Equipment Qualification
Deep technical IC
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Entry: Qualification EngineerIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Qualification Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Qualification EngineerIC1
- Qualification EngineerIC2
- Senior Qualification EngineerIC3
- Staff Qualification EngineerIC4
- Principal Qualification EngineerIC5
- Senior Principal Qualification EngineerIC6
- Distinguished Qualification EngineerIC7
- Fellow, Equipment QualificationIC8
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: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; employer career sites