Table 1Transition record

integration engineertoembedded system designer

A integration engineer already meets 51% of what the embedded system designer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From integration engineer

51%

Overlap1

To embedded system designer

49 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

59.7 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

51%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59.7/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the embedded system designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the integration engineer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A embedded system designer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a integration engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT communications protocols
embedded systems
systems development life-cycle
tools for software configuration management

What stands in the way is 13 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 49 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A embedded system designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a integration engineer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held ICT system integration information and communication technologies (icts)
already held embedded systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held tools for ICT test automation information and communication technologies (icts)
already held Ansible information and communication technologies (icts)
already held software components libraries information and communication technologies (icts)
already held tools for software configuration management information and communication technologies (icts)

All 49 carried skills, including the 4 the embedded system designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information and communication technologies (icts) 4 required, 9 supplementary

required, not held real-time computing required
required, not held system design required
required, not held digital systems required
required, not held task algorithmisation required

optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
optional, not held Erlang optional
optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
optional, not held ICT security standards optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
optional, not held TypeScript optional
optional, not held VBScript optional
optional, not held network management system tools optional

02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held create software design required
required, not held provide ICT consulting advice required
required, not held create flowchart diagram required
required, not held develop creative ideas required

optional, not held build business relationships optional

03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held engineering control theory required
required, not held signal processing required

optional, not held field-programmable gate arrays optional
optional, not held battery management systems optional
optional, not held hardware architectures optional
optional, not held state estimation optional

04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held interpret electronic design specifications required

optional, not held verify formal ICT specifications optional
optional, not held collect customer feedback on applications optional

05 management skills 1 required

required, not held define technical requirements required

06 working with computers 1 required

required, not held analyse software specifications required

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a embedded system designer 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 49 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT communications protocols knowledge
already held embedded systems knowledge
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Ansible knowledge
already held Apache Maven knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held ICT system integration knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held STAF knowledge
already held Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held computer programming knowledge
already held engineering processes knowledge
already held hardware components knowledge
already held software components libraries knowledge
already held tools for ICT test automation knowledge
already held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill

16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held field-programmable gate arrays optional
optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
optional, not held Erlang optional
optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
optional, not held ICT security standards optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
optional, not held TypeScript optional
optional, not held VBScript optional
optional, not held battery management systems optional
optional, not held hardware architectures optional
optional, not held network management system tools optional
optional, not held verify formal ICT specifications optional
optional, not held build business relationships optional
optional, not held collect customer feedback on applications optional
optional, not held state estimation optional

38 held skills the embedded system designer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
not needed by the target role Cisco knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT debugging tools knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT network routing knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT project management methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT recovery techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system programming knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
not needed by the target role Process-based management knowledge
not needed by the target role Vagrant knowledge
not needed by the target role adapt to changing situations skill
not needed by the target role analyse network bandwidth requirements skill
not needed by the target role apply ICT system usage policies skill
not needed by the target role apply company policies skill
not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
not needed by the target role define integration strategy skill
not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
not needed by the target role deploy ICT systems skill
not needed by the target role design component interfaces skill
not needed by the target role design computer network skill
not needed by the target role hardware components suppliers knowledge
not needed by the target role implement a firewall skill
not needed by the target role implement anti-virus software skill
not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
not needed by the target role integrate system components skill
not needed by the target role inter-organisational middleware system knowledge
not needed by the target role interfacing techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
not needed by the target role model based system engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role perform project management skill
not needed by the target role procurement of ICT network equipment knowledge
not needed by the target role software components suppliers knowledge
not needed by the target role solution deployment knowledge
not needed by the target role use an application-specific interface skill
not needed by the target role use back-up and recovery tools skill
not needed by the target role use scripting programming skill

19 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 acquire Tier

required, not held real-time computing required
required, not held engineering control theory required
required, not held signal processing required
required, not held system design required
required, not held digital systems required
required, not held task algorithmisation required
optional, not held field-programmable gate arrays optional
optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
optional, not held Erlang optional
optional, not held ICT network simulation optional
optional, not held ICT security standards optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
optional, not held TypeScript optional
optional, not held VBScript optional
optional, not held battery management systems optional
optional, not held hardware architectures optional
optional, not held network management system tools optional
optional, not held state estimation optional

Index

Other moves recorded from integration engineer

Full index of moves from integration engineer

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.