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, 31% of Design job descriptions contained design engineer as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

design engineer
31%
cad
20%
engineer
16%
engineering
16%
mechanical
16%
solidworks
16%
mechanical engineer
12%
3d
12%
assembly
12%
contracts
12%
filtration
12%
machine shop
12%
mechanical design engineer
12%
project engineer
12%
recruiting
12%
recruitment
12%
sales
12%
supply chain
12%
with sales
12%
electronics
12%
pcb design
8%
design
8%
circuit design
8%
mechanical design
8%
autocad
8%
electrical design
8%
eplan
8%
iec standards
4%
battery
4%
analogue
4%
embedded software
4%
process safety
4%
chemical engineering
4%
c
4%
schematics
4%
electronic engineering
4%
engineering experience
4%
power electronics
4%
control panel design
4%
mitsubishi
4%
mains
4%
layout
4%
high speed digital
4%
machinery design
4%
schematic
4%
python
4%
pcb
4%
cam
4%
microcontroller
4%
c++
4%
lv
4%
graduate
4%
low power
4%
emi
4%
emc
4%
electronic design
4%
digital
4%
aerospace
4%
conveyors
4%
inventor
4%
machine design
4%
machinery
4%
cad technician
4%
senior design engineer
4%
consumer electronics
4%
emc storage
4%
test equipment
4%
electrical engineering
4%
academic background
4%
fpga
4%
microprocessors
4%
optoelectronics
4%
verilog
4%
under
4%
aviation
4%
civil
4%
construction
4%
electrical
4%
industrial
4%
maintenance
4%
manchester
4%
manufacturing
4%
production
4%
project
4%
revit
4%
install
4%
lyne
4%
middleton
4%
oldham
4%
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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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