Career switch, measured
From Hardware Engineer to QA Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 57% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Electrical engineering, Manufacturing, Python, Troubleshooting; the main skills to add are CI/CD, Process improvement, Quality control, PLC.
57%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillHardware EngineerQA Engineer
- Electrical engineering71%26%
- Manufacturing36%30%
- Python45%28%
- Troubleshooting25%41%
- Git16%19%
- Root cause analysis13%18%
- Problem solving23%24%
- Mechanical engineering10%10%
Skills to add
Asked for often in QA Engineer postings, rarely in Hardware Engineer ones.
SkillHardware EngineerQA Engineer
- CI/CD9%28%
- Process improvement8%27%
- Quality control–25%
- PLC–23%
- Stakeholder management7%21%
- Agile7%20%
- SQL–16%
- Java–13%
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