Manufacturing Operations
Deep technical IC
Career Explorer · Procurement, Supply Chain & Manufacturing · Manufacturing
Entry: Manufacturing EngineerIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Manufacturing Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Manufacturing EngineerIC1
- Manufacturing EngineerIC2
- Senior Manufacturing EngineerIC3
- Staff Manufacturing EngineerIC4
- Principal Manufacturing EngineerIC5
- Senior Principal Manufacturing EngineerIC6
- Distinguished Manufacturing EngineerIC7
- Fellow, Manufacturing OperationsIC8
Management route
Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.
This family has no management ladder.
Source: Microsoft Careers; ONET