Principal vs Lead vs etc...
Principal vs Lead vs etc...
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What are the nuances to the terms principal/principle (I don't know which is supposed to be the proper spelling, but I have seen both) engineer vs lead engineer vs engineer?
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RE: Principal vs Lead vs etc...
One company I know about gave their engineers titles like "Grand Poobah."
TTFN
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Greg Locock
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Where is this company. I would like to work there:
"Monkeydog Engineer of the Universe"
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My company allowed me to chose my title. We are presently looking for a controls engineer, do you qualify?
Timelord
P.S. We are located in Albuquerque, land of eternal sunshine.
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However, I would define the difference as Principal is the engineer in charge; often the primary person doing the work. The Lead Engineer directs others doing the work, or may determine the path to follow.
It's a gray area. BTW, "Principal" is correct. "Principle" is not normally used in this context. (at least that's what I was told).
. . . Steve
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http://www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/www/autofile.html
for an entertaining and rather long account of the history of Autocad.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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The job title and description are all company dependent as can be seen by the various postings. Best bet, (assuming that they have them), is to check the job description where you work. For another example, where I work, we do not use the title "Lead Engineer". The technical Hierarchy goes as follows:
Associate Engineer
Engineer
Senior Engineer
Principal Engineer
Each has various pay grades and experience/educational requirements, Associate being an entry level type position, Engineer being one who works within area of discipline, Seniors have responsibilities for full products/processes and Principals are the company wide "experts" on various technologies, products, and processes. For a managerial "equivalency" the Seniors are equivalent to Group Managers and the Pricipals to Department Managers.
Regards
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