From optoelectronic engineer to photonics engineer
37 of the 41 essential skills of a photonics engineer are already essential for a optoelectronic engineer — about 90% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from optoelectronic engineer in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 37
- skills carry over
- 4
- would be new
- 90%
- of the target job covered
- 41
- essential skills of a photonics engineer
What a photonics engineer does
Photonics engineers are concerned with the generation, transmission, transformation, and detection of light. They conduct research, design, assemble, test and deploy photonic components or systems in multiple application fields, from optical communications to medical instrumentation, material processing or sensing technology.
What carries over
37 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- 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 optical test procedures
- digital twin technology
- electronics
- engineering principles
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- mathematics
- model optical systems
- operate open source software
- operate scientific measuring equipment
- optical components
- optical engineering
- optical equipment standards
- optical glass characteristics
- optical manufacturing process
- optics
- 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
What would be new
4 skillsEssential for a photonics engineer and not for a optoelectronic 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 optoelectronic engineer
2 roles- optomechanical engineer37 skills in common
- optical engineer33 skills in common
← optoelectronic engineerphotonics engineer →The other way round
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