As an Automotive Engineer, you will need to master following:

• anticipate change in car technology
• engineering processes
• hybrid vehicle architecture
• information structure

More generally, an automotive engineer is also versed in:

• adjust engineering designs
• analyse production processes for improvement
• approve engineering design
• assess financial viability
• automotive engineering
• control production
• engineering principles
• execute feasibility study
• industrial engineering
• manufacturing processes
• perform market research
• perform scientific research
• production processes
• quality standards
• technical drawings
• use technical drawing software

It also helps to know the following:

• European vehicle type-approval legislation
• advanced driver assistant systems
• apply reverse engineering
• compare alternative vehicles
• defense system
• guidance, navigation and control
• mechanical engineering
• synthetic natural environment
• use automotive diagnostic equipment
• vehicle type-approval
• vehicle-to-everything technologies
• CAE software
• apply advanced manufacturing
• build a product's physical model
• conduct performance tests
• create a product's virtual model
• design electromechanical systems
• design principles
• design prototypes
• develop test procedures
• disassemble equipment
• draft design specifications
• electrical testing methods
• electromechanics
• electronics
• manage product testing
• mechanics of motor vehicles
• model based system engineering
• precision mechanics
• prepare production prototypes
• record test data
• reverse engineering
• use CAD software
• use CAM software