Jan 12

Jan 12 Explore and Learn About a Manufacturing Engineering Career Path

Matthew Schowalter, CMfgT

Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Engineers, Manufacturing

Do You Have the Important Qualities for a Career as a Manufacturing Engineer?

Do you have critical-thinking and problem-solving skills?
Do you excel at math?
Do you have excellent communication skills?

If so, consider a career as a Manufacturing Engineer

What Skills Should a Manufacturing Engineer Have?

Mathematical Skills -Use trigonometry functions and calculus for troubleshooting and analysis
Communication Skills - Write documents and explain issues clearly. Must fully understand ideas while listening and working in a team
Mechanical / Technical Skills - Must be able understand how manufacturing devices operate and understand the optimization of computer networks for manufacturing processes

The manufacturing engineers job is to focus on the automated aspects involved in the manufacturing process. They design and optimize manufacturing systems and are also involved with process flow and other aspects of production.

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Matthew Schowalter, CMfgT

Matthew started his manufacturing career while in high school as a youth apprentice. He went on to study Tool and Die making while pursuing a apprenticeship. Upon completion of the 10,400 hour apprenticeship he used his Journeyman Tool and Die making skills to make tooling for the motorcycle industry. From there he spent ten years making surgical instrumentation for spinal surgery, while leading the machining department. He most recently became a manufacturing engineer at a global manufacturing company, while focusing on machining processes. He started this website after researching what kind of information people pursuing or starting a manufacturing career need to succeed, and how the information should be presented.