Mechanical Designer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Mechanical Designer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Mechanical Designer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Mechanical Designer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 40% of Mechanical Designer job descriptions contained cad as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cad
40%
solidworks
35%
mechanical engineer
30%
design engineering
30%
designer
30%
mechanical design engineer
25%
mechanical engineering
25%
engineering
25%
solidworks engineer
25%
cad technician
25%
computer aided design
20%
project mechanical design engineer
20%
design
20%
hvac
20%
design technician
20%
engineer
15%
mechanical
15%
co
10%
autocad
10%
heat pumps
10%
embedded software
10%
pumps
10%
embedded systems
10%
3d
10%
heating
10%
surveying
10%
water
5%
technician
5%
analogue
5%
pharmaceutical
5%
junior design engineer
5%
monday-friday
5%
workington
5%
digital
5%
pharmaceuticals
5%
oil
5%
emc
5%
production
5%
project
5%
drawings
5%
firmware
5%
design drawings
5%
project management
5%
fpga
5%
stonehouse
5%
power
5%
worker
5%
radio frequency
5%
design engineer
5%
automation
5%
electronic design
5%
rf
5%
2d
5%
carlisle
5%
cumbria
5%
electronic systems
5%
factory
5%
heavy
5%
food
5%
build
5%
industrial
5%
graduate
5%
fabricating
5%
manufacturing
5%
fabrication
5%
hatfield
5%
fabricator
5%
north east
5%
hnc
5%
gas
5%
mechanical design
5%
northeast
5%
pneumatics
5%
hnd
5%
inspection
5%
sewage
5%
nuclear
5%
sheet metal
5%
machines
5%
metal
5%
waste water
5%
petrochemical
5%
analog
5%
pharma
5%
metal worker
5%

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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