Where an embedded systems software developer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an embedded systems software developer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Embedded systems software developers program, implement, document and maintain software to be run on an embedded system.
Also known as embedded systems software developers, embedded software developerl embedded systems engineer, embedded systems designer, embedded system software programmer, embedded software programmer, embedded system software developer.
Professionals 76 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT application configurator, 81%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An embedded systems software developer needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- develop ICT device driver working with computers
- embedded systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
- create flowchart diagram communication, collaboration and creativity
- use software design patterns communication, collaboration and creativity
- integrated development environment software information and communication technologies (icts)
- tools for software configuration management information and communication technologies (icts)
- use software libraries working with computers
- analyse software specifications working with computers
- interpret technical texts information skills
- develop software prototype working with computers
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an embedded systems software developer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- ICT application configurator 81% covered · difficulty 29.9
- user interface developer 80% covered · difficulty 30.6
- ICT network engineer 75% covered · difficulty 36.2
- embedded system designer 60% covered · difficulty 53
- software architect 58% covered · difficulty 54.3
- system configurator 55% covered · difficulty 57.3
- integration engineer 50% covered · difficulty 60.7
- embedded systems security engineer 36% covered · difficulty 72.6
- blockchain developer 23% covered · difficulty 82.4
- ICT change and configuration manager 23% covered · difficulty 82.5
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an embedded systems software developer’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.