Hardware Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Hardware Engineer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Hardware Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Hardware Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 31% of Hardware Engineer job descriptions contained electronics as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

electronics
31%
hardware
21%
design
18%
pcb
16%
digital
13%
schematic capture
13%
pcb design
13%
rf
13%
dfm
11%
hardware engineer
11%
manufacturing
11%
altium
11%
production
8%
wireless
8%
scada
8%
plc programming
8%
plc
8%
electrical engineering
8%
dfmea
8%
electrical engineer
8%
control systems
8%
panel design
8%
automation
8%
microcontrollers
6%
circuit design
6%
high voltage
6%
altium designer
6%
electronics engineer
6%
engineering
6%
design analogue
6%
ate
6%
compliance testing
6%
networks
6%
ems
6%
testing
6%
bom
6%
communications
6%
innovation
6%
layout
6%
satellite communications
6%
electronic engineering
6%
engineer
6%
manufacture
6%
prototype
6%
validation
6%
verification
6%
automotive
6%
boms
6%
electronic control systems
6%
electronic hardware
6%
fmea
6%
power electronics
6%
switch mode power supplies
6%
c
6%
power electronics design
6%
test equipment
6%
electronic design
6%
embedded software
6%
dsp
6%
fpga
6%
security clearance
6%
vhdl
6%
c++
3%
solidworks
3%
cad
3%
dfa
3%
printing
3%
programming
3%
robotics
3%
assembly
3%
3d
3%
electronics design
3%
schematic
3%
schematics
3%
medical
3%
emc
3%
analogue
3%

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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