Occupation Atlasoptoelectronic engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/35d41f4f-334b-452e-9e31-99f376302493
optoelectronic engineer
Optoelectronic engineers design and develop optoelectronic systems and devices, such as UV sensors, photodiodes, and LEDs. Optoelectronic engineering combines optical engineering with electronic engineering in the design of these systems and devices. They conduct research, perform analysis, test the devices, and supervise the research.
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Job Zone
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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 Realistic5.90
- I Investigative5.88
- C Conventional3.96
- A Artistic2.80
- E Enterprising1.70
- S Social1.39
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 Photonics Engineers (17-2199.07): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (45)
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.
- LED lighting components
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- approve engineering design
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design optical prototypes
- develop electronic test procedures
- develop optical test procedures
- digital twin technology
- electronic equipment standards
- electronics
- engineering principles
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- interpret circuit diagrams
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- model optical systems
- operate open source software
- operate precision measuring equipment
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- optical components
- optical engineering
- optical equipment standards
- optical glass characteristics
- optical instruments
- optical manufacturing process
- optics
- optoelectronic devices
- optoelectronics
- perform data analysis
- perform project management
- physics
- prepare production prototypes
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- refractive power
- report analysis results
- synthesise information
- test optical components
- think abstractly
- types of optical instruments
Optional (62)
- CAE software
- MOEM
- acoustics
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply technical communication skills
- build business relationships
- cavity optomechanics
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- computer engineering
- conduct research across disciplines
- control engineering
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- develop product design
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- digital camera sensors
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft bill of materials
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- electromagnetic spectrum
- evaluate research activities
- fibre optics
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- lasers
- maintain optical equipment
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mentor individuals
- microelectromechanical systems
- microelectronics
- microoptics
- microprocessors
- microsensors
- microwave principles
- operate optical assembly equipment
- operate precision machinery
- optomechanical engineering
- perform resource planning
- perform scientific research
- photonics
- prepare assembly drawings
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- radars
- semiconductors
- sensors
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- telecommunications engineering
- train employees
- use CAD software
- use precision tools
- write scientific publications
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
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