Advisory engineer vs packaging engineer

The differences between advisory engineers and packaging engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an advisory engineer and a packaging engineer. Additionally, an advisory engineer has an average salary of $94,314, which is higher than the $88,452 average annual salary of a packaging engineer.

The top three skills for an advisory engineer include API, javascript and technical support. The most important skills for a packaging engineer are CAD, project management, and solidworks.

Advisory engineer vs packaging engineer overview

	Advisory Engineer	Packaging Engineer
Yearly salary	$94,314	$88,452
Hourly rate	$45.34	$42.52
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	41,456	54,028
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Advisory engineer vs packaging engineer salary

Advisory engineers and packaging engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Advisory Engineer	Packaging Engineer
Average salary	$94,314	$88,452
Salary range	Between $73,000 And $120,000	Between $65,000 And $118,000
Highest paying City	Oakland, CA	Santa Rosa, CA
Highest paying state	Louisiana	California
Best paying company	Goldman Sachs	Apple
Best paying industry	Technology	Technology

Differences between advisory engineer and packaging engineer education

There are a few differences between an advisory engineer and a packaging engineer in terms of educational background:

	Advisory Engineer	Packaging Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Engineering And Industrial Management
Most common college	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Northwestern University

Advisory engineer vs packaging engineer demographics

Here are the differences between advisory engineers' and packaging engineers' demographics:

	Advisory Engineer	Packaging Engineer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 92.3% Female, 7.7%	Male, 77.1% Female, 22.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 15.1% White, 66.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 13.1% White, 67.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between advisory engineer and packaging engineer duties and responsibilities

Advisory engineer example responsibilities.

Lead development of lithographic techniques for sub-micron technologies and develop processes to support manufacturing transition from bipolar to cmos.
Develop processes producing features and leverage IBM technology into RF and MEMS devices.
Develop system design budgets for RF gain, noise figure and phase noise.
Design custom ASIC base IR transceiver option cards for PCMCIA, ISA and MCA computing platforms.
Prepare designs for pack columns dealing with distillation, absorption, stripping, and direct contact heat transfer.
Translate customer objectives into PCB requirements.

Packaging engineer example responsibilities.

Manage UAT testing of App-V/Thin-App applications.
Manage implementation and changes using FDA compliant documentation and change management processes.
Manage Linux staging and testing environments and also automate application packaging and deployments.
Manage packaging redesign project to maintain compliance with current FDA regulations for medical device packaging.
Manage in-house process, which include art direction, copy/editorial development, photography, and print production management for domestic/international market.
Develop windows application in c #to process customer and policy information.

Advisory engineer vs packaging engineer skills

Common advisory engineer skills

API, 23%
JavaScript, 17%
Technical Support, 7%
Technical Leadership, 6%
Development Environment, 6%
Java, 5%

Common packaging engineer skills

CAD, 9%
Project Management, 8%
Solidworks, 7%
ASTM, 5%
Package Design, 5%
ISTA, 4%