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

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Hardware Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Hardware Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Hardware Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 56% of Hardware Engineer job descriptions contained control systems as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

control systems
56%
electrical engineer
56%
hardware engineer
56%
panel design
56%
plc
56%
plc programming
56%
scada
56%
automation
56%
electronics
34%
analogue
23%
hardware
23%
fpga
23%
digital
12%
c++
12%
c
12%
thermal management
12%
rf engineering
12%
pads
12%
optoelectronics
12%
electronic circuit design
12%
digital electronics
12%
firmware
12%
rf test
12%
wireless
12%
testing
12%
rf
12%
pcb design
12%
manufacturing
12%
integration
12%
engineering
12%
certification
12%
cad
12%
altium
12%

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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