エンジニア

also: エンジニアー · エンジニヤ · エンジニヤー

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

A katakana noun for an engineer or technical professional; very common in job titles such as システムエンジニア and ソフトウェアエンジニア.

〈人ひと〉はエンジニアとして働はたらくto work as an engineer
彼かれはソフトウェア会社がいしゃでエンジニアとして働はたらいている。
He works as an engineer at a software company.
エンジニアを目め指ざすto aim to become an engineer
大だい学がくで情じょう報ほう工こう学がくを学まなび、エンジニアを目め指ざしている。
I'm studying information engineering at university and aiming to become an engineer.
エンジニアを募ぼ集しゅうするto recruit/hire for engineer positions
この会かい社しゃは経けい験けん豊ほう富ふなエンジニアを募ぼ集しゅうしている。
This company is recruiting experienced engineers.

技ぎ術じゅつ者しゃ
技術者 is a formal, kanji-based word for a technical specialist, while エンジニア is the everyday katakana term often used in job titles.
技ぎ師しN3
技師 sounds like an official title for a licensed engineer or technician, whereas エンジニア is a more casual, borrowed term.
プログラマー
プログラマー refers specifically to someone who writes code, while エンジニア can also cover system design and infrastructure work.
テクニシャン
エンジニア specifically denotes an engineer working in a technical design or development role, whereas テクニシャン is broader and can describe anyone with skilled hands-on ability, even in sports.

エンジニアリング
エンジニア refers to the person (an engineer), while エンジニアリング refers to the field or practice of engineering itself.

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エンジニアUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling and the only priority form.
エンジニアーUsage<1%
search-only kana form
This long-vowel variant is a search-only kana form; エンジニア is the normal spelling.

Written in katakana as a foreign-style term for 'engineer'; no explicit language-of-origin information is specified.