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Design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use.
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Abilities
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Oral Comprehension| | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
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Oral Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
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Deductive Reasoning| | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
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Written Comprehension| | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
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Information Ordering| | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
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Mathematical Reasoning| | The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem. |
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Written Expression| | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
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Near Vision| | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
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Visualization| | The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged. |
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Inductive Reasoning| | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
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Originality| | The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem. |
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Problem Sensitivity| | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
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Category Flexibility| | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
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Flexibility of Closure| | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
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Fluency of Ideas| | The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity). |
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Speech Clarity| | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
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Speech Recognition| | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
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Speed of Closure| | The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns. |
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Visual Color Discrimination| | The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness. |
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Far Vision| | The ability to see details at a distance. |
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Memorization| | The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures. |
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Selective Attention| | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
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Time Sharing| | The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources). |
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Perceptual Speed| | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
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Number Facility| | The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly. |
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Depth Perception| | The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object. |
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Finger Dexterity| | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
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Hearing Sensitivity| | The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness. |
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Spatial Orientation| | The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you. |
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Auditory Attention| | The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds. |
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Arm-Hand Steadiness| | The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position. |
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Extent Flexibility| | The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs. |
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Control Precision| | The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions. |
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Manual Dexterity| | The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects. |
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Interests
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Investigative| | Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally. |
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Realistic| | Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others. |
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Conventional| | Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow. |
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Enterprising| | Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business. |
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Artistic| | Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules. |
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Social| | Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others. |
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First Interest High-Point| | Primary-Rank Descriptiveness |
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Second Interest High-Point| | Secondary-Cutoff/Rank Descriptiveness |
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Knowledge
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Engineering and Technology| | Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services. |
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Mathematics| | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
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Computers and Electronics| | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
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Design| | Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. |
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Physics| | Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes. |
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English Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
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Production and Processing| | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
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Administration and Management| | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
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Mechanical| | Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance. |
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Telecommunications| | Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems. |
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Education and Training| | Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects. |
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Customer and Personal Service| | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Clerical| | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
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Psychology| | Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders. |
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Chemistry| | Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods. |
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Public Safety and Security| | Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions. |
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Sales and Marketing| | Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems. |
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Transportation| | Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits. |
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Building and Construction| | Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads. |
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Personnel and Human Resources| | Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems. |
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Sociology and Anthropology| | Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins. |
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Communications and Media| | Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. |
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Geography| | Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life. |
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Law and Government| | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
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Economics and Accounting| | Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data. |
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Therapy and Counseling| | Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance. |
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Biology| | Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment. |
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Philosophy and Theology| | Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture. |
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Foreign Language| | Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation. |
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History and Archeology| | Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures. |
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Medicine and Dentistry| | Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures. |
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Fine Arts| | Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture. |
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Food Production| | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
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Wages
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| District of Columbia | $82,880.00 |
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| North Carolina | $68,330.00 |
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| South Carolina | $73,690.00 |
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Related Careers
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Aerospace Engineers| | Perform a variety of engineering work in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. May conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture. May recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques. |
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Electricians| | Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May install or service street lights, intercom systems, or electrical control systems. |
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Electronics Engineers, Except Computer| | Research, design, develop, and test electronic components and systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use utilizing knowledge of electronic theory and materials properties. Design electronic circuits and components for use in fields such as telecommunications, aerospace guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls. |
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Engineering Managers| | Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields. |
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Marine Architects| | Design and oversee construction and repair of marine craft and floating structures such as ships, barges, tugs, dredges, submarines, torpedoes, floats, and buoys. May confer with marine engineers. |
