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, 32% of Design job descriptions contained engineering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

engineering
32%
utilities
20%
electrical design
20%
cad
20%
civil engineering
20%
construction
20%
environmental
20%
green projects
20%
network design
20%
project engineering
20%
research
20%
supply chain
12%
solidworks
12%
eplan
12%
with sales
12%
sales
12%
recruitment
12%
recruiting
12%
project engineer
12%
mechanical engineer
12%
mechanical
12%
machine shop
12%
filtration
12%
engineer
12%
design engineer
12%
3d
12%
assembly
12%
contracts
12%
schematic
8%
schematics
8%
cam
8%
graduate
8%
iec standards
8%
python
8%
pcb
8%
electronics
8%
analogue
8%
battery
8%
c
8%
c++
8%
digital
8%
electronic design
8%
emc
8%
emi
8%
low power
8%
microcontroller
8%
lv
8%
mains
8%
machined components
4%
process safety
4%
chemical engineering
4%
embedded software
4%
machinery design
4%
mechanical design
4%
high speed digital
4%
layout
4%
structural design
4%
steelwork
4%
senior mechanical design engineer
4%
mitsubishi
4%
fabrication
4%
pcb design
4%
control panel design
4%
npd
4%
power electronics
4%
engineering experience
4%
electronic engineering
4%
circuit design
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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