Electronic Engineer Scorecard™ – Rate Yourself or An Open Position

The free Electronic Engineer Scorecard™ permits a quick self-evaluation of your knowledge in all main electronic and hardware engineering domains. By distributing a given number of points, proportional to your  experience and know-how among these domains, it visually identifies areas of strength and specialties to your target role. By understanding where you stand, you can pursue targeted learning or close skill gaps if judged so. From an HR perspective, it helps in a job description to build the profile of am electronic engineering open position.

Electronic Engineer Scorecard™ 

“At 0 or close to is no problem. You are not bad at something, but specialized at something else.”

Note on hardware engineers: hardware engineer and electronics engineer are closely related and sometimes used interchangeably. However, electronics engineer is a broader term, while hardware engineer is a subset focused on computing and related hardware. So not all domains selected bellow may de applicable to hardware ones, therefore the total available of points and criteria could be reduced if necessary.

As one always has “not enough points because I am a special case”, it obliges to focus on one’s few core domains. It also forces to evaluate how a specialty diploma rates versus many years of experience in that domain (ex.: a PMP official certification vs many years as Project Manager). The key electronic and hardware engineering domains proposed are:

• Analog electronics: circuits that process continuous signals, such as amplifiers and filters.
• Digital electronics: circuits that handle discrete signals, like logic gates and microprocessors.
• Embedded systems: designing integrated hardware-software solutions for dedicated electronic devices.
• Microelectronics, ASIC/FPGA VLSI design: design and manufacturing of extremely small electronic components, custom digital IC and reconfigurable logic devices.
• Signal processing: analyzing, modifying, and synthesizing signals like audio, video, and sensor data.
• Wireless and Communication: transmission, reception, and processing of information via electronic means, systems for untethered, mobile data transfer.
• RF and microwave engineering: design of circuits and systems operating at radio and microwave frequencies.
• Electromagnetics: applies electromagnetic fields and wave propagation in electronic systems, not just communication
• Control systems, robotics and automation: systems that regulate behaviors in machines and processes using feedback, automating mechanical systems and robots.
• Power electronics: controlling and converting electrical power with devices like converters and inverters.
• Instrumentation and measurement: developing devices that measure, monitor, and control physical quantities.
• PCB design and manufacturing: design and manufacturing printed circuit boards for electronic devices.
• Optoelectronics: combines optics and electronics, including devices like LEDs, lasers, and photodetectors.
• Computer hardware design: physical design and development of computers and peripherals.
• Audio and video engineering: specializes in electronic processing and reproduction of audio and video signals.
• Sensors and actuators: systems that interact with the physical world by detecting or responding to stimuli.
• Project & electronic management: planning, executing, and overseeing development projects to deliver electronics that meets business requirements.
• Reliability, testing and QA: insuring electronic systems work as intended under all conditions.