Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a test engineer can go next

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

Test engineers plan and perform detailed quality tests during various phases of the design process to make sure that the systems are properly installed and function correctly. They analyse the data collected during tests and produce reports. They are also responsible for the safety of the test operations.

Also known as solar inverter test engineer, BESS test engineer, battery test engineer, battery validation engineer, battery systems hardware test engineer, agricultural equipment test engineer.

Professionals 61 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: religion scientific researcher, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
religion scientific researcher 69% covered thanatology researcher 64% covered philosopher 63% covered palaeontologist 62% covered seismologist 62% covered test engineer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from test 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 test 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 test engineer needs 21 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
  • test hardware constructing
  • test procedures engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • analyse scientific data information skills
  • industrial engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • production processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • analyse test data information skills
  • approve engineering design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manufacturing processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • think abstractly communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interact professionally in research and professional environments communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Test 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 test 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.