Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a sensor engineer can go next

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

Sensor engineers design and develop sensors, sensor systems and products that are equipped with sensors. They plan and monitor the manufacture of these products.

Also known as sensor technology engineering specialist, electronic sensor engineer, sensor engineering expert, sensor design engineer, sensors engineer, sensor designer, sensor technology engineer, sensor engineering specialist, engineer in sensor technology, sensor engineering consultant, sensor technology engineering expert, sensor systems engineer.

Professionals 108 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: electromagnetic engineer, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
electromagnetic engineer 76% covered astronomer 69% covered religion scientific researcher 69% covered mechatronics engineer 69% covered optoelectronic engineer 68% covered sensor engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from sensor 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 sensor 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 sensor engineer needs 42 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
  • model sensor communication, collaboration and creativity
  • digital twin technology information and communication technologies (icts)
  • design sensors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop electronic test procedures management skills
  • electronic test procedures engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • microsensors 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 sensor engineer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Sensor 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 sensor 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.