Electro-mechanical designer vs senior engineer

The differences between electro-mechanical designers and senior engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both an electro-mechanical designer and a senior engineer. Additionally, a senior engineer has an average salary of $108,743, which is higher than the $96,131 average annual salary of an electro-mechanical designer.

The top three skills for an electro-mechanical designer include electro, solidworks and design layouts. The most important skills for a senior engineer are java, python, and architecture.

Electro-mechanical designer vs senior engineer overview

	Electro-Mechanical Designer	Senior Engineer
Yearly salary	$96,131	$108,743
Hourly rate	$46.22	$52.28
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	61,117	343,200
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	6	6

Electro-mechanical designer vs senior engineer salary

Electro-mechanical designers and senior engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Electro-Mechanical Designer	Senior Engineer
Average salary	$96,131	$108,743
Salary range	Between $71,000 And $129,000	Between $82,000 And $144,000
Highest paying City	-	San Mateo, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Roku
Best paying industry	-	Start-up

Differences between electro-mechanical designer and senior engineer education

There are a few differences between an electro-mechanical designer and a senior engineer in terms of educational background:

	Electro-Mechanical Designer	Senior Engineer
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 55%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Drafting And Design	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Michigan Technological University

Electro-mechanical designer vs senior engineer demographics

Here are the differences between electro-mechanical designers' and senior engineers' demographics:

	Electro-Mechanical Designer	Senior Engineer
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 94.6% Female, 5.4%	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 10.7% White, 71.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 17.1% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	5%	5%

Differences between electro-mechanical designer and senior engineer duties and responsibilities

Electro-mechanical designer example responsibilities.

Control and manage the testing documentation of magnetics and mechanical documents using custom small scale PDM system base on windows files.
Experience in HVAC and plumbing design.
Used FloTHERM CFD to develop thermal design enhancements.
Perform design, ANSYS verification of the assigned project.
Design templates, schedules and pertinent families in Revit to use as a company standard.
Prepare complete product layouts, working detail drawings, sub-assemblies, final assemblies and BOM's.

Senior engineer example responsibilities.

Tune the TCP/IP, NFS and CIFS for 1Gb and 10Gb Ethernet to achieve performance goals.
Manage multiple releases of a global CRM initiative with on time and within budget deployment.
Implement and support migration tool used to automate promotion of code throughout all SDLC environments.
Manage & lead process analysis, design, & ERP implementation engagements at various client locations.
Design, lead design, or participate in design of five T/R modules for phase array antennas.
Create customized shell scripts to start-up and shut-down WebLogic admin and manage servers and integrate them with the OS.

Electro-mechanical designer vs senior engineer skills

Common electro-mechanical designer skills

Electro, 13%
Solidworks, 10%
Design Layouts, 8%
Mechanical Design, 7%
Creo, 6%
Electrical Components, 5%

Common senior engineer skills

Java, 10%
Python, 9%
Architecture, 7%
JavaScript, 4%
API, 4%
GIT, 3%

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