As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will need to master following:

• engineering processes
• ensure material compliance

More generally, a manufacturing engineer is also versed in:

• adjust engineering designs
• advise on manufacturing problems
• approve engineering design
• assess financial viability
• consumer protection
• engineering principles
• ensure health and safety in manufacturing
• industrial engineering
• manufacturing processes
• perform scientific research
• production processes
• technical drawings
• use technical drawing software

It also helps to know the following:

• assess the life cycle of resources
• human-robot collaboration
• keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes
• CAE software
• advise on efficiency improvements
• analyse production processes for improvement
• apply advanced manufacturing
• circular economy
• continuous improvement philosophies
• design principles
• draft design specifications
• encourage teams for continuous improvement
• ensure equipment availability
• integrate new products in manufacturing
• liaise with engineers
• maintain financial records
• manage budgets
• monitor plant production
• provide improvement strategies
• recommend product improvements
• recruit employees
• reverse engineering
• use CAD software
• use CAM software