Mechanical Designer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Mechanical Designer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Mechanical Designer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Mechanical Designer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 55% of Mechanical Designer job descriptions contained cad as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cad
55%
solidworks
55%
mechanical
46%
3d
44%
design
38%
engineering
36%
autocad
30%
engineer
30%
designer
25%
design engineer
25%
2d
22%
beng
22%
manufacturing
19%
inventor
19%
graduate
19%
engines
19%
aerospace
19%
aviation
19%
bsc
19%
canterbury
19%
kent
19%
meng
19%
product
17%
production
17%
hvac
17%
project
14%
technician
14%
sheet metal
14%
calculations
14%
doctorate
14%
f1
14%
fea
14%
marine
14%
masters
14%
msc
14%
phd
14%
ramsgate
14%
senior mechanical design
14%
turbines
14%
leadership
14%
leader
14%
ventilation
14%
autodesk inventor
11%
mechanical design engineer
11%
electronics
11%
development
11%
building services
11%
metal
9%
construction
9%
equipment
9%
machinery
9%
product design
9%
fusion 360
6%
industrial
6%
mechanic
6%
mechanics
6%
npd
6%
qualifications
6%
bespoke
6%
catia
6%
crawley
6%
horley
6%
horsham
6%
fabrication
6%
degree
6%
designing
6%
electrical
6%
assembly technician
6%
manufacturing technician
6%
automotive
6%
axminster
6%
bridgwater
6%
chard
6%
consumer goods
6%
gears
6%
honiton
6%
lever
6%
lyme regis
6%
moulding
6%
plastic injection
6%
product design engineer
6%
r&d
6%
taunton
6%
vehicle
6%
wellington
6%
yeovil
6%
materials
6%
birmingham
6%
computer
6%
project design
6%
walsall
6%
manufacture
6%
3d modeling
6%
electronic
6%
aluminium
6%
manchester
6%
england
6%
greater
6%
middleton
6%
oldham
6%
sheet
6%
fab
6%
uk
6%
defence
6%
cad draughtsperson
6%
creo
6%
cad engineer
6%
mechanical designer
6%
whitstable
6%
an
3%
drawing
3%
furniture
3%
motion
3%
assembly
3%
conveyors
3%
dfm
3%
handling
3%
material
3%
architecture
3%
assembling
3%
building
3%
commissioning
3%
concept
3%
mechanical engineer
3%
specifications
3%
steel
3%
structural
3%
grad
3%
lewes
3%
autodesk
3%
bristol
3%
cardiff
3%
cwmbran
3%
hydraulic
3%
media
3%
newport
3%
pontypool
3%
rhino
3%
south wales
3%
wales
3%
revit
3%
machinery design
3%
mechanical design
3%
industrial placement
3%
injection moulding
3%
catia v5
3%
electro-mechanical
3%
gd&t
3%
nx
3%
ansys
3%
draughtsman
3%
drawings
3%
c/c++
3%
electrical design
3%
plc programming
3%
solidworks electrical
3%
test technician
3%
pneumatics
3%
commer
3%
heating
3%
operator
3%
thermal
3%
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