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

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Design Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Design Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Design Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 24% of Design Engineer job descriptions contained design engineer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

design engineer
24%
engineering
24%
engineer
20%
cad
20%
mechanical
16%
electrical design
16%
mechanical engineer
16%
machine shop
12%
with sales
12%
supply chain
12%
recruitment
12%
recruiting
12%
project engineer
12%
autocad
12%
contracts
12%
assembly
12%
sales
12%
solidworks
12%
3d
12%
filtration
12%
electronics
12%
eplan
12%
mechanical design engineer
12%
lv
8%
cad technician
8%
schematics
8%
iec standards
8%
schematic
8%
python
8%
pcb
8%
microcontroller
8%
mains
8%
digital
8%
low power
8%
emi
8%
analogue
8%
battery
8%
c
8%
emc
8%
electronic design
8%
c++
8%
design
8%
senior design engineer
8%
circuit design
8%
mitsubishi
4%
construction
4%
aerospace
4%
verilog
4%
optoelectronics
4%
microprocessors
4%
fpga
4%
academic background
4%
electrical engineering
4%
test equipment
4%
control panel design
4%
pcb design
4%
emc storage
4%
structural design
4%
electronic engineering
4%
engineering experience
4%
power electronics
4%
npd
4%
consumer electronics
4%
cam
4%
graduate
4%
fabrication
4%
machined components
4%
senior mechanical design engineer
4%
steelwork
4%
under
4%
castings
4%
revit
4%
project
4%
oldham
4%
middleton
4%
manufacturing
4%
manchester
4%
lyne
4%
install
4%
industrial
4%
civil
4%
chemical engineering
4%
process safety
4%
bearings
4%
electrical
4%
components
4%
gears
4%
junior design engineer
4%
motors
4%
valves
4%
wheels
4%
west sussex
4%
worthing
4%
embedded software
4%
aviation
4%
production
4%
maintenance
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.

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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