electromagnetic-engineer/references/skills.md

Competences — electromagnetic engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/2026adb2-62d7-4b92-9ccb-105abdebe37d).

Essential

• abide by regulations on banned materials (skill/competence)
• adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
• analyse test data (skill/competence)
• approve engineering design (skill/competence)
• battery design (knowledge)
• battery management systems (knowledge)
• conduct literature research (skill/competence)
• conduct quality control analysis (skill/competence)
• consumer protection (knowledge)
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise (skill/competence)
• design drawings (knowledge)
• design electromagnets (skill/competence)
• design prototypes (skill/competence)
• develop test procedures (skill/competence)
• electrical engineering (knowledge)
• electrical equipment regulations (knowledge)
• electricity (knowledge)
• electricity principles (knowledge)
• electromagnetic spectrum (knowledge)
• electromagnetism (knowledge)
• electromagnets (knowledge)
• engineering principles (knowledge)
• ensure material compliance (skill/competence)
• environmental legislation (knowledge)
• environmental threats (knowledge)
• interact professionally in research and professional environments (skill/competence)
• manage personal professional development (skill/competence)
• manage research data (skill/competence)
• mathematics (knowledge)
• microwave principles (knowledge)
• model electromagnetic products (skill/competence)
• operate open source software (skill/competence)
• operate scientific measuring equipment (skill/competence)
• perform data analysis (skill/competence)
• perform scientific research (skill/competence)
• physics (knowledge)
• prepare production prototypes (skill/competence)
• process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006 (skill/competence)
• read engineering drawings (skill/competence)
• record test data (skill/competence)
• report analysis results (skill/competence)
• synthesise information (skill/competence)
• think abstractly (skill/competence)
• use technical drawing software (skill/competence)

Optional

• acoustics (knowledge)
• apply blended learning (skill/competence)
• apply for research funding (skill/competence)
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities (skill/competence)
• apply soldering techniques (skill/competence)
• apply technical communication skills (skill/competence)
• biomedical engineering (knowledge)
• build business relationships (skill/competence)
• CAE software (knowledge)
• communicate with a non-scientific audience (skill/competence)
• communicate with customers (skill/competence)
• conduct research across disciplines (skill/competence)
• coordinate engineering teams (skill/competence)
• create technical plans (skill/competence)
• define manufacturing quality criteria (skill/competence)
• develop product design (skill/competence)
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists (skill/competence)
• disseminate results to the scientific community (skill/competence)
• draft bill of materials (skill/competence)
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation (skill/competence)
• evaluate research activities (skill/competence)
• increase the impact of science on policy and society (skill/competence)
• integrate gender dimension in research (skill/competence)
• maintain safe engineering watches (skill/competence)
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data (skill/competence)
• manage intellectual property rights (skill/competence)
• manage open publications (skill/competence)
• mentor individuals (skill/competence)
• perform project management (skill/competence)
• perform resource planning (skill/competence)
• perform test run (skill/competence)
• prepare assembly drawings (skill/competence)
• promote open innovation in research (skill/competence)
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities (skill/competence)
• promote the transfer of knowledge (skill/competence)
• publish academic research (skill/competence)
• radars (knowledge)
• safety engineering (knowledge)
• speak different languages (skill/competence)
• teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
• train employees (skill/competence)
• transmission technology (knowledge)
• use CAD software (skill/competence)
• use precision tools (skill/competence)
• write scientific publications (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 2 ads, as of 2026-07-11)

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

Hard skills

• antenna design — 100 %
• algorithm development — 50 %
• computational electromagnetics — 50 %
• data analysis — 50 %
• electromagnetic modeling — 50 %
• electromagnetics — 50 %
• link budget analysis — 50 %
• performance modeling — 50 %
• proposal development — 50 %
• radiation analysis — 50 %
• rf design — 50 %
• scattering theory — 50 %
• signal processing — 50 %
• signal propagation — 50 %
• technical writing — 50 %

Methods

• wideband imaging algorithms — 50 %
• software-defined radio systems — 50 %
• rf chain analysis — 50 %
• parametric simulation — 50 %
• anechoic chamber measurements — 50 %

Responsibilities

• code development — 50 %
• collaboration — 50 %
• data collection — 50 %
• mentoring — 50 %
• experimentation — 50 %
• patent submission — 50 %
• report authoring — 50 %
• customer interface — 50 %
• risk assessment — 50 %
• solution innovation — 50 %
• work shaping — 50 %
• technology evaluation — 50 %
• team leadership — 50 %
• technical consultation — 50 %
• technical guidance provision — 50 %
• technical problem solving — 50 %
• technical study conduction — 50 %