Advisory engineer vs process engineer

The differences between advisory engineers and process 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 process engineer. Additionally, an advisory engineer has an average salary of $94,314, which is higher than the $82,443 average annual salary of a process engineer.

The top three skills for an advisory engineer include API, javascript and technical support. The most important skills for a process engineer are continuous improvement, sigma, and lean manufacturing.

Advisory engineer vs process engineer overview

	Advisory Engineer	Process Engineer
Yearly salary	$94,314	$82,443
Hourly rate	$45.34	$39.64
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	41,456	66,937
Job satisfaction	-	4
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Advisory engineer vs process engineer salary

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

	Advisory Engineer	Process Engineer
Average salary	$94,314	$82,443
Salary range	Between $73,000 And $120,000	Between $62,000 And $108,000
Highest paying City	Oakland, CA	Rio Rancho, NM
Highest paying state	Louisiana	New Mexico
Best paying company	Goldman Sachs	Apple
Best paying industry	Technology	Technology

Differences between advisory engineer and process engineer education

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

	Advisory Engineer	Process Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 60%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Chemical Engineering
Most common college	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Northwestern University

Advisory engineer vs process engineer demographics

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

	Advisory Engineer	Process Engineer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 92.3% Female, 7.7%	Male, 82.9% Female, 17.1%
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, 4.3% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.6% Asian, 15.6% White, 65.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between advisory engineer and process 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.

Process engineer example responsibilities.

Lead KAIZEN projects to eliminate waste categories stemming from corrugation process.
Create and manage SharePoint sites for teams to collaborate on the work.
Lead and participate in KAIZEN events, IQ, OQ, PQ activities, set-up reduction techniques.
Lead a team, scheduling, resource planning, to create 120 catheters on schedule for a clinical trial.
Manage the operated and non-operate AFE process from implementation to cost allocation.
Obtain referrals, track hospitalized patients, interface with manage care intermediaries/medical personnel.

Advisory engineer vs process engineer skills

Common advisory engineer skills

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

Common process engineer skills

Continuous Improvement, 8%
Sigma, 5%
Lean Manufacturing, 5%
Project Management, 5%
Troubleshoot, 4%
Lean Six Sigma, 3%