Director of testing vs project engineering manager

The differences between directors of testing and project engineering 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 testing and a project engineering manager. Additionally, a director of testing has an average salary of $158,312, which is higher than the $110,534 average annual salary of a project engineering manager.

The top three skills for a director of testing include java, oversight and project management. The most important skills for a project engineering manager are project management, project scope, and engineering design.

Director of testing vs project engineering manager overview

	Director Of Testing	Project Engineering Manager
Yearly salary	$158,312	$110,534
Hourly rate	$76.11	$53.14
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	10,493	171,897
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Director of testing vs project engineering manager salary

Directors of testing and project engineering managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Director Of Testing	Project Engineering Manager
Average salary	$158,312	$110,534
Salary range	Between $107,000 And $233,000	Between $79,000 And $153,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Alaska	California
Best paying company	Practice Fusion	Apple
Best paying industry	Start-up	Technology

Differences between director of testing and project engineering manager education

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

	Director Of Testing	Project Engineering Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 72%
Most common major	Business	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Director of testing vs project engineering manager demographics

Here are the differences between directors of testing' and project engineering managers' demographics:

	Director Of Testing	Project Engineering Manager
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 78.3% Female, 21.7%	Male, 87.8% Female, 12.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.2% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 11.7% White, 71.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 9.0% Asian, 12.0% White, 71.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between director of testing and project engineering manager duties and responsibilities

Director of testing example responsibilities.

Lead integration of wireline IP offers.
Achieve FDA approval for the iterative process.
Manage corrective and preventative action (CAPA) and internal audit processes and personnel.
Establish engineering processes & procedures that achieve ISO registration
Manage all schedule and non-schedule aircraft maintenance activity with maintenance and QA personnel.
Manage lab design and operations, cross-functional communication with key stakeholders as well as metrics collection, analysis and reporting.

Project engineering manager example responsibilities.

Interview, hire and manage engineering and cad teams to accomplish all projects acquire with quality and on-time delivery.
Manage APQP tasks and submit documentation to customer.
Lead an engineering team that develop a vision technology product resulting in winning multiple DOD awards.
Manage UL, FCC and ANSI testing of new products and product production with contract manufacturers.
Establish SharePoint site to manage all records to ensure facility is built codes and standards if audit by regulators.
Manage desktop, server and network teams' projects, and fill in as Unix support for tape backup management.

Director of testing vs project engineering manager skills

Common director of testing skills

Java, 14%
Oversight, 8%
Project Management, 7%
Continuous Improvement, 5%
Software Development, 5%
QA, 4%

Common project engineering manager skills

Project Management, 22%
Project Scope, 6%
Engineering Design, 4%
Autocad, 4%
Capital Projects, 4%
Project Execution, 3%

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