Designer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Designer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Designer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Designer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 80% of Designer job descriptions contained cad as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cad
80%
solidworks
50%
design
40%
manufacturing
20%
engineer
20%
construction
20%
aluminium
20%
engineering
20%
ross-on-wye
20%
mechanical design engineer
20%
design engineer
20%
cad design engineer
20%
2d drawings
20%
steel
10%
3d
10%
cabinetry
10%
cnc
10%
composite
10%
dfma
10%
furniture
10%
hardwood
10%
high-end
10%
joinery
10%
laminate
10%
modelling
10%
softwood
10%
staircase
10%
balconies
10%
bespoke
10%
designer
10%
devon
10%
okehampton
10%
stairs
10%
metal
10%
3d modeling
10%
design development
10%
mechanical engineering
10%
development
10%
electronic
10%
electronics
10%
england
10%
greater
10%
manchester
10%
mechanical
10%
erp software
10%
middleton
10%
oldham
10%
product
10%
production
10%
sheet
10%
technician
10%
fab
10%
uk
10%
engineering drawings
10%
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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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