Where a microelectronics engineering technician can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a microelectronics engineering technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Microelectronics engineering technicians collaborate with microelectronics engineers in the development of small electronic devices and components such as micro-processors, memory chips, and integrated circuits for machine and motor controls. Microelectronics engineering technicians are responsible for building, testing, and maintaining the microelectronic systems and devices.
Also known as micro-electronics engineering technician, microelectronics technologist, microelectronic equipment technologist, technician in microelectronic engineering, technologist in microelectronics, microelectronic systems technologist, technologist in microelectronic systems, microelectronics process engineering technician, microelectronics technician.
Technicians and associate professionals 52 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: microsystem engineering technician, 78%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A microelectronics engineering technician needs 25 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- assemble microelectronics handling and moving
- test microelectronics constructing
- electronic test procedures engineering, manufacturing and construction
- microassembly natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- microsensors engineering, manufacturing and construction
- wear cleanroom suit assisting and caring
- microprocessors information and communication technologies (icts)
- integrated circuits engineering, manufacturing and construction
- electronic equipment standards engineering, manufacturing and construction
- solder electronics constructing
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a microelectronics engineering technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- sensor engineering technician 77% covered · difficulty 32.2
- electronics engineering technician 75% covered · difficulty 33.7
- optoelectronic engineering technician 68% covered · difficulty 41.7
- microsystem engineering technician 60% covered · difficulty 48.8
- photonics engineering technician 53% covered · difficulty 55.1
- computer hardware engineering technician 51% covered · difficulty 57
- mechatronics engineering technician 50% covered · difficulty 57.6
- robotics engineering technician 46% covered · difficulty 61.3
- optomechanical engineering technician 40% covered · difficulty 66
- microelectronics maintenance technician 22% covered · difficulty 79.9
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a microelectronics engineering technician’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.