Smart home engineer to equipment engineer
A smart home engineer already meets 18% of what the equipment engineer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.7/ 100
1 How much of what an equipment engineer is expected to do is already part of a smart home 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 equipment engineer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An equipment engineer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a smart home engineer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- perform scientific research
- project management
- technical 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An equipment engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a smart home engineer background worth leading with.
- already held computer engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held electrical engineering engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held project management business, administration and law
- already held technical drawings engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held electronics engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held perform scientific research information skills
All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the equipment engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 10 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 engineering processes required
- still to learn engineering principles required
- still to learn manufacturing processes required
- still to learn production processes required
- optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held robotic components optional
- optional, not held robotics optional
- still to learn interpret technical requirements required
- still to learn assess financial viability required
- still to learn execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- still to learn execute feasibility study required
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- still to learn define technical requirements required
- still to learn manage engineering project required
- optional, not held apply advanced manufacturing optional
- optional, not held control production optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held manage product testing optional
- still to learn use technical drawing software required
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- still to learn mathematics required
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an equipment engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 engineering processes study this
- 02 interpret technical requirements practise this
- 03 assess financial viability practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 6 skills that carry over
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held project management knowledge
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held computer engineering knowledge
- already held electrical engineering knowledge
- already held electronics knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held design prototypes optional
- optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held analyse production processes for improvement optional
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held apply advanced manufacturing optional
- optional, not held control production optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held design prototypes 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 product data management optional
- optional, not held record test data optional
- optional, not held robotic components optional
- optional, not held robotics optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
38 held skills the equipment engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role C# knowledge
- not needed by the target role C++ knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
- not needed by the target role Internet of Things knowledge
- not needed by the target role Python (computer programming) knowledge
- not needed by the target role SketchBook Pro knowledge
- not needed by the target role alarm systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role artificial lighting systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess integrated domotics systems skill
- not needed by the target role building automation knowledge
- not needed by the target role building information modelling knowledge
- not needed by the target role building systems monitoring technology knowledge
- not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role computer science knowledge
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role create CAD drawings skill
- not needed by the target role design a domotic system in buildings skill
- not needed by the target role design application interfaces skill
- not needed by the target role design electrical systems skill
- not needed by the target role design electronic systems skill
- not needed by the target role develop energy saving concepts skill
- not needed by the target role develop software prototype skill
- not needed by the target role domotic systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role electricity consumption knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role instruct on energy saving technologies skill
- not needed by the target role perform ICT troubleshooting skill
- not needed by the target role programmable logic controller knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide ICT system training skill
- not needed by the target role provide advice to hatcheries skill
- not needed by the target role select sustainable technologies in design skill
- not needed by the target role sensors knowledge
- not needed by the target role smart grids systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role support ICT system users skill
- not needed by the target role types of alarm systems knowledge
11 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 engineering processes required
- still to learn engineering principles required
- still to learn manufacturing processes required
- still to learn mathematics required
- still to learn production processes required
- optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
- optional, not held mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held design principles optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held robotic components optional
- optional, not held robotics optional
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Common questions about this move
Can a smart home engineer become an equipment engineer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A smart home engineer already covers 18% of what an equipment engineer is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 3 of which the equipment engineer role treats as required.
What skills does a smart home engineer need to become an equipment engineer?
12 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by engineering, manufacturing and construction. The single most important is engineering processes.
How hard is the move from smart home engineer to equipment engineer?
Its learning distance is 76.7 out of 100, which is the career change 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.