Occupation Atlasmicroelectronics engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8c0f59c9-9a47-42e7-8287-aab19df4e6ab
microelectronics engineer
Microelectronics engineers design, develop, and supervise the production of small electronic devices and components such as micro-processors and integrated circuits.
Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.24
- I Investigative5.81
- C Conventional4.68
- A Artistic2.03
- E Enterprising1.62
- S Social1.59
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (17-2072.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (45)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- abide by regulations on banned materials
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- approve engineering design
- computer simulation
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design microelectronics
- design prototypes
- develop electronic test procedures
- electricity
- electricity principles
- electronic equipment standards
- electronic test procedures
- electronics
- engineering principles
- ensure material compliance
- environmental legislation
- environmental threats
- integrated circuits
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- microassembly
- microelectronics
- microprocessors
- model microelectronics
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform data analysis
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- physics
- prepare production prototypes
- process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- report analysis results
- synthesise information
- test microelectronics
- think abstractly
- use technical drawing software
Optional (61)
- CAE software
- MOEM
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply soldering techniques
- apply technical communication skills
- assemble hardware components
- battery management systems
- build business relationships
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- conduct research across disciplines
- consumer electronics
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- design firmware
- design integrated circuits
- develop product design
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft bill of materials
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- firmware
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- install software
- integrate gender dimension in research
- integrated circuit types
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mechanical engineering
- mentor individuals
- microelectromechanical systems
- micromechanics
- microoptics
- microsensors
- nanoelectronics
- operate precision machinery
- perform resource planning
- perform test run
- precision measuring instruments
- prepare assembly drawings
- program firmware
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- quantum technology
- semiconductors
- solder electronics
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- train employees
- use CAD software
- use CAM software
- use precision tools
- write scientific publications
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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