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, 38% of Design job descriptions contained engineering as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

engineering
38%
cad
26%
construction
23%
utilities
19%
electrical design
19%
civil engineering
19%
environmental
19%
engineer
19%
network design
19%
project engineering
19%
research
19%
green projects
19%
supply chain
15%
sales
15%
recruitment
15%
recruiting
15%
project engineer
15%
mechanical engineer
15%
mechanical
15%
machine shop
15%
filtration
15%
design engineer
15%
contracts
15%
assembly
15%
3d
15%
with sales
15%
solidworks
15%
eplan
12%
mains
8%
lv
8%
low power
8%
digital
8%
emi
8%
emc
8%
electronic design
8%
c
8%
microcontroller
8%
pcb
8%
python
8%
schematic
8%
schematics
8%
cam
8%
graduate
8%
iec standards
8%
battery
8%
analogue
8%
c++
8%
electronics
8%
structural design
4%
power electronics
4%
npd
4%
project
4%
production
4%
manufacturing
4%
manchester
4%
fabrication
4%
machined components
4%
senior mechanical design engineer
4%
steelwork
4%
circuit design
4%
maintenance
4%
industrial
4%
electrical
4%
design
4%
civil
4%
aviation
4%
autocad
4%
mechanical design
4%
aerospace
4%
embedded software
4%
process safety
4%
chemical engineering
4%
under
4%
oldham
4%
middleton
4%
lyne
4%
machinery design
4%
engineering experience
4%
high speed digital
4%
layout
4%
pcb design
4%
install
4%
control panel design
4%
revit
4%
mitsubishi
4%
electronic engineering
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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