To develop advanced manufacturing is an important content and means of implementing "Made in China 2025"and constructing a powerful manufacturing country. The development of advanced manufacturing needs high quality engineering talents, especially advanced manufacturing excellent engineers. In consideration of the reality of China's engineering talents, "craftsman spirit" should be especially emphasized for cultivating advanced manufacturing excellent engineers. Then students can possess the core quality and key ability to strive for perfection and settle for excellence. Aiming at the shortcoming of artisan spirit in terms of talent-cultivating objective, curriculum setting, practical teaching, academic evaluation system and training process, higher engineering education for advanced manufacturing should adjust the talents cultivation goal by adding in craftsman spirit; reform professional teaching content and increase craftsman spirit curriculum teaching; strengthen engineering practice to enhance the practice of craftsman spirit; innovate academic evaluation system to form incentive mechanism for craftsman spirit; strengthen publicity and education guidance to creat a good atmosphere of craftsman spirit. Only in this way higher engineering education can support and service the development of advanced manufacturing.