As a Mechatronics Engineer, you will need to master following:

• develop mechatronic test procedures
• engineering processes
• follow standards for machinery safety
• mechanical engineering
• operate open source software
• simulate mechatronic design concepts
• test mechatronic units

More generally, a mechatronics engineer is also versed in:

• adjust engineering designs
• analyse test data
• approve engineering design
• automation technology
• computer engineering
• conduct literature research
• conduct quality control analysis
• control engineering
• define technical requirements
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• design automation components
• design drawings
• design prototypes
• develop electronic test procedures
• electrical engineering
• electronics
• engineering principles
• gather technical information
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• mathematics
• mechanics
• mechatronics
• monitor manufacturing quality standards
• perform data analysis
• perform project management
• physics
• prepare production prototypes
• report analysis results
• robotics
• synthesise information
• technical drawings
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• use technical drawing software

It also helps to know the following:

• assemble mechatronic units
• calibrate mechatronic instruments
• cybernetics
• define manufacturing quality criteria
• develop product design
• install automation components
• install mechatronic equipment
• keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes
• maintain control systems for automated equipment
• maintain safe engineering watches
• manage intellectual property rights
• microelectromechanical systems
• micromechatronic engineering
• CAE software
• apply blended learning
• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply technical communication skills
• build business relationships
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• communicate with customers
• conduct research across disciplines
• coordinate engineering teams
• create technical plans
• design firmware
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft bill of materials
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• electromechanics
• evaluate research activities
• examine engineering principles
• firmware
• hydraulics
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• mentor individuals
• model based system engineering
• monitor automated machines
• optoelectronics
• perform resource planning
• perform scientific research
• perform test run
• pneumatics
• prepare assembly drawings
• program firmware
• promote inclusion in research
• promote open innovation in research
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
• promote the transfer of knowledge
• provide technical documentation
• publish academic research
• quality standards
• replace machines
• safety engineering
• set up automotive robot
• speak different languages
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• telecommunications engineering
• train employees
• use CAD software
• use CAM software
• write routine reports
• write scientific publications