As an Embedded System Designer, you will need to master following:

• ICT communications protocols
• analyse software specifications
• create software design
• embedded systems
• engineering control theory
• interpret electronic design specifications
• provide ICT consulting advice
• real-time computing
• signal processing
• tools for software configuration management

More generally, an embedded system designer is also versed in:

• create flowchart diagram
• define technical requirements
• develop creative ideas
• systems development life-cycle
• task algorithmisation

It also helps to know the following:

• ABAP
• AJAX
• APL
• ASP.NET
• Ansible
• Apache Maven
• Assembly (computer programming)
• C#
• C++
• COBOL
• CoffeeScript
• Common Lisp
• Erlang
• Groovy
• Haskell
• ICT network simulation
• ICT security standards
• ICT system integration
• Java (computer programming)
• JavaScript
• Jenkins (tools for software configuration management)
• Lisp
• MATLAB
• ML (computer programming)
• Microsoft Visual C++
• Objective-C
• OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
• PHP
• Pascal (computer programming)
• Perl
• Prolog (computer programming)
• Puppet (tools for software configuration management)
• Python (computer programming)
• R
• Ruby (computer programming)
• SAP R3
• SAS language
• STAF
• Salt (tools for software configuration management)
• Scala
• Scratch (computer programming)
• Smalltalk (computer programming)
• Swift (computer programming)
• TypeScript
• VBScript
• Visual Studio .NET
• engineering processes
• field-programmable gate arrays
• hardware architectures
• network management system tools
• software components libraries
• tools for ICT test automation
• utilise computer-aided software engineering tools
• verify formal ICT specifications
• build business relationships
• collect customer feedback on applications
• computer programming
• hardware components
• provide technical documentation