mechatronics engineer
Mechatronics engineers design and develop intelligent systems, such as robotic devices, smart home appliances, and aeroplanes, through combining technologies from mechanical, electronic, computer, and control engineering. They create blueprints or design documents for parts, assemblies or finished products using software programs, and also oversee and manage projects.
Also called: mechanical systems engineer, mechatronic engineering specialist, engineer in mechatronics, robotics engineer, electromechanical engineer, cybernetics engineer, engineer of mechatronics, mechatronics systems designer
- 42
- essential skills
- 66
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2144
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Where you can go from here
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Essential skills
42- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- approve engineering design
- automation technology
- computer engineering
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- control engineering
- define technical requirements
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design automation components
- design drawings
- design prototypes
- develop electronic test procedures
- develop mechatronic test procedures
- electrical engineering
- electronics
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- follow standards for machinery safety
- gather technical information
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- mechanical engineering
- mechanics
- mechatronics
- monitor manufacturing quality standards
- operate open source software
- perform data analysis
- perform project management
- physics
- prepare production prototypes
- report analysis results
- robotics
- simulate mechatronic design concepts
- synthesise information
- technical drawings
- test mechatronic units
- think abstractly
- use technical drawing software
Optional skills
66- apply blended learning
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply technical communication skills
- assemble mechatronic units
- automatic control system
- build business relationships
- CAE software
- calibrate mechatronic instruments
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- conduct research across disciplines
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- cybernetics
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- design firmware
- 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
- electromechanics
- evaluate research activities
- examine engineering principles
- firmware
- hydraulics
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- install automation components
- install mechatronic equipment
- integrate gender dimension in research
- keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes
- maintain control systems for automated equipment
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mathematical modelling
- mentor individuals
- microelectromechanical systems
- micromechatronic engineering
- model based system engineering
- monitor automated machines
- optoelectronics
- perform resource planning
- perform scientific research
- perform test run
- pneumatics
- prepare assembly drawings
- program firmware
- 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
- replace machines
- safety engineering
- set up automotive robot
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- telecommunications engineering
- train employees
- use CAD software
- use CAM software
- write routine reports
- write scientific publications
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