Career Overlap Transition record
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Battery simulation engineer to battery system engineer

A battery simulation engineer already meets 29% of what the battery system engineer role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From battery simulation engineer
29 % overlap
Distant match
To battery system engineer
7 You already bring
15 Still to learn
27 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

70/ 100

1 How much of what a battery system engineer is expected to do is already part of a battery simulation engineer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the battery system engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A battery system engineer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a battery simulation engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • battery design
  • computer programming
  • computer science
  • develop predictive models
  • mechanical engineering
  • perform product testing

What stands in the way is 15 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A battery system engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a battery simulation engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held develop predictive models information skills
  • already held battery design engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held computer science information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held perform product testing information skills
  • already held computer programming information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held mechanical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 7 carried skills, including the 7 the battery system engineer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 engineering, manufacturing and construction 7 required
  • still to learn battery management systems required
  • still to learn embedded systems required
  • still to learn vehicle electrical systems required
  • still to learn control systems required
  • still to learn electrical engineering required
  • still to learn engineering principles required
  • still to learn safety engineering required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn define integration strategy required
  • still to learn develop new products required
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held write specifications optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn project management required
  • still to learn project management principles required
  • optional, not held risk management optional
04 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn analyse test data required
  • optional, not held use technical documentation optional
05 assisting and caring 1 required
  • still to learn conform with production requirements required
06 management skills 1 required
  • still to learn identify process improvements required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a battery system engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held battery design knowledge
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held computer science knowledge
  • already held develop predictive models skill
  • already held mechanical engineering knowledge
  • already held perform product testing skill
  • already held troubleshoot skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required
  • still to learn battery chemistry required
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
  • optional, not held risk management optional
  • optional, not held use technical documentation optional
  • optional, not held write specifications optional
6 held skills the battery system engineer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • not needed by the target role algorithms knowledge
  • not needed by the target role inspect data skill
  • not needed by the target role physics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role process data skill
  • not needed by the target role run simulations skill
12 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn battery management systems required
  • still to learn embedded systems required
  • still to learn project management required
  • still to learn vehicle electrical systems required
  • still to learn battery chemistry required
  • still to learn control systems required
  • still to learn electrical engineering required
  • still to learn engineering principles required
  • still to learn project management principles required
  • still to learn safety engineering required
  • optional, not held health and safety in the workplace optional
  • optional, not held risk management optional
Index
FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a battery simulation engineer become a battery system engineer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A battery simulation engineer already covers 29% of what a battery system engineer is expected to do: 7 skills carry over, 7 of which the battery system engineer role treats as required.

What skills does a battery simulation engineer need to become a battery system engineer?

15 required skills are missing, plus 5 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is battery management systems.

How hard is the move from battery simulation engineer to battery system engineer?

Its learning distance is 70 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.