Develop, process, and test materials used to create a range of products. They work with metals, ceramics, plastics, composites, and other substances to create new materials that meet certain mechanical, electrical, and chemical requirements.
Concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns.
Listen or read and understand the information and ideas presented.
Combine personal soft-skills such as being polite, listening, respecting authority, etc., to properly function in a professional environment.
Communicate information and ideas through written and spoken word so others will understand.
Choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Recognize when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
Combine the necessary skills and information to produce a solution.
Combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions as well as apply those rules to make decisions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
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.
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
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.
Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
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.
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
4-year Bachelors Degree
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