Mechanical Engineer Jobs in Des Plaines, IL

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Top hiring companies in your area for Mechanical Engineer positions

Required or preferred licenses and certifications for Mechanical Engineer positions.

The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Mechanical Engineer position

• 3D Modeling
• Aerospace
• Aerospace Engineering
• Affirmative Action
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• ANSYS
• Assembly
• AutoCAD
• Autodesk Inventor
• Budgets
• Communication Skills
• Computer Hardware Repair
• Computer-Aided Design
• Design
• Design Development
• Design Engineering
• Design for Manufacturability
• Designing
• Documentation
• Electrical
• Electromechanical
• Engineering
• Engineering Design
• Equipment Sizing
• Evaluation
• Fabricating
• Finite Element Analysis
• Fire Protection
• Fluid Dynamics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing
• Heat Transfer
• Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning
• Leadership
• Machine Design
• Management
• Materials Management
• Mechanical Design
• Mechanical Engineering
• Microsoft Office
• Military Background
• Modeling
• Optics
• Organization
• Planning
• Plumbing
• Problem Solving
• Product Data Management
• Project Management
• Prototype Development
• PTC Creo
• Research Skills
• Revit
• Scheduling
• Shop Drawings
• Software
• SolidWorks
• Specifications
• Staff Supervision
• Statics
• Stress Analysis
• Structural Analysis
• Thermal Analysis
• Thermodynamics
• Training and Development

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