Best Mechanical Engineering Skills to Learn

In this video, I’ll be sharing the essential skills that every mechanical engineer must know. Schools don't tell us what skills are important and what skills employers really care about. After watching this video, you will know exactly what skills are needed to land your dream mechanical engineering job and maximize your success as a mechanical engineer, how to develop those skills as a student, and what areas to focus on during a mechanical engineering job interview.

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===Essential Books for Mechanical Engineers ===

===My Favorite CAD Books ===

===My Favorite CAE Books ===

=== Filming Gear ===

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:33 The Ideal Mechanical Engineer
02:16 Essential Technical Skills
02:20 Skill 1 CAD
03:16 Skill 2 CAE
04:16 Skill 3 Manufacturing Processes
06:40 Skill 4 Instrumentation / DOE
07:15 Skill 5 Engineering Theory
07:53 Skill 6 Tolerance Stack-Up Analysis
08:54 Skill 7 GD&T
09:23 Skill 8 FMEA
10:00 Skill 9 Programming
10:21 Essential Soft Skills
10:29 Speaking & Listening
11:19 Creativity
12:08 Multitasking / Time Management
12:42 Innate Qualities
13:33 Technical Interview Questions
14:12 Resume Tips
15:48 Conclusion

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[donharrold]

Speaking as a guy who has survived and thrived in industry for more than 3 decades, the key habits any engineer needs to master are: Listen and understand the requirements and objectives for the project; Understand and deliver to the required timeline - invariably this is the most important thing; Always produce high quality, accurate work - details are everything; Lastly keep learning and re-skilling. If you master these skills you won’t have a lot to worry about.

[linahol]

Summary
1. CAD (3D and 2D): Solidworks...
2. CAE : FEA and CFD
3. Manufacturing Process
4. Basic robotics
5. Engineering theory
6. GD&T
7. Fail mode and effects
9. Programming: Matlab or Python
10. Soft skills: active listening

[lgarcia]

I’ve been in the industry for 37 years. I worked my way through college. I’ve been in multiple industries and all levels in those industries. I was a lathe operator, CNC programmer, cad designer and drafting, materias analysis, fea, cfd analyst, did oo programming in C# and Java, lately tons of business intelligence with all kind of tools, I’ve been manger and now executive. I still have my machinery’s handbook and metals black book btw. You were absolutely right on technical skills and soft skills. I would disagree in the grades and activities students do. When I am interviewing new graduates, I don’t expect them to have a ton of experience. If they do, fine and I do consider that if I see the person studying and working. But not all colleges are in a city where they can work in an industrial setting and go to school. So, normally good grades and participation correlates with quick learners, passionate and good communicator individuals. So yes, we definitely see grades in new graduates, and the better the grades the better chance you have of an interview. I do not see too much what school you went to unless we are looking for something specific that you know a school has a good program for. Otherwise I just want a driven individual who is a quick learner, self starter, good communicator, and specially respectful. So study hard, party a little less and you will be fine. Hope that helps!

[ninadsbhatt]

This is the best video available on the internet in this space. The entire concept of mechanical engineering got cleared.

[sockfreak]

Switch my major from computer engineering to mechanical engineering, and this channel is basically a gold mine for my college years.

[ze.c]

Not a bad video, but the video letteral covered most of the thing a engineer need to know, even broader than the University syllabus. It's not the "best mechanical engineering skills to learn" but the all skills an mechanical engineer potencially needs to use. And most industral mechanical engineers only know and pracie a small portion of them in their daily job. Young folks do not get overwhelmed by this video. If you want to be an engineer, you will be an engineer, as long as you put in effort.

[azeez]

I think soft skills are very important, I have given many interviews I have been rejected many time because of communication and english. I can't speak English, I remember few months ago I was rejected because my english. I cleared technical round and the hiring manager said that if you would speak English I would hire you right now. Because of my technical skills, I think I am very good in it. If anyone reading this comment, please learn English and improve your communication skills. Because engineering drawing not going to help you, they engineering drawing is the communication language for Engineer, it is . 😂😂 But your HR don't care how good you are in this.

[aphadiputra]

I am biased but coding really cant be understated. It sets u apart from the other ME engineers, and because we can use programming for a different field than the IT/EE crowds... this really opens you to a more niche opportunities. I once did some system design/integrator which involves verification (test benches), system controls, data integration with your company's ERP, etc.

ofc I dont know how will AI change this in the future

[Patriot]

As someone with 10 years in Mechanical Design and only having an Associate Degree. A lot of big companies will not hire you, or allow you to promote to the position of Engineer without a Bachelor's Degree. I do the job of a Design Engineer, but am classified as a CAD Designer. My point is, a lot of Engineers where I work don't know how to design nor design for manufacturing. Some companies are coming around to the fact that a degree doesn't hold as much weight as they once thought.

[Baraka_SYP]

I’m a Mechatronics Engineering student and this video was so resourceful for me too. Thank you!

[binabari]

Am just in my 2nd year in Mechanical eng school Canada, Am so much worried about life after school, so i decided to watch youtube videos from peers so that i could improve on the fields and skills required based on their experiences Thanks man.

[ay]

Currently moving toward my 2nd year of biomedical engineering bachelor and I've noticed that my university doesn't lie heavily on to mechanical part of the major so I've decided to try and master the skills of a mechanical engineer myself. This video helped a lot as a road map, thank you!

[shmeagle]

Formula Student is a great club to join, lots of engineers and recruiters I've spoken to at competitions consider it to be equivalent to having an internship especially if you've had a big involvement in component design for parts on the car. As you'll be doing virtually everything mentioned in the video from design to manufacturing assembly and documentation.

[computerwiz]

Currently work as a mechanical engineer at a large aerospace company. Every point you made was spot on. Great video!

[rodolfoorellana]

This is a f** amazing video, so accurate, to the point, and NO sugar coating. As a first generation student, I gladly appreciate this video and will get your ME tech questions. Thank you!

[metalgearfan]

One thing that's super useful to learn as both a quality and product/design engineer is how to program a measurement plan on a CMM. It's a great skill to have if you have access to CMM's at your job and it really puts your GD&T knowledge to the test. Because you have to truly understand everything on a print to set it up properly. You have to understand what it means when you see that U modifier symbol on a profile tolerance and know that it means to offset the boundary of your profile tolerance in that direction or set it up to have the zone in one direction.

[karolsloboda]

I want to add one point under a topic Programming to know how to use macros. In my current job we use lot of macros for simplification of workflow. Many of them were designed by colleagues (mechanical engineers) who wanted to save time with specific tasks which required cycles of steps or pressing many different buttons.

[provuksmc]

Mech. Eng here who graduated with distinction in his MSc and is about to do his Dr. Ing.
The most important Skill is: Endurance when it comes to learning.

Why?
Mechanical engineering is THE engineering study program. Super broad and super important. This means there will allways be something new. Research never stops and you shouldn't be left behind.

[kastl]

If only there was content creator like this for every subject or work area...

[DR-Phantom]

Just graduated with a BEng Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering in the UK, and I really appreciate this content. I am currently on the job hunt atm, considering to do a masters in advanced mechanical engineering design if I don't find anything suitable soon.