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Microsystems Engineers

What they do:
Research, design, develop, or test microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices.
On the job, you would:
  • Conduct harsh environmental testing, accelerated aging, device characterization, or field trials to validate devices, using inspection tools, testing protocols, peripheral instrumentation, or modeling and simulation software.
  • Validate fabrication processes for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), using statistical process control implementation, virtual process simulations, data mining, or life testing.
  • Conduct analyses addressing issues such as failure, reliability, or yield improvement.

Knowledge

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Skills

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Abilities

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Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Analytical or scientific software
  • Simulation software
  • The MathWorks MATLAB
Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD software
  • MEMSCAP MEMS Pro
Development environment software
  • C
  • Microsoft Visual Basic

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Job Outlook

Bright Outlook
New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
Salary
$90,580
per year, on average
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Green
This work is part of the green economy.

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