Occupation Atlasmicrosystem engineer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/7f0fe7d3-54c6-41e9-88ba-9d4f0f1a46b4
microsystem engineer
Microsystem engineers research, design, develop, and supervise the production of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), which can be integrated in mechanical, optical, acoustic, and electronic products.
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Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
IRCInvestigative · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative6.19
- R Realistic5.48
- C Conventional4.91
- A Artistic1.93
- S Social1.55
- E Enterprising1.40
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 Microsystems Engineers (17-2199.06): 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 (39)
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.
- abide by regulations on banned materials
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- approve engineering design
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design microelectromechanical systems
- design prototypes
- develop microelectromechanical system test procedures
- electrical engineering
- electricity
- electricity principles
- electronics
- engineering principles
- environmental legislation
- environmental threats
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- mechanical engineering
- microassembly
- microelectromechanical systems
- microsystem test procedures
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- perform data analysis
- perform project management
- physics
- prepare production prototypes
- read engineering drawings
- record test data
- report analysis results
- synthesise information
- test microelectromechanical systems
- think abstractly
- use technical drawing software
Optional (65)
- CAE software
- MOEM
- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply soldering techniques
- apply technical communication skills
- assemble microelectromechanical systems
- assess integrated domotics systems
- automatic control system
- automation technology
- biomedical engineering
- build business relationships
- 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
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft bill of materials
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- firmware
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interpret circuit diagrams
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mentor individuals
- microelectronics
- micromechanics
- microoptics
- microsensors
- nanotechnology
- operate precision machinery
- optoelectronics
- perform resource planning
- perform scientific research
- precision measuring instruments
- precision mechanics
- prepare assembly drawings
- process customer orders
- program firmware
- programmable logic controller
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- quality standards
- semiconductors
- sensors
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- train employees
- use CAD software
- use CAM software
- use precision tools
- write scientific publications
O*NET equivalents
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