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How to become a Fine Ceramics Engineer

Also called: Fine ceramics product development engineer, Fine ceramics manufacturing engineer

Develops fine ceramics products and manages their production processes and quality.

Main tasks

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How to become one

No particular qualification is required to start. All-round engineers, covering materials development, product design and process control, have often studied chemistry (including applied chemistry), inorganic materials, physics (including engineering physics and applied physics), mechanical engineering or electrical and electronic engineering at university or postgraduate level. Some production process engineers are graduates of high schools or kosen (colleges of technology). After joining, you are guided and developed through on-the-job training. In development and design, people often stay in the same department while development themes change, so they can deepen their specialism. If you are placed on the production floor, you often rotate through the stages to find what suits you before being given your duties, and then you are promoted to team leader, supervisor, section manager and other management roles. To make high-performance fine ceramic parts and devices, you must have knowledge of the many-stage production technology (materials development, part design, raw material preparation, forming, firing, machining and property testing), based on specialist knowledge of chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronic engineering. In development and design, overseas work is increasing, so English conversation, the ability to read English documents and knowledge of patents are needed. In production too, there are many chances for technical partnerships and technical guidance overseas, and English becomes more important as you are promoted to manager. CAD systems are used in design, so CAD skills are also needed.

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How do I become a Fine Ceramics Engineer?

No particular qualification is required to start. All-round engineers, covering materials development, product design and process control, have often studied chemistry (including applied chemistry), inorganic materials, physics (including engineering physics and applied physics), mechanical engineering or electrical and electronic engineering at university or postgraduate level. Some production process engineers are graduates of high schools or kosen (colleges of technology). After joining, you are guided and developed through on-the-job training. In development and design, people often stay in the same department while development themes change, so they can deepen their specialism. If you are placed on the production floor, you often rotate through the stages to find what suits you before being given your duties, and then you are promoted to team leader, supervisor, section manager and other management roles. To make high-performance fine ceramic parts and devices, you must have knowledge of the many-stage production technology (materials development, part design, raw material preparation, forming, firing, machining and property testing), based on specialist knowledge of chemistry, physics, mechanical engineering and electrical and electronic engineering. In development and design, overseas work is increasing, so English conversation, the ability to read English documents and knowledge of patents are needed. In production too, there are many chances for technical partnerships and technical guidance overseas, and English becomes more important as you are promoted to manager. CAD systems are used in design, so CAD skills are also needed.

How much does a Fine Ceramics Engineer earn in Japan?

Average annual income in the private sector, bonus included, is ¥6,119,400 (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The figure is for the wage survey group Engineers not elsewhere classified, which covers several jobs.

Do you need a degree to become a Fine Ceramics Engineer?

Usually. In this job's census occupation group, 62% of workers are university graduates.

Will AI change the work of a Fine Ceramics Engineer?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 解説系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_description_7_01.xlsx）ver.7.01 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

独立行政法人労働政策研究・研修機構（JILPT）作成 職業情報データベース 簡易版数値系ダウンロードデータ（IPD_DL_numeric_7_00.xlsx）ver.7.00 職業情報提供サイト（job tag）より2026年10月4日にダウンロード（https://shigoto.mhlw.go.jp/User/download）を加工して作成

Sources: JILPT Occupational Information Database download data via job tag (解説系 ver.7.01 and 簡易版数値系 ver.7.00, downloaded 4 October 2026), processed by Peernovo; MHLW, Basic Survey on Wage Structure 2025; Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2020 Population Census; MEXT, School Basic Survey 2025; MHLW, Employment Referrals for General Workers (Hello Work statistics). Figures processed by Peernovo. English job names, translations and the matching of jobs to statistical groups, schools and degree fields by Peernovo.

Updated 4 October 2026