From microelectronics materials engineer to microsystem engineer
16 of the 39 essential skills of a microsystem engineer are already essential for a microelectronics materials engineer — about 41% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 16
- skills carry over
- 23
- would be new
- 41%
- of the target job covered
- 39
- essential skills of a microsystem engineer
What a microsystem engineer does
Microsystem engineers research, design, develop, and supervise the production of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which can be integrated in mechanical, optical, acoustic, and electronic products.
What carries over
16 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- abide by regulations on banned materials
- analyse test data
- electrical engineering
- electronics
- environmental legislation
- environmental threats
- mathematics
- mechanical engineering
- microassembly
- microsystem test procedures
- perform data analysis
- physics
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- report analysis results
- test microelectromechanical systems
What would be new
23 skillsEssential for a microsystem engineer and not for a microelectronics materials engineer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design microelectromechanical systems
- design prototypes
- develop microelectromechanical system test procedures
- electricity
- electricity principles
- engineering principles
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- microelectromechanical systems
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform project management
- prepare production prototypes
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- use technical drawing software
Other moves from microelectronics materials engineer
2 roles- microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer27 skills in common
- microelectronics designer17 skills in common
← microelectronics materials engineermicrosystem engineer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a microsystem engineer?
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