Occupation Atlaselectromagnetic engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2026adb2-62d7-4b92-9ccb-105abdebe37d
electromagnetic engineer
Electromagnetic engineers design and develop electromagnetic systems, devices, and components, such as electromagnets in loudspeakers, electromagnetic locks, conducting magnets in MRI's, and magnets in electric motors.
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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.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
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, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (44)
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
- battery design
- battery management systems
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- consumer protection
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design electromagnets
- design prototypes
- develop test procedures
- electrical engineering
- electrical equipment regulations
- electricity
- electricity principles
- electromagnetic spectrum
- electromagnetism
- electromagnets
- engineering principles
- ensure material compliance
- environmental legislation
- environmental threats
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- microwave principles
- model electromagnetic products
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform data analysis
- 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
- think abstractly
- use technical drawing software
Optional (45)
- CAE software
- acoustics
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply soldering techniques
- apply technical communication skills
- biomedical engineering
- build business relationships
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- conduct research across disciplines
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- 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
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mentor individuals
- perform project management
- perform resource planning
- perform test run
- prepare assembly drawings
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- radars
- safety engineering
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- train employees
- transmission technology
- use CAD 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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