Electrical engineer to microelectronics maintenance technician
An electrical engineer already meets 44% of what the microelectronics maintenance technician role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
56.6/ 100
1 How much of what a microelectronics maintenance technician is expected to do is already part of an electrical 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 microelectronics maintenance technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A microelectronics maintenance technician role treats 10 of its required skills as things an electrical engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- CAM software
- electronics
- environmental legislation
- integrated circuits
- mathematics
- mechanics
What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A microelectronics maintenance technician role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an electrical engineer background worth leading with.
- already held test microelectronics constructing
- already held CAM software information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held integrated circuits engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held microelectronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held program firmware working with computers
- already held robotics engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 11 carried skills, including the 10 the microelectronics maintenance technician role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 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.
- still to learn maintain microelectronics required
- still to learn conduct routine machinery checks required
- still to learn work safely with machines required
- still to learn conduct inter-shift communication required
- still to learn troubleshoot required
- optional, not held collaborate with engineers optional
- still to learn quality assurance procedures required
- still to learn quality standards required
- still to learn CAD software required
- optional, not held automatic control system optional
- optional, not held firmware optional
- still to learn solder components onto electronic board required
- still to learn surface-mount technology required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a microelectronics maintenance technician role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 conduct inter-shift communication practise this
- 02 maintain microelectronics practise this
- 03 solder components onto electronic board practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 11 skills that carry over
- already held CAM software knowledge
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held integrated circuits knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held mechanics knowledge
- already held microelectronics knowledge
- already held physics knowledge
- already held robotics knowledge
- already held test microelectronics skill
- already held program firmware skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn use technical documentation required
- still to learn microassembly required
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held automatic control system optional
- optional, not held collaborate with engineers optional
- optional, not held firmware optional
97 held skills the microelectronics maintenance technician role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
- not needed by the target role Objective-C knowledge
- not needed by the target role PHP knowledge
- not needed by the target role R knowledge
- not needed by the target role VBScript knowledge
- not needed by the target role Visual Basic knowledge
- not needed by the target role abide by regulations on banned materials skill
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role align software with system architectures skill
- not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
- not needed by the target role artificial lighting systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role assemble electromechanical systems skill
- not needed by the target role assemble hardware components skill
- not needed by the target role assess financial viability skill
- not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role automotive engineering skill
- not needed by the target role battery design knowledge
- not needed by the target role battery management systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
- not needed by the target role combined heat and power generation knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role create electrical wiring diagram skill
- not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
- not needed by the target role design a mini wind power system skill
- not needed by the target role design an electric heating system skill
- not needed by the target role design circuit boards skill
- not needed by the target role design drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role design electric power systems skill
- not needed by the target role design electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design electromagnets skill
- not needed by the target role design electromechanical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role design sensors skill
- not needed by the target role design smart grids skill
- not needed by the target role design user interface skill
- not needed by the target role domestic cooling systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role electric drives knowledge
- not needed by the target role electric generators knowledge
57 further entries not listed here
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn surface-mount technology required
- still to learn CAD software required
- still to learn microassembly required
- still to learn quality assurance procedures required
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held automatic control system optional
- optional, not held firmware optional
Other moves recorded from electrical engineer
- electronics engineer 52% covered · substantial
- instrumentation engineer 48% covered · substantial
- power electronics engineer 46% covered · substantial
- electrical drafter 44% covered · substantial
- electromagnetic engineer 42% covered · substantial
- electromechanical engineer 42% covered · substantial
- electromechanical drafter 41% covered · substantial
- component engineer 40% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can an electrical engineer become a microelectronics maintenance technician?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An electrical engineer already covers 44% of what a microelectronics maintenance technician is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 10 of which the microelectronics maintenance technician role treats as required.
What skills does an electrical engineer need to become a microelectronics maintenance technician?
12 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with machinery and specialised equipment. The single most important is conduct inter-shift communication.
How hard is the move from electrical engineer to microelectronics maintenance technician?
Its learning distance is 56.6 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.