Mechanical Designer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Engineering

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Mechanical Designer Skills List in Engineering

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Mechanical Designer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Mechanical Designer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 56% of Mechanical Designer job descriptions contained cad as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

cad
56%
solidworks
56%
mechanical
47%
3d
45%
engineering
42%
design
40%
autocad
35%
designer
31%
engineer
26%
2d
24%
manufacturing
24%
product
21%
design engineer
21%
inventor
19%
beng
19%
project
17%
sheet metal
17%
production
17%
graduate
17%
engines
17%
aerospace
17%
aviation
17%
bsc
17%
canterbury
17%
kent
17%
meng
17%
autodesk inventor
14%
mechanical design engineer
14%
hvac
14%
electronics
12%
technician
12%
calculations
12%
doctorate
12%
f1
12%
fea
12%
marine
12%
masters
12%
msc
12%
phd
12%
ramsgate
12%
senior mechanical design
12%
turbines
12%
leadership
12%
leader
12%
ventilation
12%
electro-mechanical
10%
fusion 360
10%
industrial
10%
mechanic
10%
mechanics
10%
npd
10%
development
10%
building services
10%
creo
7%
mechanical engineer
7%
qualifications
7%
metal
7%
construction
7%
equipment
7%
machinery
7%
product design
7%
gd&t
5%
assembly
5%
bespoke
5%
catia
5%
crawley
5%
horley
5%
horsham
5%
fabrication
5%
degree
5%
designing
5%
electrical
5%
assembly technician
5%
manufacturing technician
5%
automotive
5%
axminster
5%
bridgwater
5%
chard
5%
consumer goods
5%
gears
5%
honiton
5%
lever
5%
lyme regis
5%
moulding
5%
plastic injection
5%
product design engineer
5%
r&d
5%
taunton
5%
vehicle
5%
wellington
5%
yeovil
5%
materials
5%
birmingham
5%
computer
5%
project design
5%
walsall
5%
manufacture
5%
3d modeling
5%
electronic
5%
aluminium
5%
manchester
5%
england
5%
greater
5%
middleton
5%
oldham
5%
sheet
5%
fab
5%
uk
5%
defence
5%
cad draughtsperson
5%
cad engineer
5%
mechanical designer
5%
whitstable
5%
acoustics
3%
structural steel
3%
bromsgrove
3%
evesham
3%
junior
3%
stratford-upon-avon
3%
tewkesbury
3%
trainee
3%
worcester
3%
abingdon
3%
capital equipment
3%
didcot
3%
newbury
3%
oxford
3%
oxfordshire
3%
pneumatic
3%
swindon
3%
tolerance
3%
wallingford
3%
wantage
3%
design engineering
3%
design technician
3%
mechanical engineering
3%
project mechanical design engineer
3%
solidworks engineer
3%
repair
3%
testing
3%
schematic
3%
troubleshooting
3%
an
3%
drawing
3%
furniture
3%
motion
3%
conveyors
3%
dfm
3%
handling
3%
material
3%
architecture
3%
assembling
3%
building
3%
commissioning
3%
concept
3%
specifications
3%
steel
3%
structural
3%
grad
3%
lewes
3%
autodesk
3%
bristol
3%
cardiff
3%
cwmbran
3%
hydraulic
3%
media
3%
newport
3%
pontypool
3%
rhino
3%
south wales
3%
wales
3%
revit
3%
machinery design
3%
mechanical design
3%
industrial placement
3%
injection moulding
3%
catia v5
3%
nx
3%
ansys
3%
draughtsman
3%
drawings
3%
c/c++
3%
electrical design
3%
plc programming
3%
solidworks electrical
3%
test technician
3%
pneumatics
3%
commer
3%
heating
3%
operator
3%
thermal
3%

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