Career switch, measured
From Industrial Engineer to Materials Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 65% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Manufacturing, Root cause analysis, Statistics, Data analysis; the main skills to add are Welding, Research, Chemistry, Technical writing.
65%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillIndustrial EngineerMaterials Engineer
- Manufacturing69%72%
- Root cause analysis36%48%
- Statistics30%22%
- Data analysis30%22%
- Supply chain16%17%
- Problem solving35%26%
- Quality control25%16%
- Mechanical engineering9%32%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Materials Engineer postings, rarely in Industrial Engineer ones.
SkillIndustrial EngineerMaterials Engineer
- Welding–33%
- Research7%28%
- Chemistry8%28%
- Technical writing–20%
- AWS–14%
- MATLAB–12%
- Machining–10%
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