Automotive Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Automotive Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Automotive role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Automotive job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 70% of Automotive job descriptions contained automotive as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

automotive
70%
engineer
27%
parts
27%
sales
27%
mechanical
18%
advisor
18%
customer service
18%
mechanic
18%
electrical
18%
design
14%
engineering
14%
cad
14%
car
14%
development
14%
customer
14%
garage
14%
vehicle
14%
maintenance
14%
parts advisor
14%
r&d
9%
birmingham
9%
catia
9%
coventry
9%
electric
9%
ev
9%
leamington
9%
renewables
9%
solihull
9%
dealership
9%
training
9%
assembly
9%
electrics
9%
auto
9%
cars
9%
radio
9%
repairs
9%
vehicles
9%
leeds
9%
global sourcing
5%
import
5%
international logistics
5%
production lines
5%
autonomy
5%
manufacturing
5%
project engineer
5%
auto electrician
5%
electrician
5%
electronics
5%
costs
5%
diagnostics
5%
motor
5%
van
5%
yeovil
5%
automotive aftermarket
5%
electrical installation
5%
fitting
5%
2d
5%
3d
5%
applications engineer
5%
autocad
5%
electronic
5%
injection moulding
5%
installation
5%
manufacture
5%
product development
5%
production
5%
solidworks
5%
technical support
5%
tools
5%
apqp
5%
automotive production engineer
5%
iatf
5%
honiton
5%
invoice
5%
service advisor
5%
stock
5%
paint
5%
polishing
5%
prototype
5%
buyer
5%
buying
5%
international trade
5%
purchase
5%
purchasing
5%
suppliers
5%
supply chain
5%
technical
5%
wholesalers
5%
fault finding
5%
field
5%
field service
5%
field service engineer
5%
forklift
5%
london
5%
reading
5%
repair
5%
brighton
5%
oxford
5%
southampton
5%
automation engineer
5%
commissioning engineer
5%
test engineer
5%
project planner
5%
manager
5%
parts supervisor
5%
barnsley
5%
external
5%
aftersales
5%
cambridge
5%
cambridgeshire
5%
ely
5%
internal
5%
newmarket
5%
soham
5%
thetford
5%
cyber
5%
cyber security
5%
security
5%
security engineer
5%
cad technician
5%
compliance
5%
design engineer
5%
mechanical design
5%
project planning
5%
quality control
5%
vehicle compliance
5%
bdm
5%
marketing
5%
bde
5%
business development executive
5%
business development manager
5%
client
5%
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