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Where an embedded system designer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an embedded system designer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Embedded system designers translate and design requirements and the high-level plan or architecture of an embedded control system according to technical software specifications.

Also known as embedded system programmer, embedded systems designers, embedded software developer, embedded system developer, embedded systems programmer, battery controls engineer, embedded systems developer, embedded systems engineer.

Professionals 78 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: numerical tool and process control programmer, 68%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from embedded system designer, 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 an embedded system designer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

ICT application configurator 56% covered · difficulty 56.2

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An embedded system designer 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

real-time computing information and communication technologies (icts)
engineering control theory engineering, manufacturing and construction
signal processing engineering, manufacturing and construction
interpret electronic design specifications information skills
system design information and communication technologies (icts)
task algorithmisation information and communication technologies (icts)
embedded systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
create flowchart diagram communication, collaboration and creativity
create software design communication, collaboration and creativity
provide ICT consulting advice communication, collaboration and creativity

Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an embedded system designer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Embedded system designer 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 an embedded system designer’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.