6.9 KiB
6.9 KiB
Competences — microsystem engineer
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7f0fe7d3-54c6-41e9-88ba-9d4f0f1a46b4).
Essential
- abide by regulations on banned materials (skill/competence)
- adjust engineering designs (skill/competence)
- analyse test data (skill/competence)
- approve engineering design (skill/competence)
- conduct literature research (skill/competence)
- conduct quality control analysis (skill/competence)
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise (skill/competence)
- design drawings (knowledge)
- design microelectromechanical systems (skill/competence)
- design prototypes (skill/competence)
- develop microelectromechanical system test procedures (skill/competence)
- electrical engineering (knowledge)
- electricity (knowledge)
- electricity principles (knowledge)
- electronics (knowledge)
- engineering principles (knowledge)
- 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)
- mechanical engineering (knowledge)
- microassembly (knowledge)
- microelectromechanical systems (knowledge)
- microsystem test procedures (knowledge)
- operate open source software (skill/competence)
- operate scientific measuring equipment (skill/competence)
- perform data analysis (skill/competence)
- perform project management (skill/competence)
- physics (knowledge)
- prepare production prototypes (skill/competence)
- read engineering drawings (skill/competence)
- record test data (skill/competence)
- report analysis results (skill/competence)
- synthesise information (skill/competence)
- test microelectromechanical systems (skill/competence)
- think abstractly (skill/competence)
- use technical drawing software (skill/competence)
Optional
- 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)
- assemble microelectromechanical systems (skill/competence)
- assess integrated domotics systems (skill/competence)
- automatic control system (knowledge)
- automation technology (knowledge)
- biomedical engineering (knowledge)
- build business relationships (skill/competence)
- CAE software (knowledge)
- communicate with a non-scientific audience (skill/competence)
- communicate with customers (skill/competence)
- computer engineering (knowledge)
- conduct research across disciplines (skill/competence)
- control engineering (knowledge)
- 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)
- firmware (knowledge)
- increase the impact of science on policy and society (skill/competence)
- integrate gender dimension in research (skill/competence)
- interpret circuit diagrams (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)
- microelectronics (knowledge)
- micromechanics (knowledge)
- microoptics (knowledge)
- microsensors (knowledge)
- MOEM (knowledge)
- nanotechnology (knowledge)
- operate precision machinery (skill/competence)
- optoelectronics (knowledge)
- perform resource planning (skill/competence)
- perform scientific research (skill/competence)
- precision measuring instruments (knowledge)
- precision mechanics (knowledge)
- prepare assembly drawings (skill/competence)
- process customer orders (skill/competence)
- program firmware (skill/competence)
- programmable logic controller (knowledge)
- 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)
- quality standards (knowledge)
- semiconductors (knowledge)
- sensors (knowledge)
- speak different languages (skill/competence)
- teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
- train employees (skill/competence)
- use CAD software (skill/competence)
- use CAM software (skill/competence)
- use precision tools (skill/competence)
- write scientific publications (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 14 ads, as of 2026-07-17)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- mems design — 36 %
- device modeling — 29 %
- process development — 29 %
- silicon photonics — 29 %
- rf mems design — 21 %
- risk mitigation — 21 %
- requirements management — 21 %
- optical mems design — 21 %
- pic microfabrication — 21 %
- architecture design — 21 %
- inertial mems devices — 21 %
- system specification — 21 %
- systems engineering — 21 %
- technical analysis — 14 %
- threat modeling — 14 %
- mems device design — 14 %
- microfabrication operations — 14 %
- phononic signal processing — 14 %
- heterostructure materials — 14 %
- rf engineering — 14 %
- statistical analysis — 14 %
Methods
- business development — 21 %
- technology roadmap development — 21 %
- systems engineering process — 14 %
- wafer-level processing — 14 %
- 3d integration — 14 %
- irad initiatives — 14 %
- full life-cycle systems engineering — 14 %
- heterogeneous integration — 14 %
- simulation-based performance analysis — 14 %
Responsibilities
- problem solving — 29 %
- customer engagement — 29 %
- team leadership — 29 %
- technology leadership — 21 %
- technical expertise provision — 21 %
- device design — 21 %
- new business capture — 21 %
- requirements development — 21 %
- research communication — 14 %
- resource allocation — 14 %
- operations improvement — 14 %
- experiment execution — 14 %
- technical mentoring — 14 %
- team management — 14 %