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Where a microelectronics materials engineer can go next

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

Microelectronics materials engineers design, develop and supervise the production of materials that are required for microelectronics and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and are able to apply them in these devices, appliances, products. They aid the design of microelectronics with physical and chemical knowledge about metals, semiconductors, ceramics, polymers, and composite materials. They conduct research on material structures, perform analysis, investigate failure mechanisms, and supervise research works.

Also known as microelectronics materials technology engineering specialist, engineer in microelectronics materials, microelectronics materials engineering adviser, microelectronics materials engineering specialist, specialist microelectronics materials engineer, microelectronics materials engineering expert, engineer specialised in microelectronics materials, microelectronics materials technology engineering consultant, microelectronics materials development engineer, microelectronics materials design engineer, engineer of microelectronics materials, microelectronics materials engineering consultant.

Professionals 79 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: materials engineer, 49%

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 microelectronics materials 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 a microelectronics materials engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A microelectronics materials engineer needs 50 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

inspect semiconductor components constructing
dispose of soldering waste handling and moving
microsystem test procedures information and communication technologies (icts)
test microelectromechanical systems constructing
artificial neural networks information and communication technologies (icts)
characteristics of waste services
nanomaterials engineering, manufacturing and construction
test materials information skills
machine learning information and communication technologies (icts)
microassembly natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a microelectronics materials engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer 55% covered · difficulty 60.2

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Microelectronics materials 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 a microelectronics materials 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.