Programmer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Programmer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Programmer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Programmer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 66% of Programmer job descriptions contained cnc as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cnc
66%
programming
52%
fanuc
45%
engineering
42%
manufacturing
28%
setting
25%
engineer
18%
haas
18%
operating
18%
operator
14%
setter
14%
machining
14%
machinist
14%
tools
14%
milling
14%
cnc machinist
14%
cnc operator
14%
cnc programmer
14%
manufacturer
14%
cnc programming
14%
inspector
11%
turning
11%
moulds
11%
drawings
11%
bottling
11%
programme
11%
casting
11%
programmer
11%
epping
11%
steve
11%
aerospace
11%
technical
11%
harlow
11%
hertford
11%
cnc miller
11%
lathes
11%
machinery
11%
miller
11%
machines
11%
cnc setter
11%
coventry
7%
warwick
7%
production
7%
birmingham
7%
product design
7%
cmm
7%
turner
7%
cnc machine operator
7%
manufacture
7%
components
7%
cnc setter operator
7%
solihull
7%
lean
4%
technician
4%
engineering drawings
4%
mazatrol
4%
test
4%
cutting
4%
motors
4%
product
4%
fea
4%
mtm
4%
product development
4%
lead engineer
4%
ppap
4%
autocad engineer
4%
machine shop
4%
process improvement
4%
autocad technician
4%
manager
4%
heidenhain
4%
six sigma
4%
cad engineer
4%
technology
4%
cnc machine
4%
production manager
4%
valves
4%
gloucester
4%
design engineer
4%
axis
4%
metals
4%
design technician
4%
solidworks
4%
electronics
4%
edgecam
4%
heidenhein
4%
injection moulding
4%
hardware
4%
machine
4%
5s
4%
precision
4%
lathe
4%
mechanical
4%
8d
4%
surface grinding
4%
development
4%
ci
4%
repairing
4%
tooling
4%
r&d
4%
precision engineering
4%
fluid
4%
research
4%
cnc mill
4%
fmea
4%
cad
4%
software
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.

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