As a Validation Engineer, you have transferrable skills that would make you a good fit for other similar jobs. Here's a list of related jobs, possible career transitions and alternative careers, based on skills you likely have.
These job titles are similar to the Validation Engineer role, and are often used interchangeably by companies. For example, some employers may refer to a Validation Engineer as either a Validation Specialist or a System Validation Engineer.
A Validation Specialist shares 70% of core skills with a Validation Engineer.
A System Validation Engineer shares 62% of core skills with a Validation Engineer.
A Validation Consultant shares 59% of core skills with a Validation Engineer.
Here is a list of possible career transitions and similar professions a typical Validation Engineer often moves into, within or outside their industry.
A Design Verification Engineer shares 58% of core skills with a Validation Engineer.
A Hardware Engineer shares 57% of core skills with a Validation Engineer.
If you're a Validation Engineer and are planning to move into a similar profession or alternative career, it's important to build the right skill sets to position you for your next career.
We analyzed thousands of career transitions in your industry and identified the highest value skills to build as a Validation Engineer. Building these skills will set you up for the most number of the above careers.
Here is a word cloud of the skills above. Use this as inspiration for the kinds of transferrable skills you need to build to move into a similar profession or alternative career.
Some skills that are common for a Validation Engineer transitioning into a Design Verification Engineer role are Universal Verification Methodology (UVM), Debugging, Perl, RTL Design, Very-Large-Scale Integration (VLSI), Open Verification Methodology, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) and Computer Architecture.
To become a Hardware Engineer from a Validation Engineer, you should develop skills like Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design, Debugging, Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), Hardware Architecture, Electrical Engineering, VHDL, Circuit Design and Simulations.
Here is a list of jobs a former a Validation Engineer could consider moving to:
It's common for a Validation Engineer to be referred to as a Validation Consultant, Validation Specialist or System Validation Engineer.
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