# Competences — sensor engineer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/4f4d33a1-0b41-4dd9-8a42-aeba5a3974ab).

## Essential

- **abide by regulations on banned materials** (skill/competence)
- **adjust engineering designs** (skill/competence)
- **analyse test data** (skill/competence)
- **approve engineering design** (skill/competence)
- **computer simulation** (knowledge)
- **conduct literature research** (skill/competence)
- **conduct quality control analysis** (skill/competence)
- **control engineering** (knowledge)
- **demonstrate disciplinary expertise** (skill/competence)
- **design drawings** (knowledge)
- **design prototypes** (skill/competence)
- **design sensors** (skill/competence)
- **develop electronic test procedures** (skill/competence)
- **digital twin technology** (knowledge)
- **electricity** (knowledge)
- **electricity principles** (knowledge)
- **electronic equipment standards** (knowledge)
- **electronic test procedures** (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)
- **microsensors** (knowledge)
- **model sensor** (skill/competence)
- **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)
- **sensors** (knowledge)
- **synthesise information** (skill/competence)
- **test sensors** (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 technical communication skills (skill/competence)
- automation technology (knowledge)
- automotive engineering (skill/competence)
- biomedical engineering (knowledge)
- biotechnology (knowledge)
- build business relationships (skill/competence)
- building automation (knowledge)
- 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)
- consumer electronics (knowledge)
- coordinate engineering teams (skill/competence)
- create technical plans (skill/competence)
- define manufacturing quality criteria (skill/competence)
- design firmware (skill/competence)
- develop product design (skill/competence)
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists (skill/competence)
- digital camera sensors (knowledge)
- disseminate results to the scientific community (skill/competence)
- draft bill of materials (skill/competence)
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation (skill/competence)
- electrical engineering (knowledge)
- environmental engineering (knowledge)
- evaluate research activities (skill/competence)
- firmware (knowledge)
- holography (knowledge)
- hybrid control systems (knowledge)
- increase the impact of science on policy and society (skill/competence)
- industrial research and development (knowledge)
- 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)
- mathematical modelling (knowledge)
- mechanical engineering (knowledge)
- mentor individuals (skill/competence)
- microelectromechanical systems (knowledge)
- microelectronics (knowledge)
- microprocessors (knowledge)
- MOEM (knowledge)
- optics (knowledge)
- optoelectronics (knowledge)
- perform resource planning (skill/competence)
- perform scientific research (skill/competence)
- perform test run (skill/competence)
- precision mechanics (knowledge)
- 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)
- quantum computing (knowledge)
- safety engineering (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)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 45 ads, as of 2026-07-19)

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

### Hard skills

- signal processing — **24 %**
- systems engineering — **22 %**

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