Manufacturing Engineer
Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing
Sycamore, IL · $110k–$135k a year · Posted November 1, 2026
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $122,500 a year. Across 367 open manufacturing engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $85,500 to $122,500 and the median is $100,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 23% above the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial engineers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial engineers: 4% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...This is a well-established, globally operating industrial manufacturer that produces large-scale engineered equipment for infrastructure and industrial storage applications. The Illinois facility is a high-volume production site running stamping and punch presses, laser...