Tool liaison vs packaging engineer

The differences between tool liaisons and packaging engineers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a tool liaison and a packaging engineer. Additionally, a packaging engineer has an average salary of $88,452, which is higher than the $83,524 average annual salary of a tool liaison.

The top three skills for a tool liaison include jigs, CATIA and design requests. The most important skills for a packaging engineer are CAD, project management, and solidworks.

Tool liaison vs packaging engineer overview

	Tool Liaison	Packaging Engineer
Yearly salary	$83,524	$88,452
Hourly rate	$40.16	$42.52
Growth rate	10%	10%
Number of jobs	13,025	54,028
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Average age	42	42
Years of experience	4	4

Tool liaison vs packaging engineer salary

Tool liaisons and packaging engineers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Tool Liaison	Packaging Engineer
Average salary	$83,524	$88,452
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $163,000	Between $65,000 And $118,000
Highest paying City	-	Santa Rosa, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between tool liaison and packaging engineer education

There are a few differences between a tool liaison and a packaging engineer in terms of educational background:

	Tool Liaison	Packaging Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Engineering And Industrial Management
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Tool liaison vs packaging engineer demographics

Here are the differences between tool liaisons' and packaging engineers' demographics:

	Tool Liaison	Packaging Engineer
Average age	42	42
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 77.1% Female, 22.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 12.0% Asian, 9.6% White, 69.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 13.1% White, 67.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	4%	4%

Differences between tool liaison and packaging engineer duties and responsibilities

Tool liaison example responsibilities.

Apply for and achieve ISO certification.
Manage implementation of these solutions with hangar managers, inspectors, technicians, vendors, and OEM's.
Review changes and issues utilizing CATIA and VPM.
Design work are produced both on paper and on CATIA V4.
Collaborate with CMM equipment in the inspection of inventory shipments, ensuring all materials comply with government quality requirements and specifications.
Perform some QA inspections with raw sheet material for customer qualifications and cost saving projects.

Packaging engineer example responsibilities.

Manage UAT testing of App-V/Thin-App applications.
Manage implementation and changes using FDA compliant documentation and change management processes.
Manage Linux staging and testing environments and also automate application packaging and deployments.
Manage packaging redesign project to maintain compliance with current FDA regulations for medical device packaging.
Manage in-house process, which include art direction, copy/editorial development, photography, and print production management for domestic/international market.
Develop windows application in c #to process customer and policy information.

Tool liaison vs packaging engineer skills

Common tool liaison skills

Jigs, 56%
CATIA, 29%
Design Requests, 16%

Common packaging engineer skills

CAD, 9%
Project Management, 8%
Solidworks, 7%
ASTM, 5%
Package Design, 5%
ISTA, 4%