Aircraft Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Aircraft Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Aircraft Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Aircraft Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Aircraft Engineer job descriptions contained aerospace as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

aerospace
62%
aviation
56%
aircraft engineer
45%
aerodynamics
28%
aircraft
28%
mechanics
28%
mechanical engineer
28%
mechanical
28%
hydraulic
28%
a350
28%
electrical
28%
mechanic
23%
engineering
23%
sc
17%
raf
17%
p66
17%
mod
17%
military
17%
b1.2 global leader
17%
maintenance
17%
engineer
17%
defence
17%
aeronautical
17%
b777
17%
b1 engineer
17%
stripping
12%
automotive
12%
rolling stock
12%
psv technician
12%
trains
12%
modifications
12%
vehicle conversion
12%
aeronautical engineer
12%
aerospace engineer
12%
manufacturing
12%
maintenance engineering
12%
caa
12%
heathrow
12%
gatwick
12%
crawley
12%
locomotives
12%
aerospace engineering
12%
easa
12%
liverpool
12%
manchester
12%
merseyside
12%
north west
12%
cars
12%
fitter
12%
hgv technician
12%
scotland
6%
lae
6%
glasgow
6%
line maintenance
6%
team leader
6%
spray paint
6%
engineering drawings
6%
electro-mechanical
6%
disassembly
6%
composites
6%
commercial aviation
6%
civil aviation
6%
assembly
6%
aircraft maintenance
6%

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.

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