An Industrial-Design Engineer/The Definition of

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Can anyone clarify the definition of an Industrial-Design Engineer?

-Yayo

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I belive that there is no such title.

Whenever I see it, it’s used to describe something differently–typically either Industrial Design or Industrial Engineering (two very different professions.)

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My experience is that is a glorified job description for a drafter which is completely misleading.

I have gotten recruiter calls for jobs like this. It is funny when they talk about the compensation and I tell them I currently make 2 to 3x as much as they say the job is paying. I then actually explain what my job responsibilities are. The conversation pretty much ends right there.

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Whenever I see it, it’s used to describe something differently–typically either Industrial Design or Industrial Engineering (two very different professions.)

That’s my observation as well, and viewing it in an “O-fishal” light certainly does nothing to clarify the situation.
See:
U.S. Department of Labor / Bureau of Labor Statistics

Commercial and Industrial Designer*
– http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos290.htm
Engineers (scroll down to see Industrial Engineer)
– http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm

I then actually explain what my job responsibilities are. The conversation pretty much ends right there.

From my personal experience, I don’t believe most (emphasis added)recruiters even know what the position entails. Any position; they just “search” the data for keywords, and then scatter-gun the results hoping for a match.

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I really like it when a head hunting service calls me to say “They have the perfect candidate for the position my company.” and I ask them “What does my company make?” And they can’t tell me. I laugh them off to a dial tone.

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Same.

Maybe they should start trolling MIT for all those open custodial engineer spots…

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YAYO,

I have deen this description with more frequency of late. What I have found is that it is generally looking for a CAD drafter primaraly 2D with a few looking for Pro/E training. Most are offering $10-$15 (midwest), and only looking for associates in CAD drafting to as little as a training certificate from the software VARS.

If you are looking for any creativity to develope products/systems based on your own solutions/thoughts I would steer clear.