Microelectronics materials engineer to microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer
A microelectronics materials engineer already meets 47% of what the microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer role asks for. The move turns on 31 required skills not yet in the profile.
68/ 100
1 How much of what a microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer is expected to do is already part of a microelectronics materials 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 smart manufacturing engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer role treats 30 of its required skills as things a microelectronics materials engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- abide by regulations on banned materials
- analyse big data
- apply soldering techniques
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- artificial neural networks
- characteristics of waste
What stands in the way is 31 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 39 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a microelectronics materials engineer background worth leading with.
- already held dispose of soldering waste handling and moving
- already held artificial neural networks information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held characteristics of waste services
- already held nanotechnology engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held machine learning information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held microassembly natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 39 carried skills, including the 30 the microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 49 missing skills fall into 12 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 manage data collection systems required
- still to learn analyse production processes for improvement required
- still to learn draft bill of materials required
- still to learn execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- still to learn inspect quality of products required
- still to learn interpret current data required
- still to learn monitor plant production required
- still to learn perform resource planning required
- still to learn perform risk analysis required
- optional, not held check quality of products on the production line optional
- optional, not held investigate security issues optional
- optional, not held check quality of raw materials optional
- still to learn electronic equipment standards required
- still to learn engineering principles required
- still to learn industrial engineering required
- still to learn production processes required
- still to learn technical drawings required
- optional, not held integrated circuit types optional
- optional, not held microelectromechanical systems optional
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held control engineering optional
- optional, not held non-destructive testing optional
- optional, not held reverse engineering optional
- still to learn assess the life cycle of resources required
- still to learn develop assembly instructions required
- still to learn liaise with engineers required
- still to learn prepare assembly drawings required
- optional, not held communicate test results to other departments optional
- optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
- still to learn manage discarded products required
- still to learn apply advanced manufacturing required
- still to learn set quality assurance objectives required
- optional, not held coordinate engineering teams optional
- optional, not held provide improvement strategies optional
- still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
- still to learn quality assurance procedures required
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- still to learn establish data processes required
- still to learn program firmware required
- optional, not held manage system security optional
6 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assemble printed circuit boards practise this
- 02 assess the life cycle of resources practise this
- 03 cyber security 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 39 skills that carry over
- already held abide by regulations on banned materials skill
- already held analyse big data skill
- already held apply soldering techniques skill
- already held apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- already held artificial neural networks knowledge
- already held characteristics of waste knowledge
- already held data mining knowledge
- already held data models knowledge
- already held define manufacturing quality criteria skill
- already held develop hazardous waste management strategies skill
- already held dispose of soldering waste skill
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held environmental threats knowledge
- already held hazardous waste treatment knowledge
- already held hazardous waste types knowledge
- already held integrate new products in manufacturing skill
- already held machine learning knowledge
- already held manage data skill
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held mathematics knowledge
- already held microassembly knowledge
- already held microelectronics knowledge
- already held perform data mining skill
- already held physics knowledge
- already held principles of artificial intelligence knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held read engineering drawings skill
- already held report analysis results skill
- already held use specific data analysis software skill
- already held emergent technologies knowledge
- already held mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held nanotechnology knowledge
- already held operate scientific measuring equipment skill
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held precision measuring instruments knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
- already held use CAM software skill
- already held use precision tools skill
The 6 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn nanoelectronics required
- still to learn statistics required
- still to learn ensure health and safety in manufacturing required
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- still to learn solder electronics required
- still to learn assemble printed circuit boards required
- still to learn cyber security required
- optional, not held operate precision machinery optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held check quality of products on the production line optional
- optional, not held integrated circuit types optional
- optional, not held investigate security issues optional
- optional, not held manage system security optional
- optional, not held microelectromechanical systems optional
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held check quality of raw materials optional
- optional, not held communicate test results to other departments optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held control engineering optional
- optional, not held coordinate engineering teams optional
- optional, not held non-destructive testing optional
- optional, not held operate precision machinery optional
- optional, not held oversee quality control optional
- optional, not held provide improvement strategies optional
- optional, not held recommend product improvements optional
- optional, not held reverse engineering optional
40 held skills the microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role advise on pollution prevention skill
- not needed by the target role advise on waste management procedures skill
- not needed by the target role analyse test data skill
- not needed by the target role basic chemicals knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemistry knowledge
- not needed by the target role composite materials knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct literature research skill
- not needed by the target role create technical plans skill
- not needed by the target role design prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role develop material testing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role develop microelectromechanical system test procedures skill
- not needed by the target role electrical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect semiconductor components skill
- not needed by the target role join metals skill
- not needed by the target role laboratory techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role material mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role materials engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role micromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role microoptics knowledge
- not needed by the target role microsensors knowledge
- not needed by the target role microsystem test procedures knowledge
- not needed by the target role nanomaterials knowledge
- not needed by the target role optoelectronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform chemical experiments skill
- not needed by the target role perform data analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform laboratory tests skill
- not needed by the target role precision mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role record test data skill
- not needed by the target role semiconductors knowledge
- not needed by the target role sensors knowledge
- not needed by the target role test materials skill
- not needed by the target role test microelectromechanical systems skill
- not needed by the target role types of metal knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of plastic knowledge
- not needed by the target role use technical drawing software skill
- not needed by the target role work with chemicals skill
18 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 cyber security required
- still to learn electronic equipment standards required
- still to learn engineering principles required
- still to learn industrial engineering required
- still to learn nanoelectronics required
- still to learn production processes required
- still to learn quality assurance methodologies required
- still to learn quality assurance procedures required
- still to learn statistics required
- still to learn technical drawings required
- optional, not held integrated circuit types optional
- optional, not held microelectromechanical systems optional
- optional, not held audit techniques optional
- optional, not held automation technology optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held control engineering optional
- optional, not held non-destructive testing optional
- optional, not held reverse engineering optional
Other moves recorded from microelectronics materials engineer
- materials engineer 49% covered · substantial
- microsystem engineer 48% covered · substantial
- microelectronics designer 48% covered · substantial
- surface engineer 44% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from microelectronics materials engineer
Common questions about this move
Can a microelectronics materials engineer become a microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A microelectronics materials engineer already covers 47% of what a microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer is expected to do: 39 skills carry over, 30 of which the microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a microelectronics materials engineer need to become a microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer?
31 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 12 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is assemble printed circuit boards.
How hard is the move from microelectronics materials engineer to microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer?
Its learning distance is 68 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.