Director of applications engineering vs design manager

The differences between directors of applications engineering and design managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes More than 10 years to become both a director of applications engineering and a design manager. Additionally, a director of applications engineering has an average salary of $164,007, which is higher than the $102,637 average annual salary of a design manager.

The top three skills for a director of applications engineering include application engineering, cloud and software development. The most important skills for a design manager are sketch, project management, and visualization.

Director of applications engineering vs design manager overview

	Director Of Applications Engineering	Design Manager
Yearly salary	$164,007	$102,637
Hourly rate	$78.85	$49.34
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	73,278	61,273
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Director of applications engineering vs design manager salary

Directors of applications engineering and design managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Director Of Applications Engineering	Design Manager
Average salary	$164,007	$102,637
Salary range	Between $112,000 And $238,000	Between $69,000 And $150,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Nevada	California
Best paying company	Rambus	Meta
Best paying industry	Technology	Technology

Differences between director of applications engineering and design manager education

There are a few differences between a director of applications engineering and a design manager in terms of educational background:

	Director Of Applications Engineering	Design Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 77%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Graphic Design
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Director of applications engineering vs design manager demographics

Here are the differences between directors of applications engineering' and design managers' demographics:

	Director Of Applications Engineering	Design Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 93.4% Female, 6.6%	Male, 63.8% Female, 36.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 15.8% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 11.8% White, 71.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between director of applications engineering and design manager duties and responsibilities

Director of applications engineering example responsibilities.

Lead and manage development teams to implement large-scale, web-base custom infrastructure.
Staff and manage development, QA, release engineering, and documentation.
Manage and coordinate all hardware/software engineering, installation, and service of HVAC temperature control system projects.
Increase sales of IP telephony and network infrastructure platforms while cultivating and nurturing joint business development efforts with Cisco.
Showcase emWare's technology with team of embed and Java web-client developers.
Introduce automation capabilities into QA that eliminate manual regression testing and reduce overall testing time.

Design manager example responsibilities.

Help achieve status of medical device manufacturer through the FDA.
Manage several consultants preparing contract documents on the various NYC let and NYS let projects.
Manage and collaborate with ASIC library/memory vendors.
Manage design, tooling, equipment implementations and process improvements for foundry/machining metalworking manufacturer of automotive OEM products.
Design blueprints, bills of materials, FEA as required.
Include producing FDA and ISO-9000 level documentation of the project.

Director of applications engineering vs design manager skills

Common director of applications engineering skills

Application Engineering, 15%
Cloud, 13%
Software Development, 12%
Java, 10%
Infrastructure, 8%
Technical Support, 5%

Common design manager skills

Sketch, 8%
Project Management, 8%
Visualization, 5%
User Experience, 4%
PowerPoint, 4%
Design Process, 4%

Director Of Applications Engineering vs. similar jobs

Director Of Applications Engineering related careers

Director Of Applications Engineering related jobs

What similar roles do

Zippia Careers
Executive Management Industry
Director Of Applications Engineering
Director Of Applications Engineering vs Design Manager

Updated January 8, 2025

Browse executive management jobs