Aerospace Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Aerospace Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Aerospace role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Aerospace job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 58% of Aerospace job descriptions contained aerospace as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

aerospace
58%
aviation
39%
engineering
34%
engineer
24%
maintenance
24%
mechanical
24%
repair
24%
military
20%
braintree
20%
cambridge
15%
electrical
15%
electronic
15%
essex
15%
manufacturing
15%
production
15%
setting
15%
stevenage
15%
stortford
15%
aircraft
15%
technician
15%
avionic
15%
walden
15%
components
10%
cad
10%
precision
10%
cnc
10%
schematic
10%
tools
10%
autocad
10%
bid writer
10%
electrical design engineer
10%
defence
10%
manager
10%
solidworks
10%
operating
10%
technical
10%
precision engineering
10%
test
10%
assemble
10%
build
10%
manchester
5%
mechanical fitter
5%
propulsion
5%
bid coordinator
5%
mechanical fitting
5%
system engineering
5%
bid manager
5%
mechanical maintenance
5%
as9100
5%
bid specialist
5%
northampton
5%
cad engineer
5%
quality engineer
5%
programming
5%
design engineer
5%
birmingham
5%
hardware engineering
5%
wastewater
5%
iso certifications
5%
water
5%
gloucester
5%
electrical engineer
5%
composite
5%
gloucestershire
5%
ex-navy
5%
systems engineering
5%
composites
5%
mechanical design engineer
5%
marine
5%
cnc milling
5%
bolton
5%
east
5%
mod
5%
cnc miller
5%
harlow
5%
stroud
5%
assembly
5%
cnc programmer
5%
hertfordshire
5%
cnc turning
5%
composite technician
5%
fanuc
5%
progression
5%
cargo
5%
fitter
5%
training
5%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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