Tool liaison vs tool engineer

The differences between tool liaisons and tool 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 tool liaison, becoming a tool engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a tool engineer has an average salary of $101,135, 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 tool engineer are python, java, and CAD.

Tool liaison vs tool engineer overview

	Tool Liaison	Tool Engineer
Yearly salary	$83,524	$101,135
Hourly rate	$40.16	$48.62
Growth rate	10%	2%
Number of jobs	13,025	98,936
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Average age	42	41
Years of experience	4	6

Tool liaison vs tool engineer salary

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

	Tool Liaison	Tool Engineer
Average salary	$83,524	$101,135
Salary range	Between $42,000 And $163,000	Between $75,000 And $135,000
Highest paying City	-	Novato, CA
Highest paying state	-	California
Best paying company	-	Meta
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between tool liaison and tool engineer education

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

	Tool Liaison	Tool Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 63%	Bachelor's Degree, 59%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Northwestern University	Michigan Technological University

Tool liaison vs tool engineer demographics

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

	Tool Liaison	Tool Engineer
Average age	42	41
Gender ratio	Male, 89.2% Female, 10.8%	Male, 95.3% Female, 4.7%
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, 3.4% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% Asian, 10.3% White, 72.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	4%	5%

Differences between tool liaison and tool 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.

Tool engineer example responsibilities.

Manage mold vendors in the refurbishment of existing tooling and new mold construction.
Lead cross-functional teams that develop several emerging technology laser and CCD barcode scanner products.
Lead several independent, cross-functional projects and improve manufacturing quality, reduce cost, ensure environment are supported and FDA compliant.
Create Perl scripts and SQL store procedures for nightly batch job streams, data loads and corporate reporting.
Perform product design functions using AutoCad.
Create custom SQL's in db2 and oracle for the reports.

Tool liaison vs tool engineer skills

Common tool liaison skills

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

Common tool engineer skills

Python, 16%
Java, 8%
CAD, 6%
Linux, 6%
Jenkins, 5%
Ruby, 4%