Career switch, measured
From Materials Engineer to Manufacturing 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 Process improvement, CAD, Lean, Six Sigma.
71%
skill overlap
1,077
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillMaterials EngineerManufacturing Engineer
- Manufacturing72%93%
- Mechanical engineering32%25%
- Root cause analysis48%29%
- Machining10%17%
- Statistics22%14%
- Supply chain17%16%
- Problem solving26%34%
- Data analysis22%14%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Manufacturing Engineer postings, rarely in Materials Engineer ones.
SkillMaterials EngineerManufacturing Engineer
- Process improvement10%43%
- CAD7%31%
- Lean–21%
- Six Sigma–15%
- ERP systems–14%
- GD&T–14%
- Project management–13%
- Microsoft Office–11%
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