microelectronics smart manufacturing engineertoquality engineer
A microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer already meets 43% of what the quality engineer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
43%
55.9/ 100
1 Share of the quality engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the microelectronics smart manufacturing 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 this move works
A quality engineer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- inspect quality of products
- perform risk analysis
- quality assurance methodologies
- quality assurance procedures
- quality standards
- recommend product improvements
What stands in the way is 9 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A quality engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer background worth leading with.
- already held non-destructive testing engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held communicate test results to other departments communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held set quality assurance objectives management skills
- already held recommend product improvements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held audit techniques business, administration and law
- already held industrial engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 16 carried skills, including the 7 the quality engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 9 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.
- required, not held analyse test data required
- required, not held record test data required
- required, not held report test findings required
- required, not held undertake inspections required
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held perform pre-assembly quality checks optional
- required, not held identify process improvements required
- required, not held define quality standards required
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- required, not held support implementation of quality management systems required
- required, not held write inspection reports required
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held test procedures required
- optional, not held materials engineering optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements optional
- optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a quality engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 identify process improvements skill · sector specific
- 02 analyse test data skill · cross sector
- 03 define quality standards skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held inspect quality of products skill
- already held perform risk analysis skill
- already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- already held quality assurance procedures knowledge
- already held quality standards knowledge
- already held recommend product improvements skill
- already held set quality assurance objectives skill
- already held audit techniques knowledge
- already held check quality of products on the production line skill
- already held check quality of raw materials skill
- already held communicate test results to other departments skill
- already held define manufacturing quality criteria skill
- already held industrial engineering knowledge
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held non-destructive testing knowledge
- already held oversee quality control skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with legal requirements optional
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
- optional, not held maintain test equipment optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held materials engineering optional
- optional, not held perform pre-assembly quality checks optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
72 held skills the quality engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role abide by regulations on banned materials skill
- not needed by the target role analyse big data skill
- not needed by the target role analyse production processes for improvement skill
- not needed by the target role apply advanced manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role apply soldering techniques skill
- not needed by the target role apply statistical analysis techniques skill
- not needed by the target role artificial neural networks knowledge
- not needed by the target role assemble printed circuit boards skill
- not needed by the target role assess the life cycle of resources skill
- not needed by the target role automation technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of waste knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role control engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate engineering teams skill
- not needed by the target role cyber security knowledge
- not needed by the target role data mining knowledge
- not needed by the target role data models knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop assembly instructions skill
- not needed by the target role develop hazardous waste management strategies skill
- not needed by the target role dispose of soldering waste skill
- not needed by the target role draft bill of materials skill
- not needed by the target role electronic equipment standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role emergent technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role engineering principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety in manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental threats knowledge
- not needed by the target role establish data processes skill
- not needed by the target role execute analytical mathematical calculations skill
- not needed by the target role hazardous waste treatment knowledge
- not needed by the target role hazardous waste types knowledge
- not needed by the target role integrate new products in manufacturing skill
- not needed by the target role integrated circuit types knowledge
- not needed by the target role interpret current data skill
- not needed by the target role investigate security issues skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with engineers skill
- not needed by the target role machine learning knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage data skill
- not needed by the target role manage data collection systems skill
32 further entries not listed here
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held test procedures required
- optional, not held communication optional
- optional, not held lean manufacturing optional
- optional, not held materials engineering optional
Other moves recorded from microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer
- microelectronics materials engineer 55% covered · substantial
- manufacturing engineer 44% covered · substantial
- surface engineer 42% covered · substantial
- microelectronics designer 41% covered · substantial
Full index of moves from microelectronics smart manufacturing engineer
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.