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Industrial Engineers
$96.35K Median Salary 23.3K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 13.7% Job Growth
About This Career
Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.
Reported Job Titles
Continuous Improvement Engineer, Engineer, Facilities Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Operations Engineer, Plant Engineer, Process Engineer, Project Engineer, Quality Engineer, Research and Development Engineer (R and D Engineer)
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Information Ordering
Near Vision
Category Flexibility
Selective Attention
Fluency of Ideas
Originality
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Mathematical Reasoning
Number Facility
Visualization
Far Vision
Flexibility of Closure
Knowledge
Engineering and Technology
Production and Processing
Mechanical
Design
English Language
Mathematics
Computers and Electronics
Administration and Management
Customer and Personal Service
Education and Training
Physics
Public Safety and Security
Administrative
Skills
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Complex Problem Solving
Speaking
Writing
Monitoring
Active Learning
Mathematics
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Coordination
Judgment and Decision Making
Instructing
Social Perceptiveness
Time Management
Technology Skills
Analytical or scientific software
Presentation software
Computer aided design CAD software
Industrial control software
Development environment software
Program testing software
Object or component oriented development software
Operating system software
Data base user interface and query software
Materials requirements planning logistics and supply chain software
Project management software
Inventory management software
Process mapping and design software
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Application server software
Expert system software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
Enterprise application integration software
Office suite software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Word processing software
Human resources software
Tools
Sound measuring apparatus or decibel meter
Microphones
Laboratory benches
Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
Electrical control panels for generators
Turntables
Infrared imagers
Tension testers
Anechoic chambers
Hydraulic press frames
Cassette players or recorders
Heated walk in environmental or growth chambers
Physiological recorders
Torsion testers
Frequency analyzers
Pressure indicators
Cardiac output CO monitoring units
Thickness measuring devices
Hydraulic motor
Radiometer
Vibration testers
Acoustic testing rooms
Respiratory monitoring kit accessories
Motor drive or control integrated circuits
Electro pneumatic transducers
Equalizers
Integrated motion control systems
Loadcells
Metallurgical microscopes
Microcontrollers
Time relay
Operational amplifiers
Signal generators
Coordinate measuring machines CMM
Multimeters
Audiometers
Computer servers
Photometer
Hardness testers
Camera controllers
Potentiometers
Digital cameras
Laser printers
Thermocouples
Personal computers
