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Manufacturing Engineers

$96.35K Median Salary 23.3K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 13.7% Job Growth

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About This Career

Design, integrate, or improve manufacturing systems or related processes. May work with commercial or industrial designers to refine product designs to increase producibility and decrease costs.

Reported Job Titles

Facility Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Plant Engineer, Process Engineer, Process Improvement Engineer

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Category Flexibility

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Near Vision

Oral Comprehension

Problem Sensitivity

Visualization

Information Ordering

Oral Expression

Written Comprehension

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Flexibility of Closure

Fluency of Ideas

Originality

Written Expression

Speech Recognition

Far Vision

Speech Clarity

Perceptual Speed

Selective Attention

Speed of Closure

Knowledge

Engineering and Technology

Production and Processing

Mechanical

Design

Mathematics

Computers and Electronics

English Language

Physics

Administration and Management

Education and Training

Skills

Complex Problem Solving

Mathematics

Reading Comprehension

Active Listening

Judgment and Decision Making

Monitoring

Operations Monitoring

Speaking

Critical Thinking

Systems Analysis

Systems Evaluation

Writing

Active Learning

Technology Design

Time Management

Troubleshooting

Learning Strategies

Operations Analysis

Quality Control Analysis

Instructing

Persuasion

Science

Coordination

Management of Material Resources

Negotiation

Service Orientation

Social Perceptiveness

Technology Skills

Computer aided design CAD software

Desktop communications software

Electronic mail software

Development environment software

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software

Industrial control software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Analytical or scientific software

Internet browser software

Data base user interface and query software

Project management software

Spreadsheet software

Office suite software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Word processing software

Object or component oriented development software

Presentation software

Process mapping and design software

Tools

Micrometers

Calipers

Notebook computers

Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers

Scientific calculator

Binocular light compound microscopes

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Abilities

Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
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 that there is a problem.
Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
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).
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
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.
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).
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.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Far Vision: The ability to see details at a distance.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
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.
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
Speed of Closure: The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

Knowledge

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.
Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Design: Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
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.
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.
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.

Skills

Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
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.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Operations Monitoring: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
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.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Technology Design: Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Troubleshooting: Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Management of Material Resources: Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.
Negotiation: Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Technology Skills

Computer aided design CAD software: Autodesk AutoCAD; Autodesk Revit
Desktop communications software: Edmodo
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Development environment software: Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite
Computer aided manufacturing CAM software: 1CadCam Unigraphics; Geometric CAMWorks; Siemens NX
Industrial control software: Industrial Scientific iNET; QuestSuite Professional
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Object or component oriented development software: Oracle Java
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Process mapping and design software: Microsoft Visio

Tools

Micrometers:
Calipers: Dial calipers; Digital calipers; Vernier calipers
Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers: Personal digital assistants PDA
Scientific calculator: Digital calculators
Binocular light compound microscopes:
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:

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