Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a microsystem engineer can go next

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

Microsystem engineers research, design, develop, and supervise the production of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which can be integrated in mechanical, optical, acoustic, and electronic products.

Also known as engineer in microsystems, microsystems engineer, specialist in microelectromechanical systems, engineer in micro-systems, advanced MEMS engineer, microsystem technology engineering adviser, microsystem engineering specialist, engineer of microsystems, microsystem engineering consultant, MEMS engineer, senior MEMS engineer, microsystem technology engineer.

Professionals 104 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: sensor engineer, 79%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
sensor engineer 79% covered microelectronics engineer 78% covered electromagnetic engineer 75% covered religion scientific researcher 69% covered computer hardware engineer 69% covered microsystem engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from microsystem 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 microsystem engineer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A microsystem engineer needs 39 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
  • develop microelectromechanical system test procedures management skills
  • design microelectromechanical systems communication, collaboration and creativity
  • microsystem test procedures information and communication technologies (icts)
  • test microelectromechanical systems constructing
  • microassembly natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • microelectromechanical systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • abide by regulations on banned materials assisting and caring
  • environmental threats natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • conduct literature research information skills
  • electricity principles engineering, manufacturing and construction
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Microsystem 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 microsystem 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.