# Market evidence report — design-engineer

Source: **33 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 33), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 22 | 67 % |
| senior | 8 | 24 % |
| lead | 2 | 6 % |
| n/a | 1 | 3 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AutoCAD | 8 | 24 % |
| 2 | Revit | 7 | 21 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Office | 5 | 15 % |
| 4 | CAD software | 4 | 12 % |
| 5 | SolidWorks | 3 | 9 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mechanical design | 9 | 27 % |
| 2 | data analysis | 4 | 12 % |
| 3 | hvac design | 4 | 12 % |
| 4 | hvac system design | 4 | 12 % |
| 5 | chemical dosing | 3 | 9 % |
| 6 | engineering calculations | 3 | 9 % |
| 7 | filtration processes | 3 | 9 % |
| 8 | hydraulic analysis | 3 | 9 % |
| 9 | pump selection | 3 | 9 % |
| 10 | regulatory compliance | 3 | 9 % |
| 11 | risk management | 3 | 9 % |
| 12 | system optimization | 3 | 9 % |
| 13 | water treatment plant design | 3 | 9 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | system design | 5 | 15 % |
| 2 | design development | 3 | 9 % |
| 3 | feasibility studies | 3 | 9 % |
| 4 | hydraulic modeling | 3 | 9 % |
| 5 | lab data analysis | 3 | 9 % |
| 6 | process optimization | 3 | 9 % |
| 7 | technical leadership | 3 | 9 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 33 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

33 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- mechanical design — 27 % (9 ads)
- data analysis — 12 % (4 ads)
- hvac design — 12 % (4 ads)
- hvac system design — 12 % (4 ads)
- chemical dosing — 9 % (3 ads)
- engineering calculations — 9 % (3 ads)
- filtration processes — 9 % (3 ads)
- hydraulic analysis — 9 % (3 ads)
- pump selection — 9 % (3 ads)
- regulatory compliance — 9 % (3 ads)

**Top tools:**

- AutoCAD — 24 % (8 ads)
- Revit — 21 % (7 ads)
- Microsoft Office — 15 % (5 ads)
- CAD software — 12 % (4 ads)
- SolidWorks — 9 % (3 ads)
- ansys — 6 % (2 ads)
- CAD — 6 % (2 ads)
- microsoft excel — 6 % (2 ads)
- Trane Trace — 6 % (2 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 67 % · senior 24 % · lead 6 % · n/a 3 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Water Treatment Facility Design Engineer | 3 |
| Concept Design Engineer Jobs | 1 |
| Design Engineer - Solid Propulsion Systems | 1 |
| Hardware Design Engineer | 1 |
| Hardware/Software Design Engineer (Levels 1-4) with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Head of Design or Staff Design Engineer | 1 |
| HVAC / Mechanical Design Engineer | 1 |
| HVAC Design Engineer | 1 |
| HVAC Design Engineer for Life Sciences & Food Plants | 1 |
| HVAC Design Engineer: Energy Modeling & Commissioning | 1 |
| HVAC Mechanical Design Engineer | 1 |
| HVAC Mechanical Engineer | 1 |
| Lead Design Engineer | 1 |
| Mechanical Design Engineer | 1 |
| Mechanical Design Engineer - Robotics Tooling | 1 |
| Mechanical Engineer (HVAC Systems Design) | 1 |
| OCONUS AV Design Engineer Jobs | 1 |
| Onsite Design Engineer: CAD, Prototyping & Mold Design | 1 |
| Principal/Senior Principal Electromechanical Design Engineer | 1 |
| Product Design Engineer | 1 |
| Radiation Shield Design Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Data Center HVAC Design Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Design Engineer - Mechanical | 1 |
| Senior HVAC Design Engineer (PE) - Lead Projects, DC Metro | 1 |
| Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - HVAC and Plumbing Design | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.