131 lines
8.3 KiB
Markdown
131 lines
8.3 KiB
Markdown
# Tools & technology — computer hardware test technician
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Source: O*NET 30.3, occupation 17-2061.00 (Computer Hardware Engineers) — manual nearest-occupation mapping via ISCO group 3114; the official ESCO crosswalk has no entry for this ESCO occupation.
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| Software | Category | Hot technology |
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| Apache Subversion SVN | File versioning software | yes |
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| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
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| C | Development environment software | yes |
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| C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
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| Git | File versioning software | yes |
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| Linux | Operating system software | yes |
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| Microsoft Access | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
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| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
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| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
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| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
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| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes |
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| Microsoft Visual Basic | Development environment software | yes |
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| Oracle Java | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
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| Perl | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
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| Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
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| SAS | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
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| Shell script | Operating system software | yes |
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| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
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| The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
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| UNIX | Operating system software | yes |
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| Application-specific integrated circuit ASIC logic synthesis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| ASSET JTAG ScanWorks | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Automatic test program generation ATPG | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Block diagram software | Pattern design software | |
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| Boundary scan description language BSDL | Development environment software | |
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| Boundary scan insertion software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Built-in self-test BIST debugging software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Cadence Allegro PCB Designer | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Cadence Concept | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Cadence Dracula | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Cadence Encounter RTL Compiler | Compiler and decompiler software | |
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| Cadence Opus | Development environment software | |
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| Cadence OrCAD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Cadence PSpice | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Cadence Schematic Composer | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Cadence Virtuoso Layout Suite | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Cadence Virtuoso Spectre Circuit Simulator | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Cisco IOS | Operating system software | |
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| Complementary-symmetry/metal-oxide semiconductor CMOS layout software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Computer diagnostic software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Computer simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Dassault Systemes CATIA | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Data acquisition systems | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Database software | Data base user interface and query software | |
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| Design-for-testability DFT insertion software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Discrete Fourier transform DFT analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Eko | Desktop communications software | |
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| Electronic design automation EDA software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Failure analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Fast Fourier transform FFT analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Field programmable gate array FPGA design software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Field programmable gate array FPGA logic synthesis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Freescale CodeWarrior Tools | Development environment software | |
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| Hardware description and verification language | Development environment software | |
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| Hardware description language HDL | Development environment software | |
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| Integrated circuit simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Internet search engine software | Information retrieval or search software | |
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| Logic synthesis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| LogicVision icBIST | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Magellan Firmware | Operating system software | |
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| MAGIC software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Magma Design Automation Blast Create | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Magma Design Automation Blast FPGA | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Mathsoft Mathcad | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| MathWorks Simulink | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| MathWorks Simulink DSP Blockset | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| MathWorks Simulink Fixed-Point Blockset | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Mentor Graphics BSDArchitect | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Mentor Graphics Calibre | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Mentor Graphics LeonardoSpectrum | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Mentor Graphics Precision RTL | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Mentor Graphics Xpedition xDX Designer | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Microarchitecture simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Microsoft Visual C# .NET | Object or component oriented development software | |
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| Monte Carlo simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| M-Sim | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| National Instruments LabVIEW | Development environment software | |
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| PARTHENON | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| PCI Express PCIe | Data base user interface and query software | |
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| Place-and-route software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| PTC Creo Parametric | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Register transfer language RTL | Development environment software | |
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| Schematic editors | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| SKILL FMEA software | Object or component oriented development software | |
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| SoftICE | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| State diagram software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Synopsys Design Compiler | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Synopsys Hercules | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Synopsys HSIM | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Synopsys HSPICE | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Synopsys TetraMax ATPG | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Synplicity Synplify | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| SystemVerilog | Development environment software | |
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| The Mathworks Control System Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| The Mathworks Data Acquisition Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| The Mathworks Embedded Coder | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| The MathWorks Real-Time Workshop | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| The MathWorks Signal Processing Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| The MathWorks Symbolic Math Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| The MathWorks Wavelet Toolbox | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Timing analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Tool command language Tcl | Development environment software | |
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| Verification software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Verilog | Development environment software | |
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| Very high speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
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| Very high-speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL | Development environment software | |
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| Web browser software | Internet browser software | |
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| Windows kernel debuggers | Program testing software | |
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| Xilinx ISE Foundation | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Xilinx ModelSim | Computer aided design CAD software | |
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| Xilinx Synthesis Technology XST | Analytical or scientific software | |
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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 11 ads, as of 2026-07-10)
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Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
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### Tools
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- Microsoft Excel — **18 %**
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