Career switch, measured
From Electrical Engineer to QA Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 51% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Electrical engineering, Troubleshooting, Manufacturing, Root cause analysis; the main skills to add are CI/CD, Process improvement, Quality control, PLC.
51%
skill overlap
508
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillElectrical EngineerQA Engineer
- Electrical engineering85%26%
- Troubleshooting37%41%
- Manufacturing40%30%
- Root cause analysis13%18%
- Python16%28%
- Problem solving21%24%
- CAD30%10%
- Mechanical engineering8%10%
Skills to add
Asked for often in QA Engineer postings, rarely in Electrical Engineer ones.
SkillElectrical EngineerQA Engineer
- CI/CD–28%
- Process improvement10%27%
- Quality control8%25%
- PLC6%23%
- Agile–20%
- Git–19%
- SQL–16%
- Java–13%
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