Mechanical engineer requirements, with the quote you would need

ME postings name CAD, a product, and a phase: prototype, DFM, or sustaining. School projects count when they are labeled as school projects. They are not years of industry tenure.

Examples on this page are fictional composites, not customers and not testimonials.

Often required

The hardware
A mechanism, a housing, a fixture. Be as specific as the resume already is.
CAD or analysis software you used
SolidWorks is not AutoCAD. Cite the named tool.
A phase of the lifecycle
Concept, prototype, production release, or field failure.
A constraint
Cost, tolerance, heat, or a standard, if written.
A test or a supplier interaction
Only the one you had.

Often preferred, and easy to fake

GD&T you applied
A manufacturing handoff
A failure analysis

What a citation looks like

CAD

“Modeled the bracket in SolidWorks and revised it after the first machine shop quote.”

Tool and a real revision are evidenced. FEA is not mentioned, so it is not added.

FEA

“No sentence.”

A CAD model is not a simulation. Leave FEA unsupported.

The gap people paper over

Licensure (PE, EIT) and specific standards (ISO, ASME) are easy to sprinkle and hard to defend. Quote them only if listed.

Questions

Do internships count toward years?

They count as the dates written. Do not merge them into “five years of ownership” if the resume shows summers.

Can I claim a tool from a single class?

You can quote the class project. Do not describe it as professional release work.

Check your resume against a real posting