Occupation Atlasautomotive engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/8d410283-865d-4cbb-acae-ac7f69d9cf26
automotive engineer
Automotive engineers design and oversee the manufacturing process and operation of motor vehicles such as motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses and their respective engineering systems. They design new vehicles or mechanical parts, supervise modifications and resolve technical problems. They make sure the designs comply with cost specifications and other constraints. They also conduct research studying environmental, energy and safety aspects.
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Job Zone
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- 4
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.17
- I Investigative5.67
- C Conventional4.06
- A Artistic2.55
- E Enterprising2.13
- S Social1.37
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Automotive Engineers (17-2141.02): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (21)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse production processes for improvement
- anticipate change in car technology
- approve engineering design
- assess financial viability
- automotive engineering
- control production
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute feasibility study
- green automotive technologies
- hybrid vehicle architecture
- industrial engineering
- information structure
- manufacturing processes
- perform market research
- perform scientific research
- production processes
- quality standards
- technical drawings
- use technical drawing software
Optional (34)
- CAE software
- European vehicle type-approval legislation
- advanced driver assistant systems
- apply advanced manufacturing
- apply reverse engineering
- build a product's physical model
- compare alternative vehicles
- conduct performance tests
- create a product's virtual model
- defense system
- design electromechanical systems
- design principles
- design prototypes
- develop test procedures
- disassemble equipment
- draft design specifications
- electrical testing methods
- electromechanics
- electronics
- guidance, navigation and control
- manage product testing
- mechanical engineering
- mechanics of motor vehicles
- model based system engineering
- precision mechanics
- prepare production prototypes
- record test data
- reverse engineering
- synthetic natural environment
- use CAD software
- use CAM software
- use automotive diagnostic equipment
- vehicle type-approval
- vehicle-to-everything technologies
O*NET equivalents
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