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Mechanical Engineers| | Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of such equipment as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems. |
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Mining & Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers| | Determine the location and plan the extraction of coal, metallic ores, nonmetallic minerals, and building materials, such as stone and gravel. Work involves conducting preliminary surveys of deposits or undeveloped mines and planning their development; examining deposits or mines to determine whether they can be worked at a profit; making geological and topographical surveys; evolving methods of mining best suited to character, type, and size of deposits; and supervising mining operations. |
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Nuclear Engineers| | Conduct research on nuclear engineering problems or apply principles and theory of nuclear science to problems concerned with release, control, and utilization of nuclear energy and nuclear waste disposal. |
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Skills
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Troubleshooting| | Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. |
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Reading Comprehension| | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
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Equipment Selection| | Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job. |
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Complex Problem Solving| | Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. |
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Active Learning| | Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. |
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Critical Thinking| | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
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Technology Design| | Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs. |
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Systems Analysis| | Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. |
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Time Management| | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
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Mathematics| | Using mathematics to solve problems. |
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Coordination| | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
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Monitoring| | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
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Judgment and Decision Making| | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
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Learning Strategies| | Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. |
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Science| | Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems. |
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Systems Evaluation| | Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system. |
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Active Listening| | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
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Writing| | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
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Operations Analysis| | Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design. |
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Management of Material Resources| | Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. |
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Speaking| | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
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Management of Personnel Resources| | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
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Persuasion| | Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
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Service Orientation| | Actively looking for ways to help people. |
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Operation and Control| | Controlling operations of equipment or systems. |
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Quality Control Analysis| | Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance. |
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Instructing| | Teaching others how to do something. |
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Social Perceptiveness| | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
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Installation| | Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications. |
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Management of Financial Resources| | Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures. |
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Negotiation| | Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences. |
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Operation Monitoring| | Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly. |
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Programming| | Writing computer programs for various purposes. |
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Equipment Maintenance| | Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed. |
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Repairing| | Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools. |
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Tasks
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| Confer with engineers, customers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects and products. |
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| Oversee project production efforts to assure projects are completed satisfactorily, on time and within budget. |
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| Direct and coordinate manufacturing, construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, and testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, and customer requirements. |
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| Prepare and study technical drawings, specifications of electrical systems, and topographical maps to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements. |
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| Perform detailed calculations to compute and establish manufacturing, construction, and installation standards and specifications. |
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| Inspect completed installations and observe operations to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational and safety standards. |
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| Plan and implement research methodology and procedures to apply principles of electrical theory to engineering projects. |
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| Investigate customer or public complaints, determine nature and extent of problem, and recommend remedial measures. |
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| Plan layout of electric power generating plants and distribution lines and stations. |
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| Prepare specifications for purchase of materials and equipment. |
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| Supervise and train project team members as necessary. |
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| Assist in developing capital project programs for new equipment and major repairs. |
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| Investigate and test vendors' and competitors' products. |
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| Develop budgets, estimating labor, material, and construction costs. |
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| Compile data and write reports regarding existing and potential engineering studies and projects. |
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| Collect data relating to commercial and residential development, population, and power system interconnection to determine operating efficiency of electrical systems. |
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| Conduct field surveys and study maps, graphs, diagrams, and other data to identify and correct power system problems. |
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Tools
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| Accelerometers |
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| Computed tomography CT or CAT radiotherapy simulators |
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| Photolithography equipment |
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| Computer servers |
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| Corona treaters |
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| Cylindrical corona testers |
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| Diffractometers |
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| Digital cameras |
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| Digital video cameras |
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| Electrical frequency meters |
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| Noise figure meters |
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| Electrical inductance sensors |
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| Inductance-capacitance-resistance ICR meters |
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| Electronic measuring probes |
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| Parameter analyzers |
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| Flow sensors |
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| Flow meters |
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| Frequency calibrator or simulator |
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| Frequency drives |
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| Signal analyzers |
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| Frequency counters or timer or dividers |
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| Frequency counters |
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| Interferometers |
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| Spectrum analyzers |
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| Ion implantation equipment |
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| Reactive ion etch systems |
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| Laboratory balances |
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| Microbalances |
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| Laboratory evaporators |
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| Electron beam evaporators |
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| Filament evaporators |
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| Low pressure chemical vapor deposition systems |
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| Metal evaporation systems |
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| Vacuum system/thermal evaporators |
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| Laboratory safety furnaces |
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| Annealing furnaces |
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| Diffusion furnaces |
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| Oxidation furnaces |
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| Laser measuring systems |
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| Laser ranging systems |
