Browse by Career Cluster

The National Career Clusters® Framework serves as an organizing tool for programs, curriculum design and instruction. Career Clusters contain occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills. They can help focus plans towards obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway.

Advanced Manufacturing: Engineering Save Table: XLSX CSV

Careers that use engineering principles to develop and improve manufacturing processes and systems and to design products.
Professionals in this field tackle production challenges, boost efficiency, leverage advanced technologies, and contribute to the sector’s advancement. The manufacturing sector encompasses numerous types of engineering, including mechanical, electrical, chemical, biopharmaceutical, materials, and industrial. This Sub-Cluster also involves research and development and prototyping for emerging products and systems.
Example programs of study:
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Engineering Technology
  • Pre-Engineering
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing
Code
Occupation
17-3021.00Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
17-2011.00Aerospace Engineers Bright Outlook
11-9041.00Architectural and Engineering Managers Bright Outlook
17-2141.02Automotive Engineers Bright Outlook
19-1021.00Biochemists and Biophysicists Bright Outlook
17-2031.00Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers Bright Outlook
11-9041.01Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers Bright Outlook
17-2041.00Chemical Engineers Bright Outlook
51-8091.00Chemical Plant and System Operators
19-4031.00Chemical Technicians Bright Outlook
19-2031.00Chemists Bright Outlook
11-9121.01Clinical Research Coordinators Bright Outlook
27-1021.00Commercial and Industrial Designers
27-1029.00Designers, All Other
17-3019.00Drafters, All Other
17-3012.00Electrical and Electronics Drafters
17-2071.00Electrical Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2199.03Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar
17-3029.00Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
17-2199.00Engineers, All Other
17-2141.01Fuel Cell Engineers Bright Outlook
49-9099.01Geothermal Technicians
17-2112.01Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists Bright Outlook
17-3026.00Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
17-2112.00Industrial Engineers Bright Outlook
49-9099.00Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
51-9071.00Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
17-2112.03Manufacturing Engineers Bright Outlook
19-2032.00Materials Scientists Bright Outlook
15-2021.00Mathematicians
17-3013.00Mechanical Drafters
17-2141.00Mechanical Engineers Bright Outlook
17-2199.05Mechatronics Engineers
17-2199.06Microsystems Engineers
49-9063.00Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
17-2199.09Nanosystems Engineers
17-3026.01Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians
11-9121.00Natural Sciences Managers Bright Outlook
17-3029.01Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
19-4051.02Nuclear Monitoring Technicians
19-4051.00Nuclear Technicians
17-2199.07Photonics Engineers
17-3029.08Photonics Technicians
19-2012.00Physicists Bright Outlook
49-9069.00Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other
17-2072.01Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists Bright Outlook
17-2199.08Robotics Engineers
17-2199.11Solar Energy Systems Engineers
15-2041.00Statisticians Bright Outlook
51-2041.00Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
51-2061.00Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
17-2112.02Validation Engineers Bright Outlook
49-9064.00Watch and Clock Repairers
11-9121.02Water Resource Specialists Bright Outlook
17-2199.10Wind Energy Engineers

Source: National Career Clusters® Framework by Advance CTE (2024 edition).