sensor engineer
Sensor engineers design and develop sensors, sensor systems and products that are equipped with sensors. They plan and monitor the manufacture of these products.
Also called: sensor designer, actuator and sensor engineer, engineer of sensors, electronics sensor engineer, sensor technology engineering expert, sensor design engineer, sensor developer, sensors engineer
- 42
- essential skills
- 66
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2152
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
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- electromechanical engineer27 skills in common
- optoelectronic engineer27 skills in common
- automation engineer26 skills in common
- mechatronics engineer25 skills in common
Essential skills
42- abide by regulations on banned materials
- adjust engineering designs
- analyse test data
- approve engineering design
- computer simulation
- conduct literature research
- conduct quality control analysis
- control engineering
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- design drawings
- design prototypes
- design sensors
- develop electronic test procedures
- digital twin technology
- electricity
- electricity principles
- electronic equipment standards
- electronic test procedures
- electronics
- engineering principles
- environmental legislation
- environmental threats
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- microsensors
- model sensor
- 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
- sensors
- synthesise information
- test sensors
- 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
- automation technology
- automotive engineering
- biomedical engineering
- biotechnology
- build business relationships
- building automation
- CAE software
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- communicate with customers
- computer engineering
- conduct research across disciplines
- consumer electronics
- coordinate engineering teams
- create technical plans
- define manufacturing quality criteria
- design firmware
- 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
- electrical engineering
- environmental engineering
- evaluate research activities
- firmware
- holography
- hybrid control systems
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- industrial research and development
- integrate gender dimension in research
- maintain safe engineering watches
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- mathematical modelling
- mechanical engineering
- mentor individuals
- microelectromechanical systems
- microelectronics
- microprocessors
- MOEM
- optics
- optoelectronics
- perform resource planning
- perform scientific research
- perform test run
- precision mechanics
- 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
- quantum computing
- safety engineering
- speak different languages
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- train employees
- use CAD software
- use CAM software
- use precision tools
- write scientific publications
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