Instrumentation engineer

Code 2152.1.3

Instrumentation engineers envision and design equipment used in manufacturing processes for controlling and monitoring various engineering processes remotely. They design equipment for the monitoring of production sites such as manufacturing systems, machinery uses and production processes.

Essential skills

Knowledge

  • environmental threats
  • electricity
  • electronics
  • instrumentation equipment
  • physics
  • instrumentation engineering
  • environmental legislation
  • design drawings
  • engineering principles
  • electricity principles
  • control systems
  • automation technology

Skills and competences

  • analyse big data
  • approve engineering design
  • abide by regulations on banned materials
  • develop instrumentation systems
  • design control systems
  • execute feasibility study
  • perform scientific research
  • adjust engineering designs
  • test sensors
  • perform data analysis
  • use remote control equipment
  • use specific data analysis software

Transversal competences

  • mathematics

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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences