From photonics engineer to optical engineer
33 of the 33 essential skills of a optical engineer are already essential for a photonics engineer — about 100% 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.
- 33
- skills carry over
- 0
- would be new
- 100%
- of the target job covered
- 33
- essential skills of a optical engineer
What a optical engineer does
Optical engineers design and develop different industrial applications with optics. They have knowledge of light, light transmission principles, and optics in order to design engineering specs of equipment such as microscopes, lenses, telescopes, and other optical devices.
What carries over
33 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
- 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 project management
- physics
- prepare production prototypes
- record test data
- refractive power
- report analysis results
- synthesise information
- test optical components
- think abstractly
- types of optical instruments
Other moves from photonics engineer
2 roles- optoelectronic engineer37 skills in common
- optomechanical engineer35 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a optical 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.