Career switch, measured
From Manufacturing Engineer to Materials Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 71% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Root cause analysis, Machining; the main skills to add are Welding, Research, Chemistry, Stakeholder management.
71%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillManufacturing EngineerMaterials Engineer
- Manufacturing93%72%
- Mechanical engineering25%32%
- Root cause analysis29%48%
- Machining17%10%
- Statistics14%22%
- Supply chain16%17%
- Problem solving34%26%
- Data analysis14%22%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Materials Engineer postings, rarely in Manufacturing Engineer ones.
SkillManufacturing EngineerMaterials Engineer
- Welding8%33%
- Research14%28%
- Chemistry–28%
- Stakeholder management8%23%
- Technical writing7%20%
- Python9%19%
- AWS–14%
- MATLAB–12%
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