ATS filters are picky robots. They scan your Wind Tunnel Engineer resume for words like "Mach number," "five-hole probe," and "cryogenic testing." If the robot can’t read your layout, no human ever sees your genius.
Keep headers dead-simple: "Work Experience," "Education," "Skills." Use the same verbs you see in the job post—if they ask for "CFD validation," write exactly that, not "flow solver checks." Skip tables, columns, headers, footers, and fancy fonts; the robot sees alphabet soup.
- Embed test rigs you’ve used: "NASA Langley 14- by 22-foot," "Boeing transonic," "ONERA S1MA."
- Spell out tools: "LabVIEW," "MATLAB," "ANSYS Fluent," "Star-CCM+."
- Add safety certs: "OSHA 30-hour," "NASA SMA 3718," "ISO 9001."
Save as a clean PDF or Word file. A plain one-column layout with 10–12 pt Arial or Calibri sails straight through.
Common tripwires: writing "wind-tunnel tech" instead of "wind tunnel technician," hiding keywords inside a footer, or listing skills in tiny colored boxes. Those choices sink you before the hiring manager even knows you exist.