Difference between Principal Eng. & Staff Eng.

[scottieman]

I know the question I asked (subject of this post) is highly company depending. Still I have no ideal what differentiate the "Principal Eng" and "Staff Eng", such as in terms of salary, career ladder, responsibility.......and so on....

Thanks for your help first
Scottie

 

[psmon]

Principal Eng. are usually project leaders..

 

[scottieman]

Still, what is the difference between Principal and Staff..........

 

[scottieman]

Can any one help?

Thanks
Scottie

 

[piao]

staff engineer just mean you are the key design engineer in the company, you are senior. you can lead a team on some projects.

but the principle engineer is more important. somehow the princile engineer is the CTO in the company. his/her impact is bigger than staff engineer.

 

[pic16f84]

principle like a ticnic man or the operator of any system
but stuff ,its design eng