Qualification engineer vs engineer

The differences between qualification engineers and engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a qualification engineer, becoming an engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, an engineer has an average salary of $92,077, which is higher than the $87,313 average annual salary of a qualification engineer.

The top three skills for a qualification engineer include test procedures, GMP and test equipment. The most important skills for an engineer are python, cloud, and C++.

Qualification engineer vs engineer overview

	Qualification Engineer	Engineer
Yearly salary	$87,313	$92,077
Hourly rate	$41.98	$44.27
Growth rate	10%	2%
Number of jobs	29,002	618,207
Job satisfaction	-	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	42	41
Years of experience	4	6

Qualification engineer vs engineer salary

Qualification engineers and engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Qualification Engineer	Engineer
Average salary	$87,313	$92,077
Salary range	Between $61,000 And $124,000	Between $65,000 And $130,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Huntsville, AL
Highest paying state	Washington	New Hampshire
Best paying company	Google	Fort Bend County
Best paying industry	Technology	Automotive

Differences between qualification engineer and engineer education

There are a few differences between a qualification engineer and an engineer in terms of educational background:

	Qualification Engineer	Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Electrical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	Michigan Technological University

Qualification engineer vs engineer demographics

Here are the differences between qualification engineers' and engineers' demographics:

	Qualification Engineer	Engineer
Average age	42	41
Gender ratio	Male, 85.6% Female, 14.4%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.2% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 15.2% White, 66.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.3% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 15.0% White, 67.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	4%	5%

Differences between qualification engineer and engineer duties and responsibilities

Qualification engineer example responsibilities.

Manage commissioning and GMP qualification of a vial filling line and two secondary packaging lines.
Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy.
Reassign to assist in HVAC duct qualification group.
Develop the protocol for environmental monitoring of the GMP areas.
Refactore and execute python scripts require for device stress testing.
Check and design verify HVAC and pipe stress calculations and support location drawings.

Engineer example responsibilities.

Manage startup, trouble shooting and testing of PLC control equipment.
Lead project team to design and FDA validate 10-up extreme accuracy vial dosing system and CIP/SIP automate cleaning equipment.
Automate the creation of a WebLogic Admin and manage server deployment scheme within an installer for secure application deployment.
Install and test PLC in client own equipment on site - solve some logical and hardware issues to accomplish goal
Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS.
Manage Terraform and refactore from monolithic to application specific components.

Qualification engineer vs engineer skills

Common qualification engineer skills

Test Procedures, 12%
GMP, 8%
Test Equipment, 6%
FDA, 6%
IQ/OQ/PQ, 5%
Python, 5%

Common engineer skills

Python, 8%
Cloud, 6%
C++, 5%
C #, 5%
AWS, 5%
Java, 4%