Roles that share your skills
Pick the role you do now. See adjacent roles that ask for the same skills, what carries over, and what you would be missing.
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Showing adjacent roles for Mechanical Engineers — switch role below
AccountantData AnalystRegistered NurseSales ExecutiveSoftware EngineerActuariesAdvertising and Promotions ManagersAgricultural EngineersAirline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight EngineersArchitects, Except Landscape and NavalChefs and Head CooksChemical EngineersChemistsCivil EngineersClaims Adjusters, Examiners, and InvestigatorsCompliance OfficersComputer and Information Systems ManagersComputer Systems AnalystsConstruction ManagersCost EstimatorsCustomer Service RepresentativesDatabase AdministratorsData ScientistsDispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceEditorsElectriciansEnvironmental EngineersFarmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural ManagersFinancial and Investment AnalystsFinancial ManagersFirst-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales WorkersFlight AttendantsFood Service ManagersGeneral and Operations ManagersGeoscientists, Except Hydrologists and GeographersGraphic DesignersHeavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversHuman Resources SpecialistsIndustrial EngineersIndustrial Production ManagersInformation Security AnalystsInsurance UnderwritersLawyersLoan OfficersLodging ManagersLogisticiansMachinistsManagement AnalystsMarketing ManagersMarket Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsMechanical EngineersMedical and Health Services ManagersMedical Scientists, Except EpidemiologistsNetwork and Computer Systems AdministratorsOperations Research AnalystsPersonal Financial AdvisorsPetroleum EngineersPharmacistsPharmacy TechniciansPower Plant Operators
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What Mechanical Engineers shares with adjacent roles
Mechanical Engineers lists 10 core skills. Each role below shares overlapping skills you can highlight when pivoting.
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
1 shared skillCarries over
AutoCAD
You would be missing
Revit (BIM)LEED CertificationArchitectural Design & DraftingBuilding Codes & Zoning ComplianceConstruction DocumentationSchematic DesignProject Management (PMP)SketchUp / Rhino 3DAIA Contract Administration
Civil Engineers
1 shared skillCarries over
AutoCAD
You would be missing
Civil 3DStructural analysisStormwater managementASCE standardsGeotechnical engineeringProject cost estimationHEC-RAS hydraulic modelingPE licensureConstruction document preparation
What does not travel
No adjacent role above lists these specialist skills — keep them compact when pivoting.
SolidWorksFEA (Finite Element Analysis)GD&TANSYSMATLABThermodynamicsSix SigmaDFM (Design for Manufacturability)PLC Programming