Junior engineering technician vs senior manufacturing technician

The differences between junior engineering technicians and senior manufacturing technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a junior engineering technician and a senior manufacturing technician. Additionally, a junior engineering technician has an average salary of $55,455, which is higher than the $53,077 average annual salary of a senior manufacturing technician.

The top three skills for a junior engineering technician include prototype, engineering drawings and auto cad. The most important skills for a senior manufacturing technician are troubleshoot, harvest, and GMP.

Junior engineering technician vs senior manufacturing technician overview

	Junior Engineering Technician	Senior Manufacturing Technician
Yearly salary	$55,455	$53,077
Hourly rate	$26.66	$25.52
Growth rate	3%	3%
Number of jobs	94,781	53,820
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	4	4

Junior engineering technician vs senior manufacturing technician salary

Junior engineering technicians and senior manufacturing technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Junior Engineering Technician	Senior Manufacturing Technician
Average salary	$55,455	$53,077
Salary range	Between $40,000 And $75,000	Between $38,000 And $73,000
Highest paying City	-	Fremont, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Boehringer Ingelheim
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between junior engineering technician and senior manufacturing technician education

There are a few differences between a junior engineering technician and a senior manufacturing technician in terms of educational background:

	Junior Engineering Technician	Senior Manufacturing Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 48%	Bachelor's Degree, 45%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Carnegie Mellon University	Purdue University

Junior engineering technician vs senior manufacturing technician demographics

Here are the differences between junior engineering technicians' and senior manufacturing technicians' demographics:

	Junior Engineering Technician	Senior Manufacturing Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 84.2% Female, 15.8%	Male, 80.8% Female, 19.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.4% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 16.5% Asian, 9.0% White, 59.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 8.2% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 16.1% Asian, 11.7% White, 58.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between junior engineering technician and senior manufacturing technician duties and responsibilities

Junior engineering technician example responsibilities.

Manage and distribute cad standards to contributing design consultants and assist with any design issues as necessary.
Design software applications by creating a sequence of operations from start to finish for large HVAC applications.
Perform tests on RF and digital electronic assemblies and systems to characterize performance, uncover specification deficiencies and repair damage circuitry.
Work on non-classify and highly-classify scientific instruments using certify NASA soldering procedures.

Senior manufacturing technician example responsibilities.

Manage unit operations HPLC, UFDF, centrifugation, and homogenization.
Manage a team of 16 technicians on all phases of the Fab start up: from process formation to manufacturing readiness.
Produce and prepare statistical process control documentation and reports for engineering evaluation in a GMP, FDA and ISO regulate environment.
Ensure procedural compliance; ISO9000, ESD, SPC, and OSHA regulations.
Follow all safety and ESD procedures.
Organize and file all HACCP paperwork.

Junior engineering technician vs senior manufacturing technician skills

Common junior engineering technician skills

Prototype, 61%
Engineering Drawings, 8%
Auto CAD, 5%
Test Equipment, 5%
SMT, 4%
NOC, 4%

Common senior manufacturing technician skills

Troubleshoot, 9%
Harvest, 7%
GMP, 5%
Production Equipment, 5%
Process Equipment, 5%
Continuous Improvement, 4%

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