Vibration engineer vs engineer

The differences between vibration 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 vibration engineer, becoming an engineer takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a vibration engineer has an average salary of $98,853, which is higher than the $92,077 average annual salary of an engineer.

The top three skills for a vibration engineer include MATLAB, data analysis and NVH. The most important skills for an engineer are python, cloud, and C++.

Vibration engineer vs engineer overview

	Vibration Engineer	Engineer
Yearly salary	$98,853	$92,077
Hourly rate	$47.53	$44.27
Growth rate	6%	2%
Number of jobs	21,285	618,207
Job satisfaction	-	4.33
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	44	41
Years of experience	4	6

Vibration engineer vs engineer salary

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

	Vibration Engineer	Engineer
Average salary	$98,853	$92,077
Salary range	Between $69,000 And $140,000	Between $65,000 And $130,000
Highest paying City	Fremont, CA	Huntsville, AL
Highest paying state	California	New Hampshire
Best paying company	Apple	Fort Bend County
Best paying industry	-	Automotive

Differences between vibration engineer and engineer education

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

	Vibration Engineer	Engineer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 74%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Mechanical Engineering	Mechanical Engineering
Most common college	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Michigan Technological University

Vibration engineer vs engineer demographics

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

	Vibration Engineer	Engineer
Average age	44	41
Gender ratio	Male, 94.0% Female, 6.0%	Male, 86.3% Female, 13.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.8% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 9.1% Asian, 19.2% White, 63.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	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	8%	5%

Differences between vibration engineer and engineer duties and responsibilities

Vibration engineer example responsibilities.

Manage Jenkins security by providing specific access to authorize developers/testers using project base matrix authorization strategy.
Perform transfer path analysis to root cause dominant paths and contributions to NVH performance issues.
Create and review dynamic FEA models in PATRAN/NASTRAN.
Develop comparisons of competition for vehicle air bind using LMS software.
Develop a frequency-base stencil for condition base monitoring and accepting/rejecting transmissions and torque converters base on NVH.
Develop simulation strategies for designing and evaluating ultrasonic horns and transducers using vibration finite element analysis (FEA).

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.

Vibration engineer vs engineer skills

Common vibration engineer skills

MATLAB, 16%
Data Analysis, 16%
NVH, 14%
FEA, 11%
Modal Analysis, 9%
Acquisition Systems, 8%

Common engineer skills

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