From sensor engineer to computer hardware engineer
30 of the 63 essential skills of a computer hardware engineer are already essential for a sensor engineer — about 48% 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.
- 30
- skills carry over
- 33
- would be new
- 48%
- 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
30 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- abide by regulations on banned materials
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- approve engineering design
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design prototypes
- electricity
- electricity principles
- electronics
- engineering principles
- environmental legislation
- environmental threats
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform data analysis
- perform project management
- prepare production prototypes
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- report analysis results
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- use technical drawing software
What would be new
33 skillsEssential for a computer hardware engineer and not for a sensor engineer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- computer engineering
- computer technology
- conduct research across disciplines
- design hardware
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- hardware architectures
- hardware components
- hardware materials
- hardware platforms
- hardware testing methods
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mentor individuals
- model hardware
- network standards
- perform scientific research
- printed circuit boards
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- speak different languages
- test hardware
- write scientific publications
Other moves from sensor engineer
2 roles- microelectronics engineer35 skills in common
- microsystem engineer31 skills in common
← sensor engineercomputer hardware engineer →The other way round
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How far are you from being a computer hardware engineer?
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