Circuit designer vs customer engineer

The differences between circuit designers and customer engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a circuit designer and a customer engineer. Additionally, a circuit designer has an average salary of $105,618, which is higher than the $101,212 average annual salary of a customer engineer.

The top three skills for a circuit designer include cadence, analog and RF. The most important skills for a customer engineer are customer service, technical problems, and level agreements.

Circuit designer vs customer engineer overview

	Circuit Designer	Customer Engineer
Yearly salary	$105,618	$101,212
Hourly rate	$50.78	$48.66
Growth rate	3%	3%
Number of jobs	44,611	44,709
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	6	6

Circuit designer vs customer engineer salary

Circuit designers and customer engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Circuit Designer	Customer Engineer
Average salary	$105,618	$101,212
Salary range	Between $79,000 And $139,000	Between $77,000 And $131,000
Highest paying City	Mountain View, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	California	New Jersey
Best paying company	Apple	Google
Best paying industry	Manufacturing	Start-up

Differences between circuit designer and customer engineer education

There are a few differences between a circuit designer and a customer engineer in terms of educational background:

	Circuit Designer	Customer Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 46%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Stanford University	Stanford University

Circuit designer vs customer engineer demographics

Here are the differences between circuit designers' and customer engineers' demographics:

	Circuit Designer	Customer Engineer
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 66.9% Female, 33.1%	Male, 90.4% Female, 9.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.9% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 11.4% Asian, 16.6% White, 62.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.8% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 11.1% Asian, 14.5% White, 64.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between circuit designer and customer engineer duties and responsibilities

Circuit designer example responsibilities.

Manage and assign company facilities and assets through the use of: circuit reports, manual logs and PC generate reports.
Configure, document, and support routers, switches, and VPN.
Used handheld computers and pressure gauges.
Test and measurement of various RF circuits.
Develop schematic & PCB footprints for component library.
Transition to in-circuit testing of complete circuit boards.

Customer engineer example responsibilities.

Lead initial product demos to Sr. management.
Manage the installation and support of NT scanner workstations.
Manage UNIX systems security and troubleshot and resolve client problems.
Use SMS to manage network connect devices, inventory hardware/software, software distribution/installation, and perform diagnostic checks on PC's.
Configure and administer DNS, NTP, NFS, TCP/IP, FTP and Netscape web servers.
Handle planning and shipping of POS equipment, stage new equipment, respond to client queries, and resolve technical issues.

Circuit designer vs customer engineer skills

Common circuit designer skills

Cadence, 11%
Analog, 10%
RF, 7%
MATLAB, 7%
IP, 6%
CMOS, 5%

Common customer engineer skills

Customer Service, 13%
Technical Problems, 10%
Level Agreements, 6%
Customer Satisfaction, 6%
Software Support, 5%
Preventative Maintenance, 5%