From component engineer to design engineer
13 of the 17 essential skills of a design engineer are already essential for a component engineer — about 76% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 13
- skills carry over
- 4
- would be new
- 76%
- of the target job covered
- 17
- essential skills of a design engineer
What a design engineer does
Design engineers develop new conceptual and detailed designs. They create the look for these concepts or products and the systems used to make them. Design engineers work with engineers and marketers to enhance the functioning and efficiency of existing devices.
What carries over
13 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- assess financial viability
- define technical requirements
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- execute feasibility study
- interpret technical requirements
- manage engineering project
- mathematics
- perform scientific research
- project management
- technical drawings
- use technical drawing software
What would be new
4 skillsEssential for a design engineer and not for a component engineer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from component engineer
2 roles- equipment engineer15 skills in common
- logistics engineer11 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a design engineer?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.