Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

embedded system designertosoftware architect

A embedded system designer already meets 59% of what the software architect role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From embedded system designer
59%
Overlap1
To software architect
57 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
54.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

54.1/ 100

1 Share of the software architect role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the embedded system designer 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

Why this move works

A software architect role treats 9 of its required skills as things a embedded system designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • analyse software specifications
  • build business relationships
  • collect customer feedback on applications
  • create flowchart diagram
  • create software design
  • define technical requirements

What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 57 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A software architect role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a embedded system designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held SPARK information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held system design information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held task algorithmisation information and communication technologies (icts)
  • already held create flowchart diagram communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create software design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held Ansible information and communication technologies (icts)

All 57 carried skills, including the 9 the software architect role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 working with computers 2 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held align software with system architectures required
  • required, not held use an application-specific interface required
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held develop software prototype optional
  • optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
  • optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
  • optional, not held use markup languages optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held define software architecture required
  • required, not held design process required
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
  • optional, not held design database scheme optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held object-oriented modelling required
  • required, not held unified modelling language required
  • optional, not held WildFly optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held web programming optional
04 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse business requirements required
  • required, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports required
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held business process modelling required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
06 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held oversee development of software required
  • optional, not held manage staff optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a software architect role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 57 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held analyse software specifications skill
  • already held build business relationships skill
  • already held collect customer feedback on applications skill
  • already held create flowchart diagram skill
  • already held create software design skill
  • already held define technical requirements skill
  • already held system design knowledge
  • already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
  • already held tools for software configuration management knowledge
  • already held ABAP knowledge
  • already held AJAX knowledge
  • already held APL knowledge
  • already held ASP.NET knowledge
  • already held Ansible knowledge
  • already held Apache Maven knowledge
  • already held Assembly (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held C# knowledge
  • already held C++ knowledge
  • already held COBOL knowledge
  • already held CoffeeScript knowledge
  • already held Common Lisp knowledge
  • already held Erlang knowledge
  • already held Groovy knowledge
  • already held Haskell knowledge
  • already held Java (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held JavaScript knowledge
  • already held Jenkins (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held Lisp knowledge
  • already held MATLAB knowledge
  • already held ML (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Microsoft Visual C++ knowledge
  • already held Objective-C knowledge
  • already held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language knowledge
  • already held PHP knowledge
  • already held Pascal (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Perl knowledge
  • already held Prolog (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Puppet (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held Python (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held R knowledge
  • already held Ruby (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held SAP R3 knowledge
  • already held SAS language knowledge
  • already held SPARK knowledge
  • already held STAF knowledge
  • already held Salt (tools for software configuration management) knowledge
  • already held Scala knowledge
  • already held Scratch (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Smalltalk (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held Swift (computer programming) knowledge
  • already held TypeScript knowledge
  • already held VBScript knowledge
  • already held Visual Basic knowledge
  • already held computer programming knowledge
  • already held provide ICT consulting advice skill
  • already held task algorithmisation knowledge
  • already held utilise computer-aided software engineering tools skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
22 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held WildFly optional
  • optional, not held apply ICT systems theory optional
  • optional, not held design cloud architecture optional
  • optional, not held design database in the cloud optional
  • optional, not held design database scheme optional
  • optional, not held develop software prototype optional
  • optional, not held do cloud refactoring optional
  • optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held use markup languages optional
  • optional, not held use query languages optional
  • optional, not held web programming optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
  • optional, not held perform resource planning optional
  • optional, not held perform risk analysis optional
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
21 held skills the software architect role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT communications protocols knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT network simulation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT security standards knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ICT system integration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role battery management systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop creative ideas skill
  • not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role embedded systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering control theory knowledge
  • not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
  • not needed by the target role field-programmable gate arrays knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware architectures knowledge
  • not needed by the target role hardware components knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret electronic design specifications skill
  • not needed by the target role network management system tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role real-time computing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role signal processing knowledge
  • not needed by the target role software components libraries knowledge
  • not needed by the target role state estimation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role tools for ICT test automation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role verify formal ICT specifications skill
12 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held business process modelling required
  • required, not held object-oriented modelling required
  • required, not held unified modelling language required
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held ICT security legislation optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held WildFly optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
  • optional, not held systems theory optional
  • optional, not held web programming optional
  • optional, not held security engineering optional
Index

Other moves recorded from embedded system designer

Full index of moves from embedded system designer

Note

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.