4.5 KiB
Market evidence report — component-engineer
Source: 40 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 40), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 22 | 55 % |
| senior | 11 | 28 % |
| junior | 3 | 8 % |
| lead | 3 | 8 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 8 % |
| 2 | Windchill | 3 | 8 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | failure analysis | 10 | 25 % |
| 2 | component selection | 6 | 15 % |
| 3 | obsolescence management | 6 | 15 % |
| 4 | regulatory compliance | 5 | 12 % |
| 5 | root cause analysis | 4 | 10 % |
| 6 | component design | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | component engineering | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | electrical engineering | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | engineering analysis | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | parts standardization | 3 | 8 % |
| 11 | qualification testing | 3 | 8 % |
| 12 | reliability analysis | 3 | 8 % |
| 13 | risk assessment | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | system integration | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | troubleshooting | 3 | 8 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | configuration control | 4 | 10 % |
| 2 | project management | 4 | 10 % |
| 3 | destructive physical analysis (DPA) | 3 | 8 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | issue resolution | 4 | 10 % |
| 2 | alternate component analysis | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | drawing development | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | supplier collaboration | 3 | 8 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 40 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
40 ads.
Top hard skills:
- failure analysis — 25 % (10 ads)
- component selection — 15 % (6 ads)
- obsolescence management — 15 % (6 ads)
- regulatory compliance — 12 % (5 ads)
- root cause analysis — 10 % (4 ads)
- component design — 8 % (3 ads)
- component engineering — 8 % (3 ads)
- electrical engineering — 8 % (3 ads)
- engineering analysis — 8 % (3 ads)
- parts standardization — 8 % (3 ads)
Top tools:
- Microsoft Excel — 8 % (3 ads)
- Windchill — 8 % (3 ads)
- Allen-Bradley PLC — 5 % (2 ads)
- Foxboro IA DCS — 5 % (2 ads)
- GE Mark VI/VIe DCS — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 5 % (2 ads)
- Microsoft Word — 5 % (2 ads)
- Modicon PLC — 5 % (2 ads)
- multimeters — 5 % (2 ads)
- oscilloscopes — 5 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 55 % · senior 28 % · junior 8 % · lead 8 % · n/a 2 %
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Component Engineer | 4 |
| Staff Component Engineer | 2 |
| AP1000 Mechanical Components Delivery Engineer (Entry Level) | 1 |
| Assoc, Project and Component Engineering (Canoga Park, CA) | 1 |
| BAC Sr Project Engineer, Components | 1 |
| Component Engineer - (Mbr Engrg Staff) (HYBRID TELEWORK) | 1 |
| Component Engineer - Late Career | 1 |
| Component Engineer (Optical Suppliers & Transceivers) - Hybrid | 1 |
| Component Engineer II | 1 |
| Component Engineer, SME | 1 |
| Component Engineering Associate | 1 |
| D376 Electrical Components Engineer 21 | 1 |
| D489 Construction Support Component Engineer (Senior / Specialist) | 1 |
| Design Engineer- Single Use System & Components | 1 |
| Electrical Components Engineer | 1 |
| Engineer II | 1 |
| Engineering - Components Engineer | 1 |
| Engineering Configuration and Component Engineer | 1 |
| Hybrid Component Engineer – Defense Hardware and Parts | 1 |
| Hybrid Component Engineer - Hardware Design & Parts Lead | 1 |
| I&C Component Engineer (Instrumentation & Controls) | 1 |
| I&C Component Engineer (Instrumentation & Controls) | 1 |
| Lead Component Engineer, Aerospace & Defense Electronics | 1 |
| Lead Engine Component Engineer | 1 |
| Lead Engineer - Electrical Components | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.