What Principal Engineering Design Jobs Ask For
Across 424 open Principal Engineering Design postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are cad, ai, autocad.
Updated September 19, 2026
534 open Principal Engineering Design postings. The percentages below are measured over the 424 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| cad | 34% |
| ai | 19% |
| autocad | 17% |
| assembly | 15% |
| automation | 15% |
| python | 12% |
| solidworks | 12% |
| verilog | 12% |
| ansys | 11% |
| matlab | 11% |
| revit | 10% |
| pcie | 8% |
| fea | 8% |
| cmos | 7% |
| business-development | 7% |
| ethernet | 7% |
| perl | 7% |
| agile | 6% |
| sap | 6% |
| systemverilog | 6% |
| prototyping | 6% |
| tcl | 6% |
| firmware | 6% |
| cloud | 5% |
| machine-learning | 5% |
| teamcenter | 5% |
| networking | 5% |
| pcb | 5% |
| rtl | 5% |
| catia | 4% |
| microstation | 4% |
| siemens-nx | 4% |
| uvm | 4% |
| cadence-virtuoso | 4% |
| cpp | 4% |
| program-management | 4% |
| accessibility | 4% |
| fpga | 4% |
| itar | 4% |
| signal-processing | 4% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
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Across all Engineering Design levels
Most Engineering Design postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- autocad 7,071
- cad 6,551
- revit 3,769
- solidworks 2,632
- assembly 2,362
- automation 1,918
- ai 1,587
- navisworks 1,285
- microstation 1,073
- civil-3d 1,069
- fea 942
- prototyping 925