Market evidence report — synthetic-materials-engineer

Source: 48 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 48), 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	36	75 %
junior	5	10 %
senior	4	8 %
lead	2	4 %
n/a	1	2 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	SolidWorks	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	troubleshooting	14	29 %
2	process optimization	13	27 %
3	process improvement	9	19 %
4	process development	8	17 %
5	root cause analysis	8	17 %
6	data analysis	7	15 %
7	injection molding	7	15 %
8	tooling design	5	10 %
9	process validation	4	8 %
10	quality control	4	8 %
11	material selection	3	6 %
12	project management	3	6 %
13	scientific molding	3	6 %
14	statistical analysis	3	6 %
15	statistical process control	3	6 %
16	yield improvement	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	lean manufacturing	9	19 %
2	six sigma	9	19 %
3	continuous improvement	6	12 %
4	spc	5	10 %
5	design of experiments (doe)	4	8 %
6	doe	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	scrap reduction	6	12 %
2	new product launch support	4	8 %
3	process improvement	4	8 %
4	cost reduction	3	6 %
5	cross-functional collaboration	3	6 %
6	cycle time improvement	3	6 %
7	cycle time reduction	3	6 %
8	personnel training	3	6 %
9	process development	3	6 %
10	process documentation	3	6 %
11	quality assurance	3	6 %
12	safety compliance	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 48 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

48 ads.

Top hard skills:

troubleshooting — 29 % (14 ads)
process optimization — 27 % (13 ads)
process improvement — 19 % (9 ads)
process development — 17 % (8 ads)
root cause analysis — 17 % (8 ads)
data analysis — 15 % (7 ads)
injection molding — 15 % (7 ads)
tooling design — 10 % (5 ads)
process validation — 8 % (4 ads)
quality control — 8 % (4 ads)

Top tools:

SolidWorks — 6 % (3 ads)
AutoCAD — 4 % (2 ads)
IQMS — 4 % (2 ads)
Microsoft Excel — 4 % (2 ads)
Minitab — 4 % (2 ads)
Moldflow — 4 % (2 ads)

Seniority: mid 75 % · junior 10 % · senior 8 % · lead 4 % · 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)