# Competences — electrical engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/86ca306c-ab99-420a-9e2a-aa73c5c4de22).

## Essential

- **abide by regulations on banned materials** (skill/competence)
- **adjust engineering designs** (skill/competence)
- **approve engineering design** (skill/competence)
- **artificial lighting systems** (knowledge)
- **assemble electromechanical systems** (skill/competence)
- **automation technology** (knowledge)
- **automotive engineering** (skill/competence)
- **battery management systems** (knowledge)
- **computer technology** (knowledge)
- **define technical requirements** (skill/competence)
- **design circuit boards** (skill/competence)
- **design drawings** (knowledge)
- **design electric power systems** (skill/competence)
- **design electrical systems** (skill/competence)
- **design electromechanical systems** (skill/competence)
- **design smart grids** (skill/competence)
- **electric drives** (knowledge)
- **electric generators** (knowledge)
- **electric motors** (knowledge)
- **electrical engineering** (knowledge)
- **electrical equipment components** (knowledge)
- **electrical equipment regulations** (knowledge)
- **electrical instrumentation engineering** (knowledge)
- **electrical testing methods** (knowledge)
- **electrical wiring diagrams** (knowledge)
- **electricity** (knowledge)
- **electricity principles** (knowledge)
- **electromechanics** (knowledge)
- **engineering principles** (knowledge)
- **ensure safety in electrical power operations** (skill/competence)
- **integrated design** (knowledge)
- **interpret circuit diagrams** (skill/competence)
- **maintain electrical engines** (skill/competence)
- **model electromagnetic products** (skill/competence)
- **perform energy simulations** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **perform smart grid feasibility study** (skill/competence)
- **power engineering** (knowledge)
- **robotics** (knowledge)
- **smart grids systems** (knowledge)
- **sustainable technologies** (knowledge)
- **use technical drawing software** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- align software with system architectures (skill/competence)
- analyse production processes for improvement (skill/competence)
- analyse test data (skill/competence)
- assemble hardware components (skill/competence)
- Assembly (computer programming) (knowledge)
- assess financial viability (skill/competence)
- battery design (knowledge)
- biotechnology (knowledge)
- CAM software (knowledge)
- combined heat and power generation (knowledge)
- create electrical wiring diagram (skill/competence)
- design a mini wind power system (skill/competence)
- design an electric heating system (skill/competence)
- design electromagnets (skill/competence)
- design prototypes (skill/competence)
- design sensors (skill/competence)
- design user interface (skill/competence)
- domestic cooling systems (knowledge)
- electric heating systems (knowledge)
- electrical machines (knowledge)
- electrical wiring plans (knowledge)
- electromagnetic spectrum (knowledge)
- electromagnetism (knowledge)
- electromagnets (knowledge)
- electronics (knowledge)
- engineering control theory (knowledge)
- ensure equipment availability (skill/competence)
- environmental legislation (knowledge)
- hardware components (knowledge)
- hardware materials (knowledge)
- hybrid control systems (knowledge)
- install operating system (skill/competence)
- instruct on energy saving technologies (skill/competence)
- instrumentation equipment (knowledge)
- integrated circuits (knowledge)
- manage system testing (skill/competence)
- mathematics (knowledge)
- mechanics (knowledge)
- microelectronics (knowledge)
- microsensors (knowledge)
- mini wind power generation (knowledge)
- model electromechanical systems (skill/competence)
- model hardware (skill/competence)
- monitor machine operations (skill/competence)
- nanotechnology (knowledge)
- Objective-C (knowledge)
- operate precision machinery (skill/competence)
- optoelectronics (knowledge)
- perform a feasibility study on combined heat and power (skill/competence)
- perform data analysis (skill/competence)
- PHP (knowledge)
- physics (knowledge)
- precision mechanics (knowledge)
- prepare production prototypes (skill/competence)
- process customer orders (skill/competence)
- product data management (knowledge)
- program firmware (skill/competence)
- R (knowledge)
- select sustainable technologies in design (skill/competence)
- test electromechanical systems (skill/competence)
- test microelectronics (skill/competence)
- test sensors (skill/competence)
- use CAE software (skill/competence)
- use precision tools (skill/competence)
- VBScript (knowledge)
- Visual Basic (knowledge)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 51 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

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

### Hard skills

- electrical system design — **24 %**
- power distribution — **20 %**

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