Mechanical Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 24 job postings with the title “Mechanical Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is NX, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Mechanical Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 24 job postings with the title “Mechanical Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Mechanical Engineer jobs require?
Across Mechanical Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are NX, CAD, Mechanical design, Engineering drawings, SolidWorks.
+Which cities are hiring the most Mechanical Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Mechanical Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Mesa, Austin, San Bruno, Santa Ana, Berkeley.
+Is Mechanical Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 24 Mechanical Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Mechanical Engineer postings is NX, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Mechanical Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Mechanical Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| NX | 11 | 11.2% |
| CAD | 10 | 10.2% |
| Mechanical design | 8 | 8.2% |
| Engineering drawings | 7 | 7.1% |
| SolidWorks | 7 | 7.1% |
| fabrication | 7 | 7.1% |
| Python | 6 | 6.1% |
| mechanism design | 6 | 6.1% |
| prototyping | 6 | 6.1% |
| Sheet metal | 5 | 5.1% |
| lathe | 5 | 5.1% |
| mechanical engineering | 5 | 5.1% |
| PCBAs | 5 | 5.1% |
| Teamcenter | 5 | 5.1% |
| Heat transfer | 5 | 5.1% |
Top metros hiring Mechanical Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Mesa | 6 | 35.3% |
| Austin | 2 | 11.8% |
| San Bruno | 2 | 11.8% |
| Santa Ana | 2 | 11.8% |
| Berkeley | 1 | 5.9% |
| East Rancho Dominguez | 1 | 5.9% |
| Irvine | 1 | 5.9% |
| Largo | 1 | 5.9% |
| Neu-Isenburg | 1 | 5.9% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Mechanical Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Mechanical Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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