Detail engineer vs product engineer

The differences between detail engineers and product 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 detail engineer and a product engineer. Additionally, a product engineer has an average salary of $89,645, which is higher than the $82,567 average annual salary of a detail engineer.

The top three skills for a detail engineer include shop drawings, CAD and perform site survey. The most important skills for a product engineer are CAD, product design, and project management.

Detail engineer vs product engineer overview

	Detail Engineer	Product Engineer
Yearly salary	$82,567	$89,645
Hourly rate	$39.70	$43.10
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	86,734	157,888
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Detail engineer vs product engineer salary

Detail engineers and product engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Detail Engineer	Product Engineer
Average salary	$82,567	$89,645
Salary range	Between $41,000 And $164,000	Between $68,000 And $118,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between detail engineer and product engineer education

There are a few differences between a detail engineer and a product engineer in terms of educational background:

	Detail Engineer	Product Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 54%	Bachelor's Degree, 74%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	Michigan Technological University

Detail engineer vs product engineer demographics

Here are the differences between detail engineers' and product engineers' demographics:

	Detail Engineer	Product Engineer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 87.2% Female, 12.8%	Male, 87.8% Female, 12.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 10.2% White, 71.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 17.0% White, 67.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between detail engineer and product engineer duties and responsibilities

Detail engineer example responsibilities.

Manage custom product design & generate all require documentation for both customer and manufacturing groups using AutoCAD rel.
Work with both SONET, and asynchronous network devices.
Require a working knowledge of SONET and DWDM technology.
Use IPPLANNER to assign IPs to new networks deploy for Ethernet hub and speak topology and point to point circuits.
Analyze OEM documentation to create specification templates for the southeast engineering and installation departments.
Conduct geotechnical and environmental subsurface investigations.

Product engineer example responsibilities.

Lead team to achieve project objectives and report results to Sr. Management.
Manage outsourced $500k mix mode voice security IC development.
Manage various EHS activities at the Fremont, California facility.
Manage coordination of APQP, component timing, and technical resource allocation for commercial issues.
Manage the manufacturing of defense and aerospace electro-mechanical print circuit boards from prototype to production level.
Sketch concepts (Creo), coordinate prototype builds, provide assembly instructions and troubleshoot build issues.

Detail engineer vs product engineer skills

Common detail engineer skills

Shop Drawings, 27%
CAD, 26%
Perform Site Survey, 7%
Customer Locations, 6%
Engineering Specifications, 5%
BOM, 4%

Common product engineer skills

CAD, 6%
Product Design, 5%
Project Management, 4%
C++, 4%
Solidworks, 3%
Product Development, 3%