Calibration specialist vs senior electronics technician

The differences between calibration specialists and senior electronics technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a calibration specialist and a senior electronics technician. Additionally, a calibration specialist has an average salary of $66,759, which is higher than the $61,776 average annual salary of a senior electronics technician.

The top three skills for a calibration specialist include test equipment, laboratory equipment and calibration procedures. The most important skills for a senior electronics technician are RF, technical support, and analog.

Calibration specialist vs senior electronics technician overview

	Calibration Specialist	Senior Electronics Technician
Yearly salary	$66,759	$61,776
Hourly rate	$32.10	$29.70
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	17,472	68,281
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Associate Degree, 58%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	12	12

Calibration specialist vs senior electronics technician salary

Calibration specialists and senior electronics technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Calibration Specialist	Senior Electronics Technician
Average salary	$66,759	$61,776
Salary range	Between $37,000 And $118,000	Between $44,000 And $85,000
Highest paying City	West Hartford, CT	Pleasanton, CA
Highest paying state	Virginia	Hawaii
Best paying company	General Motors	Halliburton
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between calibration specialist and senior electronics technician education

There are a few differences between a calibration specialist and a senior electronics technician in terms of educational background:

	Calibration Specialist	Senior Electronics Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 46%	Associate Degree, 58%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Northeastern University	Northeastern University

Calibration specialist vs senior electronics technician demographics

Here are the differences between calibration specialists' and senior electronics technicians' demographics:

	Calibration Specialist	Senior Electronics Technician
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 81.2% Female, 18.8%	Male, 94.6% Female, 5.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between calibration specialist and senior electronics technician duties and responsibilities

Calibration specialist example responsibilities.

Accomplish team sales of 464K in clinical chemistry and hematology instrumentation.
Develop and implement GMP compliant calibration program for the company.
Maintain compliance with FDA by practicing c-GMP/c-GLP.
Assure that all GMP equipment is calibrated and operate within their design specifications.
Assist a site team with remediation activities in response to an FDA directive.
Utilize various automate test equipment, including meters, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators.

Senior electronics technician example responsibilities.

Manage and ensure preventative maintenance, safety, and OSHA compliance programs are meet.
Analyze, and troubleshoot analog, digital, audio, and RF circuits to component level in telephone circuit boards.
Work to ensure compliance with all OSHA, ISO, cGMP and FDA standards.
Experience using oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers to measure and interpret transmitter system operating parameters.
Perform alignments using network analyzers, scalar analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
Train on ISO and IPC.

Calibration specialist vs senior electronics technician skills

Common calibration specialist skills

Test Equipment, 15%
Laboratory Equipment, 12%
Calibration Procedures, 9%
ISO, 7%
GMP, 7%
RF, 6%

Common senior electronics technician skills

RF, 9%
Technical Support, 5%
Analog, 5%
Ac, 4%
Dc, 4%
Oscilloscopes, 4%

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