- Based on 76 Jobtrees users who were a Product Engineer in their career, on average, they have 2.66 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 2.8 years on average in this job building experience and earn $93K per year before moving on.
- 4% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Product Engineer are Electrical Engineer, Software Engineer and Data Scientist. Electrical Engineer, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs.
- If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Senior Solutions Engineer, Senior Development Engineer and Engineering Program Manager as they commonly lead to Product Engineer as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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- The most common career steps to get to Product Engineer are Hardware Engineer, Mechanical Engineer and Test Engineer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Hardware Engineer, the most common step before Product Engineer, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Hardware Engineer is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Product Engineer that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Product Engineer career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Product Engineer so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- While Hardware Engineer isn't from the same job family as Product Engineer, Engineering - Product, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Mechanical Engineer also being a common career path to Product Engineer.
- If you are looking for more potential career paths to Product Engineer, you should also consider Sales Engineer, Undergraduate Research Assistant and Biomedical Engineer as they commonly lead to Product Engineer as well.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Product Engineer are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Electrical Engineering, and Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Engineering. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Product Engineer is part of the Engineering - Product job family which has a limited number of unique role types (42) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.