Requirements
Duties
Responsibilities
Trends
General Knowledge
100

This degree is most commonly required for this job

What is a bachelor’s degree?

100

Manufacturing Engineers are responsible for improving this.

What are production processes or manufacturing systems?
100

A key responsibility of manufacturing engineers is ensuring this key factor in all products.

What is quality?

100

This is the projected employment growth rate for Industrial Engineers in the U.S. from 2024 to 2034, much faster than average.

What is 10-15%

100

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200

These two high school subjects are most helpful for this job

Physics and Math

200

They often design and optimize this physical layout within a factory.

What is the production line layout?

200

They must also ensure production meets these types of standards, often set by government or industry.

What are safety standards?

200

One reason manufacturing engineers remain in strong demand is that companies are increasingly investing in these technologies—linked to the “smart factory” trend.

What is automation/AI

200

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Who is Lebron James

300

Many mechanical engineers pursue this post graduate level of education in what

What is masters degree in Engineering or business

300

These tools, often computer-based, help engineers model and simulate production.

What are CAD (computer aided design) tools

300

Manufacturing engineers monitor these metrics to measure system performance.

What are efficiency, cycle time, and output rates?

300

Up to this many manufacturing roles could go unfilled by 2033 due to a talent & skills gap.

What is 2 million?

300

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Who is Jordan Terrell Carter

400

This certification given by the Society of Manufacturing Engineering proves professional competence

What is Certified Manufacturing Engineer

400

Manufacturing engineers collaborate with this department to ensure designs are easy to produce.

What is the design or product development team?

400

When machinery breaks down, engineers are responsible for conducting this type of analysis.

What is root cause analysis?

400

In 2025, this hiring trend is growing in manufacturing: companies shifting from emphasizing just formal credentials (degrees) toward focusing on ability to perform certain tasks.

What is skills based hiring?

400

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Who is Eli Manning

500

Some skills typically required for this job

What are critical thinking, problem solving

500

To reduce waste and cost, engineers apply this continuous improvement methodology.

What is Lean manufacturing?

500

To keep production on track, manufacturing engineers frequently coordinate with this role overseeing daily operations.

What is the productions or operations manager?

500

This country currently leads the world in employing the most manufacturing engineers.

What is the United States?

500

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What is 1991

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