Most In-Demand Engineering Design Skills
The most in-demand skills for Engineering Design roles right now are cad, ai, assembly — ranked across 3765 open postings.
Updated September 23, 2026
| # | Skill | Open postings | 30-day growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cad | 384 | +384 |
| 2 | ai | 363 | +363 |
| 3 | assembly | 206 | +206 |
| 4 | solidworks | 190 | +190 |
| 5 | prototyping | 178 | +178 |
| 6 | autocad | 172 | +172 |
| 7 | react | 125 | +125 |
| 8 | itar | 121 | +121 |
| 9 | automation | 120 | +120 |
| 10 | fea | 120 | +120 |
| 11 | revit | 113 | +113 |
| 12 | typescript | 109 | +109 |
| 13 | python | 104 | +104 |
| 14 | figma | 98 | +98 |
| 15 | catia | 88 | +88 |
| 16 | accessibility | 79 | +79 |
| 17 | cloud | 77 | +77 |
| 18 | ansys | 77 | +77 |
| 19 | css | 75 | +75 |
| 20 | civil-3d | 67 | +67 |
| 21 | api | 65 | +65 |
| 22 | firmware | 59 | +59 |
| 23 | networking | 54 | +54 |
| 24 | matlab | 53 | +53 |
| 25 | ethernet | 51 | +51 |
| 26 | navisworks | 51 | +51 |
| 27 | interaction-design | 48 | +48 |
| 28 | oscilloscope | 48 | +48 |
| 29 | siemens-nx | 47 | +47 |
| 30 | pcb | 46 | +46 |
| 31 | agentic-ai | 42 | +42 |
| 32 | altium | 42 | +42 |
| 33 | bluebeam | 41 | +41 |
| 34 | html | 41 | +41 |
| 35 | teamcenter | 41 | +41 |
| 36 | cnc | 41 | +41 |
| 37 | ccpa | 38 | +38 |
| 38 | typography | 35 | +35 |
| 39 | gd-t | 28 | +28 |
| 40 | machine-learning | 28 | +28 |