P4P4 — Senior Professional
Advanced Professional
Manage larger engineering tasks and oversee testing campaigns.
What this level means
Seasoned professional; handles complex tasks, may lead small teams or projects
- Scope
- A system or set of related features
- Autonomy
- Self-directed; reviewed at critical decision points
- Complexity
- Complex, ambiguous problems; devises new approaches
- Impact
- Multi-team / function outcomes
- Decision rights
- Owns technical decisions for a system; influences adjacent design
- Leadership
- Technical lead for focused efforts; mentors several
- Typical experience
- 5–8 yrs
What you'd do
- Manage larger engineering tasks
- Oversee testing campaigns
- Take part in critical vendor negotiations
- Oversee engineering tasks
- Lead testing efforts
- Negotiate with vendors
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Task management
- Campaign oversight
- Negotiation
- Large-scale task management
- Testing campaign strategies
- Vendor negotiation
- Leadership of design reviews
- Mentoring junior staff
What good looks like
- ~7–10 years
- Likely has PE license
- Extensive offshore project experience
Common titles
Subsea Engineering IVSubsea Engineering 4Senior Subsea EngineeringSr. Subsea EngineeringSubsea Engineer IVSubsea Engineer 4Senior Subsea EngineerSr. Subsea EngineerAdvanced Professional
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 17-0000 — Architecture & Engineering Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.