Engineering and design consultant vs senior engineer

The differences between engineering and design consultants and senior 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 senior engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a senior engineer has an average salary of $108,743, 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 senior engineer are java, python, and architecture.

Engineering and design consultant vs senior engineer overview

	Engineering And Design Consultant	Senior Engineer
Yearly salary	$93,537	$108,743
Hourly rate	$44.97	$52.28
Growth rate	2%	2%
Number of jobs	95,642	343,200
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Average age	48	41
Years of experience	-	6

Engineering and design consultant vs senior engineer salary

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

	Engineering And Design Consultant	Senior Engineer
Average salary	$93,537	$108,743
Salary range	Between $63,000 And $138,000	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 engineering and design consultant and senior engineer education

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

	Engineering And Design Consultant	Senior Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 67%	Bachelor's Degree, 68%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Michigan Technological University	Michigan Technological University

Engineering and design consultant vs senior engineer demographics

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

	Engineering And Design Consultant	Senior Engineer
Average age	48	41
Gender ratio	Male, 91.5% Female, 8.5%	Male, 89.1% Female, 10.9%
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, 3.1% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 17.1% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	9%	5%

Differences between engineering and design consultant and senior 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.

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.

Engineering and design consultant vs senior engineer skills

Common engineering and design consultant skills

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

Common senior engineer skills

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

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