Prototype technician vs senior electronics technician

The differences between prototype technicians and senior electronics technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-12 months to become both a prototype technician and a senior electronics technician. Additionally, a senior electronics technician has an average salary of $61,776, which is higher than the $45,071 average annual salary of a prototype technician.

The top three skills for a prototype technician include CAD, hand tools and CNC. The most important skills for a senior electronics technician are RF, technical support, and analog.

Prototype technician vs senior electronics technician overview

	Prototype Technician	Senior Electronics Technician
Yearly salary	$45,071	$61,776
Hourly rate	$21.67	$29.70
Growth rate	-	-
Number of jobs	48,310	68,281
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Associate Degree, 58%
Average age	50	50
Years of experience	12	12

Prototype technician vs senior electronics technician salary

Prototype technicians and senior electronics technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Prototype Technician	Senior Electronics Technician
Average salary	$45,071	$61,776
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $58,000	Between $44,000 And $85,000
Highest paying City	-	Pleasanton, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	Halliburton
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between prototype technician and senior electronics technician education

There are a few differences between a prototype technician and a senior electronics technician in terms of educational background:

	Prototype Technician	Senior Electronics Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 38%	Associate Degree, 58%
Most common major	Automotive Technology	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Purdue University	Northeastern University

Prototype technician vs senior electronics technician demographics

Here are the differences between prototype technicians' and senior electronics technicians' demographics:

	Prototype Technician	Senior Electronics Technician
Average age	50	50
Gender ratio	Male, 87.3% Female, 12.7%	Male, 94.6% Female, 5.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 8.0% White, 70.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between prototype technician and senior electronics technician duties and responsibilities

Prototype technician example responsibilities.

Manage and distribute cad standards to contributing design consultants and assist with any design issues as necessary.
Wire and solder all connections to FDA standards.
Finish SLA and SLS parts for mold development.
Experience in reading micrometers, calipers, and blueprints.
Assist purchasing department in outside vendor (PCB fabrication) operations
Use precision measuring tools including calipers, gages, and torques.

Senior electronics technician example responsibilities.

Manage and ensure preventative maintenance, safety, and OSHA compliance programs are meet.
Analyze, and troubleshoot analog, digital, audio, and RF circuits to component level in telephone circuit boards.
Work to ensure compliance with all OSHA, ISO, cGMP and FDA standards.
Experience using oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers to measure and interpret transmitter system operating parameters.
Perform alignments using network analyzers, scalar analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes.
Train on ISO and IPC.

Prototype technician vs senior electronics technician skills

Common prototype technician skills

CAD, 11%
Hand Tools, 10%
CNC, 7%
Prototyping, 6%
Calipers, 6%
Autoclaves, 6%

Common senior electronics technician skills

RF, 9%
Technical Support, 5%
Analog, 5%
Ac, 4%
Dc, 4%
Oscilloscopes, 4%

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