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

• engineering processes
• operate open source software

More generally, a test engineer is also versed in:

• adjust engineering designs
• analyse scientific data
• analyse test data
• approve engineering design
• demonstrate disciplinary expertise
• engineering principles
• industrial engineering
• interact professionally in research and professional environments
• manage personal professional development
• manage research data
• manufacturing processes
• perform project management
• production processes
• synthesise information
• technical drawings
• test hardware
• test procedures
• think abstractly
• think analytically
• use technical drawing software

It also helps to know the following:

• develop ICT test suite
• follow nuclear plant safety precautions
• in-circuit test
• manage intellectual property rights
• test instrumentation equipment
• test microelectromechanical systems
• test optoelectronics
• test performance of power plants
• apply blended learning
• apply for research funding
• apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
• communicate with a non-scientific audience
• conduct research across disciplines
• conduct routine machinery checks
• develop professional network with researchers and scientists
• disseminate results to the scientific community
• draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
• electrical engineering
• evaluate research activities
• increase the impact of science on policy and society
• instrumentation engineering
• instrumentation equipment
• manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
• manage open publications
• mentor individuals
• monitor nuclear power plant systems
• nuclear energy
• perform scientific research
• promote inclusion in research
• promote open innovation in research
• promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
• promote the transfer of knowledge
• publish academic research
• speak different languages
• teach in academic or vocational contexts
• test electrical equipment
• test electronic units
• test materials
• write routine reports
• write scientific publications