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

• abide by regulations on banned materials
• ensure material compliance
• environmental threats
• model microelectronics
• operate open source software
• process customer requests based on the REACh Regulation 1907 2006
• test microelectronics

More generally, a microelectronics engineer is also versed in:

• adjust engineering designs
• analyse test data
• approve engineering design
• conduct literature research
• conduct quality control analysis
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• design drawings
• design microelectronics
• design prototypes
• develop electronic test procedures
• electricity
• electricity principles
• electronic equipment standards
• electronic test procedures
• electronics
• engineering principles
• environmental legislation
• integrated circuits
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• mathematics
• microassembly
• microelectronics
• microprocessors
• operate scientific measuring equipment
• perform data analysis
• perform project management
• perform scientific research
• physics
• prepare production prototypes
• read engineering drawings
• record test data
• report analysis results
• synthesise information
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• use technical drawing software

It also helps to know the following:

• MOEM
• consumer electronics
• define manufacturing quality criteria
• develop product design
• integrated circuit types
• maintain safe engineering watches
• manage intellectual property rights
• mechanical engineering
• microelectromechanical systems
• microoptics
• CAE software
• apply blended learning
• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply soldering techniques
• apply technical communication skills
• assemble hardware components
• build business relationships
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• communicate with customers
• conduct research across disciplines
• coordinate engineering teams
• create technical plans
• design firmware
• design integrated circuits
• 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
• evaluate research activities
• firmware
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• install software
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• mentor individuals
• micromechanics
• microsensors
• nanoelectronics
• operate precision machinery
• perform resource planning
• perform test run
• precision measuring instruments
• 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
• semiconductors
• solder electronics
• speak different languages
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• train employees
• use CAD software
• use CAM software
• use precision tools
• write scientific publications