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| Laser printers |
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| Printers |
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| Level generators |
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| Pulse generators |
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| Magnetic spin bars or stir bars or stirring beads |
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| Spinners |
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| Microwave core equipment |
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| Microwave automatic load-pull tuners |
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| Multimeters |
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| Network analyzers |
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| Notebook computers |
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| Laptop computers |
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| Oscillographs |
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| Sweep oscillators |
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| Oscilloscopes |
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| Digital oscilloscopes |
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| Mixed signal oscilloscopes |
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| Sampling oscilloscopes |
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| Personal computers |
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| Plotter printers |
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| Plotting printers |
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| Power meters |
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| Microwave power meters |
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| Proton spectrometers |
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| Secondary ion mass spectrometers SIMS |
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| Pyrometers |
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| Reactors |
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| Plasma reactors |
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| Scanning electron microscopes |
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| Scanning probe microscopes |
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| Atomic force microscopes |
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| Scanning tunneling microscopes |
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| Semiconductor process systems |
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| Fog chambers |
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| Glovebox systems |
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| Linearization testbeds |
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| Molecular beam epitaxy MBE systems |
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| Plasma ashers |
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| Spin-coaters |
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| Tube etchers |
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| Vacuum chambers |
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| Wafer steppers |
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| Wet chemical clean benches |
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| Wire bonders |
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| Signal generators |
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| Programmable function generators |
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| Synthesized continuous wave CW generators |
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| Vector signal generators |
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| Spectrographs |
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| Imaging spectrographs |
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| Spectrometers |
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| Auger electron spectrometers |
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| Electrochemical CV dopant profilers |
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| Photoluminescence spectrometers |
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| X ray photoemission spectrometers |
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| Surface testers |
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| Profilometers |
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| Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers |
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| Rapid thermal annealers |
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| Thermocouples |
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| Thickness measuring devices |
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| Ellipsometers |
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| Transistor circuit testers |
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| Universal microwave transistor test fixtures |
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| Transistor transistor logic TTL |
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| Pattern generator systems |
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| Tube furnaces |
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| Doping tubes |
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| Oxidation tubes |
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| Vertical furnaces |
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| Voltage or current meters |
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| Digital voltmeters DVM |
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| Pulsed current-voltage IV analyzer |
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| X ray generators |
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| X ray guns |
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Technology
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| Accounting software |
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| Life cycle cost software |
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| Analytical or scientific software |
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| APLAC Solutions Corporation software |
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| Automated material handling software |
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| Availability prediction modeling software |
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| Circuit simulation software |
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| Digital timing diagram editing software |
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| Dynamic object-oriented requirements system DOORS |
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| Electromagnetic analysis software |
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| Electronic engineering calculator |
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| Embedded systems testing software |
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| Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software |
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| Failure mode effects and criticality analysis FMECA software |
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| Failure reporting analysis and corrective action FRACAS software |
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| Fault modeling software |
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| Fault tree analysis FTA software |
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| Finite difference time domain FDTD software |
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| Finite element method FEM software |
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| Functional verification software |
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| Hewlett Packard Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer |
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| Isograph Markov |
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| Logic synthesis software |
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| Mathworks MATLAB |
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| Matrix calculation software |
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| Mean time between failures MBTF software |
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| Mean time to failure MTTF software |
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| Mentor Graphics ModelSim |
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| Microwave circuit simulation software |
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| Optimization software |
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| Power analysis software |
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| Reliability analysis software |
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| ReliaSoft Weibull++ 6 |
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| Signal integrity simulation software |
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| Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE |
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| Synopsis Design Compiler |
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| Synopsys PrimeTime |
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| Systems analysis programs for hands on integrated reliability evaluation software SAPHIRE |
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| Tektronix EZ-TEST |
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| Test automation software |
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| Time and motion analysis software |
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| Computer aided design CAD software |
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| Agilent Advanced Design System ADS software |
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| Autodesk AutoCAD |
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| Cadence Allegro Design Entry |
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| Cadence Encounter Test |
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| Chip design software |
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| Electronic design automation EDA software |
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| Field programmable gate array FPGA design software |
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| Floor planning software |
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| MAGIC layout editor |
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| Mento Graphics software |
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| OrCAD Capture |
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| Physical design software |
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| Printed circuit board design software |
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| Schematic design entry software |
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| ViewLogic software |
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| Computer aided manufacturing CAM software |
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| Rapid prototyping software |
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| Development environment software |
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| Advanced boolean expression language ABEL |
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| Altera hardware description language AHDL |
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| Hardware description language HDL |
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| Microsoft Visual Basic |
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