Aerospace Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Aerospace Skills List in Engineering

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

aerospace
66%
manufacturing
39%
engineer
31%
engineering
27%
defence
24%
cambridge
20%
stevenage
20%
production
20%
solidworks
20%
automotive
16%
bedford
16%
cnc
16%
manager
12%
braintree
12%
essex
12%
stortford
12%
walden
12%
manufacturing engineer
12%
machinery
12%
precision
12%
twickenham
12%
mechanical
12%
aviation
12%
aircraft
12%
development
8%
executive
8%
hitchin
8%
milton
8%
nuclear
8%
sales
8%
bdm
8%
biggleswade
8%
hybrid
8%
letchworth
8%
luton
8%
remote
8%
chelmsford
8%
colchester
8%
goods
8%
logistics
8%
person
8%
picking
8%
storeman
8%
stores
8%
storesperson
8%
warehouse
8%
as9100
8%
cad
8%
mechanical engineer
8%
electrical
8%
catia
8%
design
8%
broughton
8%
chester
8%
cmm
8%
edm
8%
easa
8%
workshops
8%
london
8%
programmer
8%
programming
8%
military
8%
mod
8%
composites
4%
paint
4%
team leader
4%
mechanical inspection
4%
supervisor
4%
assembly technician
4%
manufacturing technician
4%
aerospace engineer
4%
cnc milling
4%
cnc programming
4%
cnc turning
4%
drone
4%
brentford
4%
cutter
4%
cutting
4%
fabrication
4%
gear
4%
hounslow
4%
machinist
4%
manual
4%
richmond
4%
slough
4%
steel
4%
hnc
4%
manufacturer
4%
product design
4%
2d
4%
3d
4%
auto cad
4%
beng
4%
creo
4%
design engineer
4%
hnd
4%
inventor
4%
lean
4%
mechanical design engineer
4%
meng
4%
six sigma
4%
test
4%
fareham
4%
quality
4%
quality assurance
4%
quality engineer
4%
aerospace industry
4%
assembly
4%
continuous improvement
4%
forklift
4%
probate
4%
recruitment
4%
testing
4%
automation
4%
electronic
4%
avionic
4%
maintenance
4%
repair
4%
technician
4%
inspector
4%
quality technician
4%
raf
4%
systems
4%
bangor
4%
isle of anglesey
4%
wales
4%
autocad
4%
birmingham
4%
electrical design
4%
electrical design engineer
4%
electrical engineer
4%
ex-navy
4%
marine
4%
cad/cam
4%
cnc machining
4%
engineering manager
4%
npi
4%
precision engineering
4%
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