Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an integrated circuit design engineer can go next

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

Integrated circuit design engineers design the layout for integrated circuits according to electronics engineering principles. They use software to create design schematics and diagrams.

Also known as integrated circuit engineer, mixed signal IC design engineer, analog design engineer, engineer of integrated circuits, integrated circuit designer, analog and mixed signal design engineer, IC designer, analog IC design engineer, designer of integrated circuits.

Professionals 36 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: electronics drafter, 72%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
electronics drafter 72% covered printed circuit board designer 56% covered electrical drafter 55% covered product development engineeri… 47% covered electromechanical drafter 45% covered integrated circuit design… You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from integrated circuit design 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 an integrated circuit design engineer 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.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An integrated circuit design 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
  • electronic components engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • design integrated circuits communication, collaboration and creativity
  • integrated circuit types engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • customise drafts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • design electronic systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • integrated circuits engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • semiconductors engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • electronic equipment standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • create technical plans management skills
  • design drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an integrated circuit design engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Integrated circuit design 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 an integrated circuit design 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.