Electrical Engineer Resume Bullet Points
18 examples, each shown weak and strong
A strong electrical engineering bullet makes your discipline obvious, gives the scale in kV, MW, square feet or units shipped, and says what the design achieved. Name the tools and codes behind it, like ETAP, Revit, Altium or the NEC, and be clear about what you designed, checked or sealed yourself.
How to use these
- Every [X%], [N] and [$X] is a blank for your own figure. Fill it from your records, or a careful estimate you could explain in an interview. If you have no number, describe the result in words.
- Only use a bullet for work you actually did. Change the details until it describes your job, not this page.
- The ticks are three plain checks done in code: it opens with an action verb, it has a number, and it says what changed. Strong bullets pass all three; weak ones miss at least one.
Power systems studies
Power hiring managers look for voltage levels, load and the study software, plus what the study changed in the field.
Weak
Performed arc flash studies.
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Strong
Ran IEEE 1584 arc flash studies in ETAP for [N] industrial sites, lowering incident energy at [N] switchboards through relay setting changes and relabeling [N] pieces of equipment.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Conducted short circuit and coordination studies.
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Strong
Completed short circuit and protective device coordination studies in SKM for a [N] MVA substation, eliminating [N] nuisance trips a year on the main feeders.
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- ✓ Result
Weak
Worked on utility interconnection projects.
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Strong
Designed the [N] kV interconnection for a [N] MW solar site to utility standards, closing the utility's review in [N] rounds of comments instead of the usual [N].
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- ✓ Result
Weak
Responsible for load flow analysis.
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Modeled load flow for [N] distribution feeders in CYME and resequenced capacitor bank switching, reducing feeder losses by [X%].
- ✓ Action verb
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- ✓ Result
Building electrical design
Building design firms read for project type and size, Revit or AutoCAD drawings, the NEC and how cleanly your sets get through permit.
Weak
Designed electrical systems for commercial buildings.
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Strong
Designed power, lighting and fire alarm systems in Revit for [N] commercial buildings, raising first-submittal permit approvals from [X%] to [X%].
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Weak
Calculated electrical loads per NEC.
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Strong
Right-sized services and feeders on [N] tenant fit-outs with NEC load calculations, saving owners [$X] in switchgear and conductor costs.
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- ✓ Result
Weak
Coordinated with architects and mechanical engineers.
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Resolved [N] electrical clashes with ductwork and structure in Navisworks before bid on a [$X] hospital wing, avoiding an estimated [$X] in field change orders.
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Weak
Reviewed submittals and RFIs during construction.
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Strong
Reviewed [N] electrical submittals and RFIs during construction, cutting average turnaround from [N] days to [N] and keeping switchgear release on schedule.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Controls and automation
Plants want the PLC platform, the line or process you worked on and what happened to uptime afterward.
Weak
Programmed PLCs.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✗ Number
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Strong
Programmed [N] Allen-Bradley ControlLogix PLCs in ladder logic for a packaging line retrofit, raising line uptime from [X%] to [X%].
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- ✓ Result
Weak
Worked on SCADA and HMI screens.
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Strong
Rebuilt [N] HMI screens and SCADA alarms around operator workflows, reducing nuisance alarms by [X%] and average fault response by [N] minutes.
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- ✓ Result
Weak
Supported plant maintenance with electrical issues.
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Strong
Traced recurring VFD faults on [N] conveyor motors to harmonic distortion and specified line reactors, cutting unplanned downtime by [N] hours a month.
- ✓ Action verb
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- ✓ Result
Hardware and electronics
Hardware teams look for the boards and products you designed, the tools you used and how the design did in test and production.
Weak
Designed printed circuit boards.
- ✓ Action verb
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Strong
Laid out a [N]-layer mixed-signal PCB in Altium for a sensor product that passed FCC emissions testing on the first attempt, saving [$X] in re-spin costs.
- ✓ Action verb
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- ✓ Result
Weak
Tested and debugged hardware.
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Strong
Built an automated Python test fixture for [N] board variants, shortening production test time per unit from [N] minutes to [N].
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Weak
Worked on power supply design.
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Strong
Redesigned the buck converter power stage for a battery-powered device, raising efficiency from [X%] to [X%] and extending runtime by [N] hours.
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- ✓ Result
Weak
Helped reduce product cost.
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Strong
Cut bill of materials cost by [$X] per unit across [N] units a year by consolidating parts and qualifying second-source components.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Licensure, safety and delivery
Where you are on the FE and PE path, and what you designed, checked or sealed, tells a manager how much you can own.
Weak
EIT certified and working toward PE.
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Strong
Passed the PE Power exam and sealed [N] drawing sets in [N] states, saving the firm [$X] a year in outside engineer-of-record fees.
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- ✓ Result
Weak
Managed engineering projects.
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Strong
Led electrical design on [N] projects a year with a team of [N] designers, raising on-time drawing issues from [X%] to [X%].
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Weak
Knowledge of NEC and NFPA 70E.
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✗ Result
Strong
Wrote the plant's NFPA 70E electrical safety program and trained [N] electricians on energized work permits, reducing arc flash near misses by [X%].
- ✓ Action verb
- ✓ Number
- ✓ Result
Action verbs for electrical engineer resumes
- Designed
- Modeled
- Specified
- Programmed
- Commissioned
- Sealed
- Simulated
- Tested
- Calculated
- Retrofitted
- Debugged
- Coordinated
- Validated
More in the full list of resume action verbs.
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