Automotive Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Automotive Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Automotive role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Automotive job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 65% of Automotive job descriptions contained automotive as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

automotive
65%
engineer
25%
parts
25%
sales
25%
cad
18%
mechanical
18%
advisor
18%
customer service
18%
mechanic
18%
car
15%
coventry
15%
development
15%
garage
15%
electrical
15%
parts advisor
15%
birmingham
11%
catia
11%
design
11%
electric
11%
ev
11%
leamington
11%
renewables
11%
solihull
11%
customer
11%
diagnostics
11%
vehicle
11%
maintenance
11%
engineering
11%
dealership
8%
training
8%
assembly
8%
electrics
8%
solidworks
8%
auto
8%
cars
8%
radio
8%
repairs
8%
vehicles
8%
leeds
8%
manager
8%
parts supervisor
8%
barnsley
8%
master technician
8%
vehicle technician
8%
cad technician
8%
design engineer
8%
mechanical design
8%
r&d
8%
auto electrician
4%
electrician
4%
electronics
4%
costs
4%
motor
4%
van
4%
yeovil
4%
automotive aftermarket
4%
electrical installation
4%
fitting
4%
2d
4%
3d
4%
applications engineer
4%
autocad
4%
electronic
4%
injection moulding
4%
installation
4%
manufacture
4%
product development
4%
production
4%
technical support
4%
tools
4%
apqp
4%
automotive production engineer
4%
iatf
4%
honiton
4%
invoice
4%
service advisor
4%
stock
4%
paint
4%
polishing
4%
prototype
4%
buyer
4%
buying
4%
international trade
4%
purchase
4%
purchasing
4%
suppliers
4%
supply chain
4%
technical
4%
wholesalers
4%
fault finding
4%
field
4%
field service
4%
field service engineer
4%
forklift
4%
london
4%
reading
4%
repair
4%
brighton
4%
oxford
4%
southampton
4%
automation engineer
4%
commissioning engineer
4%
test engineer
4%
project planner
4%
external
4%
aftersales
4%
cambridge
4%
cambridgeshire
4%
ely
4%
internal
4%
newmarket
4%
soham
4%
thetford
4%
cyber
4%
cyber security
4%
security
4%
security engineer
4%
compliance
4%
project planning
4%
quality control
4%
vehicle compliance
4%
assembler
4%
aviation
4%
engines
4%
fitter
4%
gearboxes
4%
mechanical assembler
4%
mechanical fitter
4%
powertrains
4%
royal leamington spa
4%
test rig
4%
degree
4%
bde
4%
bdm
4%
business development executive
4%
business development manager
4%
client
4%
marketing
4%
mechanical design engineer
4%
laser alignment equipment
4%

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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