automotive engineertoequipment engineer
A automotive engineer already meets 55% of what the equipment engineer role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
46.2/ 100
1 Share of the equipment engineer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the automotive engineer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A equipment engineer role treats 9 of its required skills as things a automotive engineer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assess financial viability
- engineering principles
- engineering processes
- execute feasibility study
- manufacturing processes
- perform scientific research
What stands in the way is 6 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 19 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A equipment engineer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a automotive engineer background worth leading with.
- already held apply advanced manufacturing management skills
- already held manage product testing management skills
- already held control production management skills
- already held execute feasibility study information skills
- already held production processes engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held design principles arts and humanities
All 19 carried skills, including the 9 the equipment engineer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 18 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held interpret technical requirements required
- required, not held execute analytical mathematical calculations required
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- required, not held define technical requirements required
- required, not held manage engineering project required
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- required, not held project management required
- optional, not held product data management optional
- required, not held mathematics required
- optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held robotic components optional
- optional, not held robotics optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a equipment engineer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 interpret technical requirements skill · sector specific
- 02 project management knowledge · sector specific
- 03 define technical requirements skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 19 skills that carry over
- already held assess financial viability skill
- already held engineering principles knowledge
- already held engineering processes knowledge
- already held execute feasibility study skill
- already held manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held perform scientific research skill
- already held production processes knowledge
- already held technical drawings knowledge
- already held use technical drawing software skill
- already held analyse production processes for improvement skill
- already held apply advanced manufacturing skill
- already held control production skill
- already held design principles knowledge
- already held design prototypes skill
- already held electronics knowledge
- already held manage product testing skill
- already held mechanical engineering knowledge
- already held record test data skill
- already held use CAD software skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
- optional, not held analyse test data optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held ensure equipment availability optional
- optional, not held estimate duration of work optional
- optional, not held inspect industrial equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain equipment optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held robotic components optional
- optional, not held robotics optional
- optional, not held use testing equipment optional
36 held skills the equipment engineer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role CAE software knowledge
- not needed by the target role European vehicle type-approval legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role adjust engineering designs skill
- not needed by the target role advanced driver assistant systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role anticipate change in car technology skill
- not needed by the target role apply reverse engineering skill
- not needed by the target role approve engineering design skill
- not needed by the target role automotive engineering skill
- not needed by the target role build a product's physical model skill
- not needed by the target role compare alternative vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role conduct performance tests skill
- not needed by the target role create a product's virtual model skill
- not needed by the target role defense system knowledge
- not needed by the target role design electromechanical systems skill
- not needed by the target role develop test procedures skill
- not needed by the target role disassemble equipment skill
- not needed by the target role draft design specifications skill
- not needed by the target role electrical testing methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role electromechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role green automotive technologies knowledge
- not needed by the target role guidance, navigation and control knowledge
- not needed by the target role hybrid vehicle architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role industrial engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role information structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role mechanics of motor vehicles knowledge
- not needed by the target role model based system engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role precision mechanics knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare production prototypes skill
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role reverse engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role synthetic natural environment knowledge
- not needed by the target role use CAM software skill
- not needed by the target role use automotive diagnostic equipment skill
- not needed by the target role vehicle type-approval knowledge
- not needed by the target role vehicle-to-everything technologies knowledge
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held project management required
- required, not held mathematics required
- optional, not held human-robot collaboration optional
- optional, not held computer engineering optional
- optional, not held electrical engineering optional
- optional, not held product data management optional
- optional, not held robotic components optional
- optional, not held robotics optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.