Remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician vs senior engineering technician

The differences between remotely piloted vehicle engineering technicians and senior engineering technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 1-2 years to become a remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician, becoming a senior engineering technician takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a senior engineering technician has an average salary of $88,615, which is higher than the $68,669 average annual salary of a remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician.

Remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician vs senior engineering technician overview

	Remotely Piloted Vehicle Engineering Technician	Senior Engineering Technician
Yearly salary	$68,669	$88,615
Hourly rate	$33.01	$42.60
Growth rate	-4%	3%
Number of jobs	56,755	94,734
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Average age	45	45
Years of experience	2	4

Remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician vs senior engineering technician salary

Remotely piloted vehicle engineering technicians and senior engineering technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Remotely Piloted Vehicle Engineering Technician	Senior Engineering Technician
Average salary	$68,669	$88,615
Salary range	Between $38,000 And $121,000	Between $63,000 And $123,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Idaho
Best paying company	-	CrowdStrike
Best paying industry	-	Energy

Differences between remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician and senior engineering technician education

There are a few differences between a remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician and a senior engineering technician in terms of educational background:

	Remotely Piloted Vehicle Engineering Technician	Senior Engineering Technician
Most common degree	Associate Degree, 40%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Most common major	Electrical And Power Transmission Installers	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	Purdue University	Purdue University

Remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician vs senior engineering technician demographics

Here are the differences between remotely piloted vehicle engineering technicians' and senior engineering technicians' demographics:

	Remotely Piloted Vehicle Engineering Technician	Senior Engineering Technician
Average age	45	45
Gender ratio	Male, 95.0% Female, 5.0%	Male, 88.5% Female, 11.5%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 11.7% Asian, 8.2% White, 67.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 15.6% Asian, 11.3% White, 58.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician and senior engineering technician duties and responsibilities

Remotely piloted vehicle engineering technician example responsibilities.

Maintain high speed CNC machine tools.
Contract with the FAA to help with training air traffic controllers.
Use of CMMS for preventive and corrective work orders and inventory management.
Work in clean room areas with environmental vacuum chambers for aerospace IR sensors.
Function as an ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 internal auditors performing semi-annual audits of all functional groups within the organization.
Test IR sensors used in developing GPS, ESA, GEOS and miitary applications (NASA) in satellite tracking technology.

Senior engineering technician example responsibilities.

Manage and distribute cad standards to contributing design consultants and assist with any design issues as necessary.
Determine and insure how statistical process control (SPC) are performed, collect, and update.
Test equipment utilize included DMM's, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, waveform function generators, and signal generators.
Demonstrate expertise in analog and digital electronic circuit design.
Rework and diagnose SMT PCBs.
Implement native and HTML5 UI.

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