P5P5 — Expert Professional
Expert
Drive mechanical strategy; recognized expert in design; set technical standards; represent company in technical consortia.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Drive mechanical strategy
- Set technical standards
- Represent company in technical consortia
- Lead innovation initiatives
- Shape company engineering culture
- Drive strategy
- Set standards
- Represent company
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Mechanical strategy development
- Technical standard setting
- Public representation
- Innovation leadership
- Cultural influence
- Strategic mechanical engineering
- Technical standards
- Public representation
- Innovation strategies
- Engineering culture
- Visionary
- Mentors broadly
- Shapes company engineering culture
- Technical leadership
- Strategic influence
What good looks like
- >10 years experience
- Thought-leader knowledge preferred
Common titles
Mechanical Engineering VMechanical Engineering 5Staff Mechanical EngineeringLead Mechanical EngineeringExpert Mechanical EngineeringMechanical Engineer VMechanical Engineer 5Staff Mechanical EngineerLead Mechanical EngineerExpert Mechanical Engineer
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 17-2141.00 — Mechanical Engineers
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.