Table 1Transition record

system configuratortoembedded systems software developer

A system configurator already meets 55% of what the embedded systems software developer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From system configurator

55%

Overlap1

To embedded systems software developer

45 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

57.3 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

55%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

57.3/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the embedded systems software developer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the system configurator 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

Why this move works

A embedded systems software developer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a system configurator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT debugging tools
analyse software specifications
computer programming
create flowchart diagram
digital systems
embedded systems

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 45 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A embedded systems software developer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a system configurator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held develop automated migration methods management skills
already held use logic programming working with computers
already held embedded systems engineering, manufacturing and construction
already held create flowchart diagram communication, collaboration and creativity
already held collect customer feedback on applications information skills
already held analyse software specifications working with computers

All 45 carried skills, including the 7 the embedded systems software developer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 missing skills fall into 4 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 working with computers 5 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held develop ICT device driver required
required, not held debug software required
required, not held develop software prototype required
required, not held use software libraries required
required, not held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools required

optional, not held use automatic programming optional
optional, not held use concurrent programming optional
optional, not held use functional programming optional
optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional

02 information and communication technologies (icts) 3 required, 14 supplementary

required, not held Internet of Things required
required, not held integrated development environment software required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required

optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Xcode optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held trading software optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held use software design patterns required

optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
optional, not held design user interface optional
optional, not held develop creative ideas optional

04 business, administration and law 1 supplementary

optional, not held ICT security legislation optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a embedded systems software developer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 45 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT debugging tools knowledge
already held analyse software specifications skill
already held computer programming knowledge
already held create flowchart diagram skill
already held digital systems knowledge
already held embedded systems knowledge
already held interpret technical texts skill
already held ABAP knowledge
already held AJAX knowledge
already held APL knowledge
already held ASP.NET knowledge
already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
already held C# knowledge
already held C++ knowledge
already held COBOL knowledge
already held Common Lisp knowledge
already held Groovy knowledge
already held Haskell knowledge
already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
already held JavaScript knowledge
already held Lisp knowledge
already held MATLAB knowledge
already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
already held Objective-C knowledge
already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
already held PHP knowledge
already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
already held Perl knowledge
already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
already held R knowledge
already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
already held SAP R3 knowledge
already held SAS language knowledge
already held Scala knowledge
already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
already held TypeScript knowledge
already held VBScript knowledge
already held Visual Basic knowledge
already held collect customer feedback on applications skill
already held develop automated migration methods skill
already held integrate system components skill
already held use logic programming skill

22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Xcode optional
optional, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans optional
optional, not held design user interface optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held trading software optional
optional, not held use automatic programming optional
optional, not held use concurrent programming optional
optional, not held use functional programming optional
optional, not held use object-oriented programming optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held develop creative ideas optional

47 held skills the embedded systems software developer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
not needed by the target role CoffeeScript knowledge
not needed by the target role DB2 knowledge
not needed by the target role Erlang knowledge
not needed by the target role Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role IBM Informix knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT accessibility standards knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT architectural frameworks knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT performance analysis methods knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT power consumption knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system integration knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
not needed by the target role Microsoft Access knowledge
not needed by the target role MySQL knowledge
not needed by the target role ObjectStore knowledge
not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
not needed by the target role OpenEdge Database knowledge
not needed by the target role Oracle Relational Database knowledge
not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
not needed by the target role PostgreSQL knowledge
not needed by the target role SQL Server knowledge
not needed by the target role Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
not needed by the target role Teradata Database knowledge
not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role cognitive psychology knowledge
not needed by the target role configure ICT system skill
not needed by the target role core banking software knowledge
not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
not needed by the target role data storage knowledge
not needed by the target role database management systems knowledge
not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
not needed by the target role do cloud refactoring skill
not needed by the target role hardware architectures knowledge
not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
not needed by the target role implement a virtual private network skill
not needed by the target role information architecture knowledge
not needed by the target role interfacing techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill

7 further entries not listed here

18 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held Internet of Things required
required, not held integrated development environment software required
required, not held tools for software configuration management required
optional, not held Ansible optional
optional, not held Apache Maven optional
optional, not held Eclipse (integrated development environment software) optional
optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
optional, not held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held KDevelop optional
optional, not held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held SPARK optional
optional, not held STAF optional
optional, not held Salt (tools for software configuration management) optional
optional, not held Xcode optional
optional, not held object-oriented modelling optional
optional, not held software anomalies optional
optional, not held trading software optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional

Index

Other moves recorded from system configurator

Full index of moves from system configurator

Note

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.