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Electrical Engineer resume keywords

Core keywords are the skill list on the Electrical Engineer resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role.

See the matching Electrical Engineer resume example. For which applicant tracking systems large employers use, read the State of ATS 2026 report.

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Counted on 2026-10-10 from 77 public job postings whose titles match Electrical Engineer. Those postings came from Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, and SmartRecruiters. A posting is counted for this role when the longest published job-title phrase in its title is Electrical Engineer. The crawl queried Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and SmartRecruiters for 133 employers in the State of ATS 2026 dataset that use those vendors, and for 279 additional public boards from the extended coverage tier. The extended boards are not part of the 738-company statistics. 361 boards returned postings out of 412 boards attempted, and 46923 postings were scanned. HTML was stripped before counting, and each posting counts once per term. Phrases beyond the published skill list are the most common two- and three-word phrases in the matched postings. Posting text is not stored. A role page shows these percentages only when at least 30 descriptions were counted.

Core keywords

These are the terms to put on the resume when they match work you have done.

  • Circuit Design

    13% of 77 recent postings mention Circuit Design.

  • PCB Layout

    26% of 77 recent postings mention PCB Layout.

  • MATLAB

    12% of 77 recent postings mention MATLAB.

  • Power Systems

    23% of 77 recent postings mention Power Systems.

  • FPGA

    23% of 77 recent postings mention FPGA.

  • Embedded Systems

    4% of 77 recent postings mention Embedded Systems.

  • Altium

    26% of 77 recent postings mention Altium.

  • Oscilloscope

    1% of 77 recent postings mention Oscilloscope.

  • Signal Processing

    4% of 77 recent postings mention Signal Processing.

  • EMC Testing

    6% of 77 recent postings mention EMC Testing.

Supporting keywords
Phrases from recent postings

These phrases showed up often in the matched postings and are not already on the published skill list.

  • electrical engineer

    86% of 77 recent postings mention electrical engineer.

  • electrical engineering

    78% of 77 recent postings mention electrical engineering.

  • green card holder

    60% of 77 recent postings mention green card holder.

  • permanent resident

    60% of 77 recent postings mention permanent resident.

  • export regulations

    55% of 77 recent postings mention export regulations.

  • itar here

    53% of 77 recent postings mention itar here.

  • required authorizations

    53% of 77 recent postings mention required authorizations.

  • qualifications bachelor

    52% of 77 recent postings mention qualifications bachelor.

  • status age

    44% of 77 recent postings mention status age.

  • basic qualifications bachelor

    38% of 77 recent postings mention basic qualifications bachelor.

  • electrical systems

    38% of 77 recent postings mention electrical systems.

Where to place them

  1. 1

    Headline

    Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Electrical Engineer | Circuit Design | PCB Layout.

  2. 2

    Skills

    List the core terms together in the skills section: Circuit Design, PCB Layout, MATLAB, Power Systems, FPGA, Embedded Systems, Altium, Oscilloscope, Signal Processing, EMC Testing.

  3. 3

    Experience

    Use Circuit Design, PCB Layout, MATLAB inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result.

  4. 4

    Supporting terms

    Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Simulink, PLC Programming, SCADA, Control Systems, National Electrical Code (NEC) Compliance, NFPA 70E Arc Flash Safety, LabVIEW, Altium Designer, EPLAN Electric P8.

Sample lines from the resume example

These lines are already published on the Electrical Engineer resume example. Use them as a pattern for where a keyword sits next to a result, and replace the details with your own.

  • Designed power management circuits for consumer electronics achieving 95% power efficiency
  • Led PCB design and bring-up for 8 products from schematic to mass production
  • Performed EMC testing and certification for 15+ products ensuring FCC and CE compliance
  • Reduced BOM cost by 20% through component optimization and design simplification

Questions about Electrical Engineer keywords

What keywords should a Electrical Engineer resume include?

Core keywords for a Electrical Engineer resume are Circuit Design, PCB Layout, MATLAB, Power Systems, FPGA, Embedded Systems, Altium, Oscilloscope, Signal Processing, EMC Testing. Core keywords are the skill list on the Electrical Engineer resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role. Percentages are the share of 77 public postings fetched on 2026-10-10 whose titles match this role.

Where should Electrical Engineer keywords go on a resume?

Headline: Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Electrical Engineer | Circuit Design | PCB Layout. Skills: List the core terms together in the skills section: Circuit Design, PCB Layout, MATLAB, Power Systems, FPGA, Embedded Systems, Altium, Oscilloscope, Signal Processing, EMC Testing. Experience: Use Circuit Design, PCB Layout, MATLAB inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result. Supporting terms: Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Simulink, PLC Programming, SCADA, Control Systems, National Electrical Code (NEC) Compliance, NFPA 70E Arc Flash Safety, LabVIEW, Altium Designer, EPLAN Electric P8.

How do I check a Electrical Engineer resume?

Open the free ATS checker with Electrical Engineer prefilled, paste your resume, and compare it with the keyword list on this page.

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