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2.8 KiB

Competences — automotive engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8d410283-865d-4cbb-acae-ac7f69d9cf26).

Essential

  • adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
  • analyse production processes for improvement (skill/competence)
  • anticipate change in car technology (skill/competence)
  • approve engineering design (skill/competence)
  • assess financial viability (skill/competence)
  • automotive engineering (skill/competence)
  • control production (skill/competence)
  • engineering principles (knowledge)
  • engineering processes (knowledge)
  • execute feasibility study (skill/competence)
  • green automotive technologies (knowledge)
  • hybrid vehicle architecture (knowledge)
  • industrial engineering (knowledge)
  • information structure (knowledge)
  • manufacturing processes (knowledge)
  • perform market research (skill/competence)
  • perform scientific research (skill/competence)
  • production processes (knowledge)
  • quality standards (knowledge)
  • technical drawings (knowledge)
  • use technical drawing software (skill/competence)

Optional

  • advanced driver assistant systems (knowledge)
  • apply advanced manufacturing (skill/competence)
  • apply reverse engineering (skill/competence)
  • build a product's physical model (skill/competence)
  • CAE software (knowledge)
  • compare alternative vehicles (skill/competence)
  • conduct performance tests (skill/competence)
  • create a product's virtual model (skill/competence)
  • defense system (knowledge)
  • design electromechanical systems (skill/competence)
  • design principles (knowledge)
  • design prototypes (skill/competence)
  • develop test procedures (skill/competence)
  • disassemble equipment (skill/competence)
  • draft design specifications (skill/competence)
  • electrical testing methods (knowledge)
  • electromechanics (knowledge)
  • electronics (knowledge)
  • European vehicle type-approval legislation (knowledge)
  • guidance, navigation and control (knowledge)
  • manage product testing (skill/competence)
  • mechanical engineering (knowledge)
  • mechanics of motor vehicles (knowledge)
  • model based system engineering (knowledge)
  • precision mechanics (knowledge)
  • prepare production prototypes (skill/competence)
  • record test data (skill/competence)
  • reverse engineering (knowledge)
  • synthetic natural environment (knowledge)
  • use automotive diagnostic equipment (skill/competence)
  • use CAD software (skill/competence)
  • use CAM software (skill/competence)
  • vehicle type-approval (knowledge)
  • vehicle-to-everything technologies (knowledge)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 62 ads, as of 2026-07-09)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • data analysis — 24 %