Engineering and design consultant vs contracting engineer

The differences between engineering and design consultants and contracting engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes More than 10 years to become an engineering and design consultant, becoming a contracting engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a contracting engineer has an average salary of $122,620, which is higher than the $93,537 average annual salary of an engineering and design consultant.

The top three skills for an engineering and design consultant include design engineering, shop drawings and CAD/CAM. The most important skills for a contracting engineer are C++, C #, and R.

Engineering and design consultant vs contracting engineer overview

	Engineering And Design Consultant	Contracting Engineer
Yearly salary	$93,537	$122,620
Hourly rate	$44.97	$58.95
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	95,642	115,631
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	48	41
Years of experience	-	6

Engineering and design consultant vs contracting engineer salary

Engineering and design consultants and contracting engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Engineering And Design Consultant	Contracting Engineer
Average salary	$93,537	$122,620
Salary range	Between $63,000 And $138,000	Between $86,000 And $173,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	EquiLend
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between engineering and design consultant and contracting engineer education

There are a few differences between an engineering and design consultant and a contracting engineer in terms of educational background:

	Engineering And Design Consultant	Contracting Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Michigan Technological University	Michigan Technological University

Engineering and design consultant vs contracting engineer demographics

Here are the differences between engineering and design consultants' and contracting engineers' demographics:

	Engineering And Design Consultant	Contracting Engineer
Average age	48	41
Gender ratio	Male, 91.5% Female, 8.5%	Male, 88.2% Female, 11.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.1% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.7% Asian, 14.6% White, 68.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 11.8% White, 70.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	9%	5%

Differences between engineering and design consultant and contracting engineer duties and responsibilities

Engineering and design consultant example responsibilities.

Manage the development of the next generation products base on existing refrigerants and CO2 system including prototyping and initial manufacturing run.
Provide customer training and user support for CATIA and ENOVIA PLM systems.
Modele 3-d components and technical drawings in SolidWorks.
Design four dynamic fixtures for HVAC manifold assembly process.
Provide on-site training and support for new FPGA development.
Complete redesign of PCB's for system performance certification.

Contracting engineer example responsibilities.

Design engineering work are accomplished with Pro/E WF5.0 and Windchill PDMLink.
Develop graphical user interfaces to automate design library release process using Perl and Perl/Tk.
Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy.
Create larger Creo FEA model of wider frame which notably sped up the design cycle.
Test prototypes to find flaws in the design and to troubleshoot those problems.
Design and implement application to do performance testing for REX toolkit components on the Linux platform.

Engineering and design consultant vs contracting engineer skills

Common engineering and design consultant skills

Design Engineering, 20%
Shop Drawings, 9%
CAD/CAM, 9%
Solidworks, 6%
GD, 5%
RF, 5%

Common contracting engineer skills

C++, 9%
C #, 9%
R, 6%
Python, 5%
Windows, 4%
Test Procedures, 4%

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