Additive manufacturing engineering
Postgraduate- You study
- Printing materials
- Jobs
- Additive manufacturing engineer
- Average for the engineering field · Age 25–29
- 11,200SAR
Average monthly pay in the engineering field for Saudi bachelor’s holders, GASTAT Labour Force Survey 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3; many earn less. Pay in a first job is usually lower.
Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Industrial and manufacturing engineers: roughly stable (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026 (Safar – Rabi' al-Awwal 1448 AH); Employment and Social Development Canada, June 2025 · Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 – Muharram 1447 AH)1,2. They are not a forecast for the Saudi market, nor by DataPulse.
Where is Additive manufacturing engineering taught?
We found no programme for it at Saudi universities so far.
What do Additive manufacturing engineering students learn?
Make complex parts layer by layer with metal and polymer printing.
- Printing materials
- Design for additive manufacturing
- Metal printing processes
- Quality inspection
In Arabic: هندسة التصنيع الإضافي
What jobs do Additive manufacturing engineering graduates do?
Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:
- Additive manufacturing engineer
- Materials engineer
- Industrial parts designer
- Quality engineer
Professional classification with the Saudi Council of Engineers.
What do Additive manufacturing engineering graduates earn?
GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Engineering, manufacturing and construction” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.
What is unemployment in the engineering field?
Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)3:
For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.
Why is Additive manufacturing engineering listed?
Example programmes abroad
- University of Nottingham, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing MSc
- Penn State University, MS/MEng Additive Manufacturing and Design
- The report expects robotics and automation to transform the business of about 6 in 10 employers by 2030 (1451–1452 AH).4
References
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Engineers, all other” (BLS 17-2199), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
- Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Industrial and manufacturing engineers” (COPS 21321), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
- General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Engineering, manufacturing and construction”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
- World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report, January 2025 (Rajab – Sha'ban 1446 AH).