# Market evidence report — surface-engineer

Source: **24 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 24), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-20.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 17 | 71 % |
| senior | 4 | 17 % |
| junior | 2 | 8 % |
| n/a | 1 | 4 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SEM | 3 | 12 % |
| 2 | TEM | 3 | 12 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 13 | 54 % |
| 2 | corrosion engineering | 7 | 29 % |
| 3 | failure analysis | 5 | 21 % |
| 4 | corrosion testing | 4 | 17 % |
| 5 | process optimization | 4 | 17 % |
| 6 | technical writing | 4 | 17 % |
| 7 | corrosion control | 3 | 12 % |
| 8 | field investigation | 3 | 12 % |
| 9 | laboratory test planning | 3 | 12 % |
| 10 | laboratory testing | 3 | 12 % |
| 11 | process development | 3 | 12 % |
| 12 | project management | 3 | 12 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | non-destructive testing | 3 | 12 % |
| 2 | root cause analysis | 3 | 12 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data analysis | 6 | 25 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 24 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** — 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Corrosion Engineer | 5 |
| Corrosion Engineer, Intermediate | 2 |
| Corrosion Engineer — Naval Materials & Field Analytics | 1 |
| Corrosion Engineer - Naval Systems & Field Research | 1 |
| Corrosion Engineer Entry Level | 1 |
| Corrosion Engineer Naval Materials & Field Analytics | 1 |
| Corrosion Engineering Technician II | 1 |
| Field Corrosion Engineer | 1 |
| Hybrid Senior Corrosion Engineering Tech — Field & Audit | 1 |
| Senior Aerospace Corrosion Engineer for Stealth Platforms | 1 |
| Senior Corrosion Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Corrosion Engineer (Relocation to Saudi Arabia is Required) | 1 |
| Senior Engineer, Surface Technology (Parts Coating) | 1 |
| Senior Engineer, Surface Technology (Surface Modification) | 1 |
| Surface Engineer Summer Intern | 1 |
| Surface Finishing Engineer | 1 |
| Surface Finishing Process Development Engineer | 1 |
| Surface Process Engineer | 1 |
| Tribology Lab Engineer - Advanced Surface Science | 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.