Product Engineering Manager

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Product Engineering Manager oversees and leads conception, execution and launch of engineering products. Manages communication and coordination among different types of engineers, designers and analysts working on a project. Supervises project schedule, budget, and communications with stakeholders.

Job Outlook

There were 30 Product Engineering Manager job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 622 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Engineering Manager industry, which includes the Product Engineering Manager career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Product Engineering Manager jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.

National

The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $169,133.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $155,073.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Product Engineering Manager postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $145,548.

Education and Experience

Posted Product Engineering Manager jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.

Education Level	Percentage
Associate's Degree	0%
Bachelor's Degree	75.72%
Master's Degree	29.42%
Doctoral Degree	4.34%
Other	2.57%

Posted Product Engineering Manager jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.

Years of Experience	Percentage
0 to 2 years	4.38%
3 to 5 years	39.17%
6 to 8 years	23.73%
9+ years	32.72%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Product Engineering Manager positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.

Baseline Skills

A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.

Leadership (49.68%)
Communication (43.73%)
Management (39.39%)
Operations (35.85%)
Problem Solving (26.05%)
Planning (22.83%)
Innovation (16.4%)
Coaching (14.31%)
Presentations (13.18%)
Customer Service (12.86%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Engineering Management (42.6%)
Product Engineering (53.98%)
New Product Development (40%)
Production Engineering (18.05%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Bill Of Materials (2.93%)
Supply Chain (6.83%)
Advanced Product Quality Planning (1.95%)
Product Roadmaps (4.23%)
Computer-Aided Design (4.72%)
Six Sigma Methodology (2.6%)
Electrical Engineering (12.03%)
Continuous Improvement Process (17.24%)
Automation (5.2%)
3D Modeling (3.41%)
Change Management (6.5%)
Software Development (6.02%)
Python (Programming Language) (8.78%)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (5.85%)
Manufacturing Operations (1.79%)
Computer Science (14.63%)
Process Engineering (4.07%)
Product Management (14.8%)
DevOps (1.3%)
Data Analysis (5.53%)
Milestones (Project Management) (11.22%)
Mechanical Engineering (16.42%)
Scalability (5.2%)
Performance Review (3.09%)
Manufacturing Engineering (9.59%)
Procurement (4.55%)
Purchasing (4.55%)
Software Engineering (6.5%)
Lean Manufacturing (5.85%)
Systems Design (4.07%)
Project Management (24.72%)
Manufacturing Processes (11.54%)
Process Improvement (11.06%)
Product Design (19.51%)
Production Process (6.18%)
Tooling (8.94%)
Technical Leadership (8.13%)
Product Quality (QA/QC) (7.15%)
Export Control (8.29%)

Salary Boosting Skills

A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.

Product Engineering (100%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Product Engineering Manager skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Production Engineering Manager
Openstack Engineer
Product Engineering Intern
Engineering Manager
New Product Program Manager
Business Engineer
Product Support Engineer
Engineering Program Manager
Product Engineer

Similar Occupations

If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Product Engineering Manager jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Boeing (46)
Canonical Group (33)
Apple (19)
Meta (14)
Confluent (13)
CBRE (13)
ASML (12)
BAE Systems (8)
Renesas Electronics (6)
Zt Systems (6)

North Carolina

Renesas Electronics (4)
ABB (4)
Hitachi (3)
Qorvo (2)
Stefanini (2)
Syngenta Group (2)
Denso (2)
Volvo (1)
ATI (1)
Lee Hecht Harrison (1)

NC State Programs Relevant to this Career

If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.