Medical device engineer to microsystem engineer
A medical device engineer already meets 68% of what the microsystem engineer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
48.7/ 100
1 How much of what a microsystem engineer is expected to do is already part of a medical device 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 microsystem engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A microsystem engineer role treats 27 of its required skills as things a medical device engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adjust engineering designs
- approve engineering design
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
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 70 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A microsystem engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a medical device engineer background worth leading with.
- already held biomedical engineering health and welfare
- already held firmware information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held prepare assembly drawings communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held conduct literature research information skills
- already held maintain safe engineering watches assisting and caring
- already held coordinate engineering teams management skills
All 70 carried skills, including the 27 the microsystem engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 34 missing skills fall into 11 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 microelectromechanical systems required
- still to learn electricity required
- still to learn electricity principles required
- optional, not held MOEM optional
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held microelectronics optional
- optional, not held micromechanics optional
- optional, not held microsensors optional
- optional, not held nanotechnology optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- optional, not held precision measuring instruments optional
- optional, not held precision mechanics optional
- optional, not held programmable logic controller optional
- optional, not held semiconductors optional
- optional, not held sensors optional
- still to learn environmental threats required
- still to learn microassembly required
- optional, not held microoptics optional
- still to learn analyse test data required
- optional, not held assess integrated domotics systems optional
- optional, not held interpret circuit diagrams optional
- still to learn design microelectromechanical systems required
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- still to learn test microelectromechanical systems required
- optional, not held apply soldering techniques optional
- still to learn microsystem test procedures required
- optional, not held automatic control system optional
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a microsystem engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 abide by regulations on banned materials practise this
- 02 develop microelectromechanical system test procedures practise this
- 03 environmental threats study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 70 skills that carry over
- already held adjust engineering designs skill
- already held approve engineering design skill
- already held conduct literature research skill
- already held conduct quality control analysis skill
- already held demonstrate disciplinary expertise skill
- already held design drawings knowledge
- already held design prototypes skill
- already held electrical engineering knowledge
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held interact professionally in research and professional environments skill
- already held manage personal professional development skill
- already held manage research data skill
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held operate open source software skill
- already held operate scientific measuring equipment skill
- already held perform data analysis skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held physics knowledge
- already held prepare production prototypes skill
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held record test data skill
- already held report analysis results skill
- already held synthesise information skill
- already held think abstractly skill
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held CAE software knowledge
- already held apply blended learning skill
- already held apply for research funding skill
- already held apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities skill
- already held apply technical communication skills skill
- already held biomedical engineering knowledge
- already held communicate with a non-scientific audience skill
- already held communicate with customers skill
- already held conduct research across disciplines skill
- already held control engineering knowledge
- already held coordinate engineering teams skill
- already held create technical plans skill
- already held define manufacturing quality criteria skill
- already held develop product design skill
- already held develop professional network with researchers and scientists skill
- already held disseminate results to the scientific community skill
- already held draft bill of materials skill
- already held draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation skill
- already held evaluate research activities skill
- already held firmware knowledge
- already held increase the impact of science on policy and society skill
- already held integrate gender dimension in research skill
- already held maintain safe engineering watches skill
- already held manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data skill
- already held manage intellectual property rights skill
- already held manage open publications skill
- already held mentor individuals skill
- already held operate precision machinery skill
- already held perform resource planning skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held prepare assembly drawings skill
- already held program firmware skill
- already held promote open innovation in research skill
- already held promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities skill
- already held promote the transfer of knowledge skill
- already held publish academic research skill
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held speak different languages skill
- already held teach in academic or vocational contexts skill
- already held train employees skill
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use precision tools skill
- already held write scientific publications skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn develop microelectromechanical system test procedures required
- optional, not held process customer orders optional
- still to learn abide by regulations on banned materials required
- still to learn environmental legislation required
- optional, not held assemble microelectromechanical systems optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held MOEM optional
- optional, not held assemble microelectromechanical systems optional
- optional, not held assess integrated domotics systems optional
- optional, not held interpret circuit diagrams optional
- optional, not held microoptics optional
- optional, not held apply soldering techniques optional
- optional, not held automatic control system optional
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held build business relationships optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held microelectronics optional
- optional, not held micromechanics optional
- optional, not held microsensors optional
- optional, not held nanotechnology optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- optional, not held precision measuring instruments optional
- optional, not held precision mechanics optional
- optional, not held process customer orders optional
- optional, not held programmable logic controller optional
- optional, not held semiconductors optional
- optional, not held sensors optional
- optional, not held use CAM software optional
31 held skills the microsystem engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analytical methods in biomedical sciences knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical science knowledge
- not needed by the target role biomedical techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role biotechnology knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct training on biomedical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role design firmware skill
- not needed by the target role design medical devices skill
- not needed by the target role develop medical device test procedures skill
- not needed by the target role diagnostic radiology knowledge
- not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role health informatics knowledge
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role manipulate medical devices materials skill
- not needed by the target role manufacture medical devices skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechatronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical device regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical device test procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical devices knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical devices materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role medical imaging technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role model medical devices skill
- not needed by the target role perform test run skill
- not needed by the target role radiation physics in healthcare knowledge
- not needed by the target role radiation protection knowledge
- not needed by the target role repair medical devices skill
- not needed by the target role solder electronics skill
- not needed by the target role technical drawings knowledge
- not needed by the target role test medical devices skill
- not needed by the target role wear cleanroom suit skill
22 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 environmental threats required
- still to learn microelectromechanical systems required
- still to learn microsystem test procedures required
- still to learn electricity required
- still to learn electricity principles required
- still to learn environmental legislation required
- still to learn microassembly required
- optional, not held MOEM optional
- optional, not held microoptics optional
- optional, not held automatic control system optional
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held microelectronics optional
- optional, not held micromechanics optional
- optional, not held microsensors optional
- optional, not held nanotechnology optional
- optional, not held optoelectronics optional
- optional, not held precision measuring instruments optional
- optional, not held precision mechanics optional
- optional, not held programmable logic controller optional
- optional, not held semiconductors optional
- optional, not held sensors optional
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Common questions about this move
Can a medical device engineer become a microsystem engineer?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A medical device engineer already covers 68% of what a microsystem engineer is expected to do: 70 skills carry over, 27 of which the microsystem engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a medical device engineer need to become a microsystem engineer?
12 required skills are missing, plus 22 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is abide by regulations on banned materials.
How hard is the move from medical device engineer to microsystem engineer?
Its learning distance is 48.7 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.