robotics engineertoequipment engineer
A robotics engineer already meets 58% of what the equipment engineer role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
58%
43.1/ 100
1 Share of the equipment engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the robotics 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 equipment engineer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a robotics engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess financial viability
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute feasibility study
- manufacturing processes
- perform scientific research
What stands in the way is 7 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 23 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A equipment engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a robotics engineer background worth leading with.
- already held human-robot collaboration engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held apply advanced manufacturing management skills
- already held robotic components engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held computer engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held control production management skills
- already held product data management business, administration and law
All 23 carried skills, including the 8 the equipment engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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 interpret technical requirements required
- required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- required, not held define technical requirements required
- required, not held manage engineering project required
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held manage product testing optional
- required, not held project management required
- required, not held production processes required
- required, not held mathematics required
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a equipment engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 interpret technical requirements skill · sector specific
- 02 project management knowledge · sector specific
- 03 define technical requirements 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 23 skills that carry over
- already held assess financial viability skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held execute feasibility study skill
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held analyse test data skill
- already held apply advanced manufacturing skill
- already held computer engineering knowledge
- already held control production skill
- already held design principles knowledge
- already held design prototypes skill
- already held electrical engineering knowledge
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held human-robot collaboration knowledge
- already held mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held product data management knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held robotic components knowledge
- already held robotics knowledge
- already held use CAD software skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held manage product testing optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
30 held skills the equipment engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role advise on machinery malfunctions skill
- not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
- not needed by the target role assemble mechatronic units skill
- not needed by the target role assemble robots skill
- not needed by the target role automatic control system knowledge
- not needed by the target role calibrate mechatronic instruments skill
- not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
- not needed by the target role create software design skill
- not needed by the target role create technical plans skill
- not needed by the target role debug software skill
- not needed by the target role design automation components skill
- not needed by the target role develop computer vision system skill
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role follow standards for machinery safety skill
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial research and development knowledge
- not needed by the target role keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes skill
- not needed by the target role maintain robotic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechatronics knowledge
- not needed by the target role microprocessors knowledge
- not needed by the target role model based system engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform test run skill
- not needed by the target role prepare production prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role safety engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role simulate mechatronic design concepts skill
- not needed by the target role state estimation knowledge
- not needed by the target role test mechatronic units skill
- not needed by the target role use CAM software skill
3 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 project management required
- required, not held mathematics required
- required, not held production processes required
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.