Design Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Design Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Design role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Design job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 25% of Design job descriptions contained design engineer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

design engineer
25%
cad
25%
engineering
21%
engineer
21%
contracts
17%
solidworks
17%
3d
17%
assembly
17%
filtration
17%
machine shop
17%
mechanical
17%
project engineer
17%
recruiting
17%
mechanical engineer
17%
recruitment
17%
sales
17%
with sales
17%
supply chain
17%
electronics
13%
low power
9%
emi
9%
emc
9%
analogue
9%
electronic design
9%
digital
9%
c++
9%
c
9%
battery
9%
microcontroller
9%
mains
9%
autocad
9%
pcb design
9%
eplan
9%
circuit design
9%
electrical design
9%
lv
9%
schematic
9%
python
9%
pcb
9%
embedded software
5%
machinery design
5%
power electronics
5%
engineering experience
5%
electronic engineering
5%
schematics
5%
npd
5%
mitsubishi
5%
iec standards
5%
control panel design
5%
graduate
5%
cam
5%
layout
5%
high speed digital
5%
mechanical design
5%
construction
5%
mechanical design engineer
5%
cad technician
5%
senior design engineer
5%
consumer electronics
5%
emc storage
5%
test equipment
5%
electrical engineering
5%
academic background
5%
fpga
5%
microprocessors
5%
optoelectronics
5%
verilog
5%
aerospace
5%
aviation
5%
civil
5%
process safety
5%
design
5%
electrical
5%
industrial
5%
maintenance
5%
manchester
5%
manufacturing
5%
production
5%
project
5%
revit
5%
install
5%
lyne
5%
middleton
5%
oldham
5%
under
5%
chemical engineering
5%
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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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