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Tools & technology — optoelectronic engineer

Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 17-2199.07.

Software Category Hot technology
SAS Analytical or scientific software yes
The MathWorks MATLAB Analytical or scientific software yes
Autodesk AutoCAD Computer aided design CAD software yes
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Computer aided design CAD software yes
C Development environment software yes
Go Development environment software yes
Microsoft .NET Framework Development environment software yes
Microsoft Visual Basic Development environment software yes
Microsoft Outlook Electronic mail software yes
ESRI ArcGIS software Geographic information system yes
C# Object or component oriented development software yes
C++ Object or component oriented development software yes
Oracle Java Object or component oriented development software yes
Perl Object or component oriented development software yes
Python Object or component oriented development software yes
R Object or component oriented development software yes
Microsoft Office software Office suite software yes
Linux Operating system software yes
Shell script Operating system software yes
UNIX Operating system software yes
Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation software yes
Microsoft Visio Process mapping and design software yes
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet software yes
Facebook Web page creation and editing software yes
Microsoft Word Word processing software yes
Adept Scientific GRAMS Analytical or scientific software
BPM_CAD Analytical or scientific software
Finite element analysis FEA software Analytical or scientific software
Mathsoft Mathcad Analytical or scientific software
Pattern recognition software Analytical or scientific software
Photon Design FIMMPROP Analytical or scientific software
Photon Design PICWave Analytical or scientific software
Spectroscopy software Analytical or scientific software
Wolfram Research Mathematica Analytical or scientific software
Apollo Photonics APSS Computer aided design CAD software
Computer-aided drafting or design software Computer aided design CAD software
Dassault Systemes CATIA Computer aided design CAD software
Optical Research Associates LightTools Computer aided design CAD software
Optiwave OptiBPM Computer aided design CAD software
Optiwave OptiFDTD Computer aided design CAD software
Optiwave OptiSPICE Computer aided design CAD software
Photon Design CrystalWave Computer aided design CAD software
Photon Design FIMMWAVE Computer aided design CAD software
Photon Design OmniSim Computer aided design CAD software
Zemax Computer aided design CAD software
Structure query language SQL Data base user interface and query software
Formula translation/translator FORTRAN Development environment software
National Instruments LabVIEW Development environment software
ESRI software Geographic information system
QGIS Geographic information system
Mapping software Map creation software
Debugging software Program testing software

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 14 ads, as of 2026-07-18)

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

Tools

  • Fred — 14 %
  • JMP — 14 %
  • Microsoft Office — 14 %
  • Python — 14 %
  • Zemax — 14 %
  • SQL — 14 %