of the 63 essential skills of a computer hardware engineer are already essential for a computer hardware engineering technician — about 22% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from computer hardware engineering technician in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 14
- skills carry over
- 49
- would be new
- 22%
- of the target job covered
- 63
- essential skills of a computer hardware engineer
What a computer hardware engineer does
Computer hardware engineers design and develop computer hardware systems and components, such as circuit boards, modems, and printers. They draught blueprints and assembly drawings, develop and test the prototypes, and supervise the production process.
What carries over
14 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
49 skillsEssential for a computer hardware engineer and not for a computer hardware engineering technician. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- abide by regulations on banned materials
- analyse test data
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- approve engineering design
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design hardware
- design prototypes
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- electricity
- electricity principles
- engineering principles
- environmental legislation
- environmental threats
- evaluate research activities
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- mentor individuals
- model hardware
- network standards
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform data analysis
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- printed circuit boards
- promote open innovation in research
and 9 more
Other moves from computer hardware engineering technician
2 roles- electronics engineering technician14 skills in common
- mechatronics engineering technician14 skills in common
← computer hardware engineering techniciancomputer hardware engineer →The other way round
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