Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a component engineer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a component engineer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Component engineers design and envision the engineering development of different small parts composing a bigger project, machine, or process. They ensure that parts are not conflicting from an engineering perspective.

Also known as components engineers, component technology engineering consultant, components engineer, component engineering consultant, component engineering expert, component technology engineering specialist, component engineering adviser, component technology engineer, assembly engineer, component technology engineering adviser, component technology engineering expert, component engineering specialist.

Professionals 43 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: process engineer, 63%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
process engineer 63% covered design engineer 58% covered precision engineer 58% covered rolling stock engineer 58% covered compliance engineer 54% covered component engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from component engineer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a component engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A component engineer needs 17 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • battery design engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • interpret technical requirements information skills
  • manage engineering project management skills
  • computer simulation information and communication technologies (icts)
  • execute feasibility study information skills
  • production processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • define technical requirements management skills
  • assess financial viability information skills
  • manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a component engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Component engineer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a component engineer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.