Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
RecordOccupation

Where a design engineer can go next

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

Design engineers develop new conceptual and detailed designs. They create the look for these concepts or products and the systems used to make them. Design engineers work with engineers and marketers to enhance the functioning and efficiency of existing devices.

Professionals 49 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: equipment engineer, 73%

equipment engineer 73% covered component engineer 63% covered process engineer 62% covered precision engineer 58% covered product development engineeri… 58% covered design engineer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from design engineer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a design engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Index

Look up another occupation

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

Note

How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a design engineer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.