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Electrical Engineer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what electrical engineers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most electrical engineers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Electrical Engineer with a background in circuit design, load analysis and on-site commissioning across industrial and infrastructure projects. Comfortable moving between CAD-based design work and hands-on testing, with a strong focus on standards compliance and safe handover. Works well alongside technicians and project teams to get equipment from drawing board to site.
Key skills
- Engineering design and analysis
- CAD and technical drawing
- Load analysis and power calculations
- Regulatory compliance (AS/NZS standards)
- Field inspection and testing
- MATLAB
- AutoCAD
- ETAP
- PLC programming software
Experience: example bullet points
- Designed electrical circuits and control systems using AutoCAD and Multisim, checking each design against relevant AS/NZS standards before release to site
- Ran load analysis and power calculations for infrastructure projects in ETAP, flagging capacity issues early enough to avoid costly redesign later in the project
- Tested and troubleshot equipment against wiring and safety standards, resolving faults before handover to reduce callbacks
- Specified components and prepared schematics and technical documentation that installation crews and contractors worked from directly
- Oversaw installation and commissioning of electrical systems on-site, coordinating with technicians and trades to keep works on schedule
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) is the standard entry pathway, often followed by a Master's degree for specialisation in areas like power systems or control engineering; registration as a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with Engineers Australia, or inclusion on the National Engineering Register (NER), supports progression into senior and sign-off roles.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- National Engineering Register
- CPEng
- Engineers Australia
- AS/NZS 3000
- AS/NZS 61439
- ETAP
- MATLAB
- AutoCAD
- PLC programming
- SCADA
- load flow analysis
- commissioning
- switchboard design
- high voltage
- electrical compliance
- WHS
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.