Career switch, measured
From Controls Engineer to QA Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 73% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include PLC, Troubleshooting, Electrical engineering, Manufacturing; the main skills to add are CI/CD, Python, Quality control, Agile.
73%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillControls EngineerQA Engineer
- PLC64%23%
- Troubleshooting64%41%
- Electrical engineering61%26%
- Manufacturing56%30%
- Process improvement31%27%
- Root cause analysis21%18%
- IT support21%11%
- Mechanical engineering32%10%
Skills to add
Asked for often in QA Engineer postings, rarely in Controls Engineer ones.
SkillControls EngineerQA Engineer
- CI/CD–28%
- Python11%28%
- Quality control–25%
- Agile–20%
- Git–19%
- SQL7%16%
- Java–13%
- JavaScript–10%
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