Career switch, measured
From Mechanical Engineer to Materials Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 52% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Machining, MATLAB; the main skills to add are Chemistry, Data analysis, Statistics, Technical writing.
52%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillMechanical EngineerMaterials Engineer
- Manufacturing67%72%
- Mechanical engineering82%32%
- Machining18%10%
- MATLAB10%12%
- Root cause analysis14%48%
- Problem solving24%26%
- Welding9%33%
- Supply chain12%17%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Materials Engineer postings, rarely in Mechanical Engineer ones.
SkillMechanical EngineerMaterials Engineer
- Chemistry–28%
- Data analysis6%22%
- Statistics–22%
- Technical writing6%20%
- Quality control5%16%
- AWS–14%
- Auditing–9%
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