3.8 KiB
Market evidence report — manufacturing-engineer
Source: 22 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 22), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-15. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 16 | 73 % |
| senior | 5 | 23 % |
| lead | 1 | 5 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Office | 7 | 32 % |
| 2 | CAD software | 4 | 18 % |
| 3 | AutoCAD | 3 | 14 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 14 % |
| 5 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3 | 14 % |
| 6 | Microsoft Word | 3 | 14 % |
| 7 | SolidWorks | 3 | 14 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 6 | 27 % |
| 2 | manufacturing engineering | 6 | 27 % |
| 3 | process improvement | 6 | 27 % |
| 4 | project management | 6 | 27 % |
| 5 | business process reengineering | 4 | 18 % |
| 6 | manufacturing process development | 4 | 18 % |
| 7 | supply chain management | 4 | 18 % |
| 8 | digital transformation | 3 | 14 % |
| 9 | material flow analysis | 3 | 14 % |
| 10 | process optimization | 3 | 14 % |
| 11 | root cause analysis | 3 | 14 % |
| 12 | troubleshooting | 3 | 14 % |
| 13 | work instruction creation | 3 | 14 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean manufacturing | 4 | 18 % |
| 2 | Lean Six Sigma | 4 | 18 % |
| 3 | total productive maintenance (TPM) | 4 | 18 % |
| 4 | total quality management (TQM) | 4 | 18 % |
| 5 | business case development | 3 | 14 % |
| 6 | six sigma | 3 | 14 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | team leadership | 6 | 27 % |
| 2 | client relationship management | 4 | 18 % |
| 3 | thought leadership contribution | 4 | 18 % |
| 4 | manufacturing engineering initiative delivery | 3 | 14 % |
| 5 | material flow automation | 3 | 14 % |
| 6 | plant design | 3 | 14 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 22 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 22 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
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 |
|---|---|
| Industry X – Industrial and Automotive Manufacturing Consulting Consultant | 3 |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 3 |
| Senior Specialist, Manufacturing Engineer | 3 |
| Engineering III, Manufacturing Engineering | 1 |
| Factory Planning and Optimization Engineer - Schuler Consulting | 1 |
| Industry X - Industrial and Automotive Manufacturing Consulting Consultant | 1 |
| Lead Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer | 1 |
| Machining Manufacturing Engineer III | 1 |
| Manufacturing Engineer (Associate or Experienced) | 1 |
| Manufacturing Engineer III (Prince George, VA) | 1 |
| Manufacturing Engineer or Principal Manufacturing Engineer | 1 |
| Process Engineer - Process Models and Production Systems | 1 |
| Senior Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer – EWIS & Avionics | 1 |
| Senior Concurrent Manufacturing Engineer — Lead Kaizen & DFM | 1 |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Composites | 1 |
| Senior Manufacturing Engineer - ITER | 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.