Career switch, measured
From Robotics Engineer to QA Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 53% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Troubleshooting, PLC, Electrical engineering, Manufacturing; the main skills to add are CI/CD, Quality control, Problem solving, Agile.
53%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillRobotics EngineerQA Engineer
- Troubleshooting43%41%
- PLC19%23%
- Electrical engineering23%26%
- Manufacturing60%30%
- Python51%28%
- Process improvement32%27%
- Mechanical engineering15%10%
- Stakeholder management49%21%
Skills to add
Asked for often in QA Engineer postings, rarely in Robotics Engineer ones.
SkillRobotics EngineerQA Engineer
- CI/CD–28%
- Quality control–25%
- Problem solving9%24%
- Agile–20%
- Git–19%
- Root cause analysis–18%
- SQL–16%
- Java–13%
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