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, 54% of Mechanical Designer job descriptions contained cad as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cad
54%
solidworks
54%
mechanical
47%
design
43%
engineering
41%
3d
41%
designer
32%
autocad
32%
engineer
28%
manufacturing
24%
2d
22%
product
20%
design engineer
20%
graduate
18%
production
18%
inventor
18%
beng
18%
project
15%
sheet metal
15%
engines
15%
aerospace
15%
aviation
15%
bsc
15%
canterbury
15%
kent
15%
meng
15%
autodesk inventor
13%
mechanical design engineer
13%
hvac
13%
electronics
11%
technician
11%
calculations
11%
doctorate
11%
f1
11%
fea
11%
marine
11%
masters
11%
msc
11%
phd
11%
ramsgate
11%
senior mechanical design
11%
turbines
11%
leadership
11%
leader
11%
ventilation
11%
machinery
9%
electro-mechanical
9%
fusion 360
9%
industrial
9%
mechanic
9%
mechanics
9%
npd
9%
development
9%
building services
9%
mechanical designer
7%
degree
7%
moulding
7%
creo
7%
mechanical engineer
7%
qualifications
7%
metal
7%
construction
7%
equipment
7%
product design
7%
grad
5%
gd&t
5%
assembly
5%
bespoke
5%
catia
5%
crawley
5%
horley
5%
horsham
5%
fabrication
5%
designing
5%
electrical
5%
assembly technician
5%
manufacturing technician
5%
automotive
5%
axminster
5%
bridgwater
5%
chard
5%
consumer goods
5%
gears
5%
honiton
5%
lever
5%
lyme regis
5%
plastic injection
5%
product design engineer
5%
r&d
5%
taunton
5%
vehicle
5%
wellington
5%
yeovil
5%
materials
5%
birmingham
5%
computer
5%
project design
5%
walsall
5%
manufacture
5%
3d modeling
5%
electronic
5%
aluminium
5%
manchester
5%
england
5%
greater
5%
middleton
5%
oldham
5%
sheet
5%
fab
5%
uk
5%
defence
5%
cad draughtsperson
5%
cad engineer
5%
whitstable
5%
admin
3%
administrative
3%
kettering
3%
northampton
3%
northamptonshire
3%
rushen
3%
tech
3%
technical
3%
designer engineer
3%
injection
3%
maidenhead
3%
reading
3%
rotating
3%
slough
3%
acoustics
3%
structural steel
3%
bromsgrove
3%
evesham
3%
junior
3%
stratford-upon-avon
3%
tewkesbury
3%
trainee
3%
worcester
3%
abingdon
3%
capital equipment
3%
didcot
3%
newbury
3%
oxford
3%
oxfordshire
3%
pneumatic
3%
swindon
3%
tolerance
3%
wallingford
3%
wantage
3%
design engineering
3%
design technician
3%
mechanical engineering
3%
project mechanical design engineer
3%
solidworks engineer
3%
repair
3%
testing
3%
schematic
3%
troubleshooting
3%
an
3%
drawing
3%
furniture
3%
motion
3%
conveyors
3%
dfm
3%
handling
3%
material
3%
architecture
3%
assembling
3%
building
3%
commissioning
3%
concept
3%
specifications
3%
steel
3%
structural
3%
lewes
3%
autodesk
3%
bristol
3%
cardiff
3%
cwmbran
3%
hydraulic
3%
media
3%
newport
3%
pontypool
3%
rhino
3%
south wales
3%
wales
3%
revit
3%
machinery design
3%
mechanical design
3%
industrial placement
3%
injection moulding
3%
catia v5
3%
nx
3%
ansys
3%
draughtsman
3%
drawings
3%
c/c++
3%
electrical design
3%
plc programming
3%
solidworks electrical
3%
test technician
3%
pneumatics
3%
commer
3%
heating
3%
operator
3%
thermal
3%
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