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

• abide by regulations on banned materials
• design sensors
• environmental threats
• model sensor
• operate open source software

More generally, a sensor engineer is also versed in:

• adjust engineering designs
• analyse test data
• approve engineering design
• conduct literature research
• conduct quality control analysis
• control engineering
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• design drawings
• design prototypes
• develop electronic test procedures
• electricity
• electricity principles
• electronic equipment standards
• electronic test procedures
• electronics
• engineering principles
• environmental legislation
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• mathematics
• microsensors
• operate scientific measuring equipment
• perform data analysis
• perform project management
• physics
• prepare production prototypes
• read engineering drawings
• record test data
• report analysis results
• sensors
• synthesise information
• test sensors
• 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
• digital camera sensors
• maintain safe engineering watches
• manage intellectual property rights
• mechanical engineering
• microelectromechanical systems
• CAE software
• apply blended learning
• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• apply technical communication skills
• automation technology
• automotive engineering
• biomedical engineering
• biotechnology
• build business relationships
• building automation
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• communicate with customers
• computer engineering
• 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
• electrical engineering
• environmental engineering
• evaluate research activities
• firmware
• hybrid control systems
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• mentor individuals
• microelectronics
• microprocessors
• optics
• optoelectronics
• perform resource planning
• perform scientific research
• perform test run
• precision mechanics
• prepare assembly drawings
• 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
• speak different languages
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• train employees
• use CAD software
• use CAM software
• use precision tools
• write scientific publications