These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current acoustic engineer job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Acoustic Engineer
  • Acoustic Consultant
  • Environmental Noise Consultant
  • Building Acoustician
  • Room Acoustics Consultant
  • Vibration Engineer
  • NVH Engineer
  • Noise and Vibration Engineer
  • Acoustic Scientist
  • Principal Acoustic Consultant
  • Architectural Acoustician

Standards

  • BS 4142
  • BS 8233
  • Approved Document E
  • ADE
  • ETSU-R-97
  • BS 6472
  • BS 6472-1
  • BS ISO 14837
  • BS 7385
  • BS EN ISO 16283
  • ISO 9613-2
  • CRTN
  • CNOSSOS
  • WHO Environmental Noise Guidelines
  • Environmental Noise Directive
  • END
  • ISO 11654
  • ISO 10137
  • SCI P354

Noise measurements

  • LA90
  • LAeq
  • Lden
  • Lnight
  • Rw
  • DnTw
  • Ctr
  • C
  • OASPL
  • PRBS
  • NR curve
  • NC curve
  • RC curve
  • STI
  • RT60
  • EDT
  • C80
  • D50
  • VDV
  • PPV
  • dB
  • dB(A)
  • octave band
  • third octave

Software

  • CadnaA
  • SoundPLAN
  • EASE
  • ODEON
  • CATT-Acoustic
  • INSUL
  • Predictor-Lima
  • Norsonic
  • Brüel & Kjær
  • 01dB
  • dBTrait
  • MATLAB
  • Python

Instruments

  • sound level meter
  • noise meter
  • Type 1
  • Type 2
  • Brüel & Kjær 2245
  • Norsonic Nor150
  • dodecahedron speaker
  • tapping machine
  • accelerometer
  • MEMS
  • seismometer
  • vibration analyser

Building acoustics

  • sound insulation
  • robust details
  • pre-completion testing
  • PCT
  • flanking transmission
  • HVAC noise
  • impact sound
  • tapping machine
  • weighted standardised level difference
  • spectrum adaptation

Room acoustics

  • reverberation time
  • RT60
  • Sabine
  • Eyring
  • early decay time
  • clarity
  • speech transmission index
  • STI
  • auralisation
  • absorption coefficient
  • diffuser
  • QRD
  • concert hall
  • theatre
  • classroom

Vibration

  • VDV
  • vibration dose value
  • PPV
  • peak particle velocity
  • frequency weighting
  • Wk
  • Wd
  • floating slab
  • rail vibration
  • floor vibration
  • natural frequency
  • modal analysis
  • FEA

Long-tail phrases

  • acoustic engineer resume
  • acoustic engineer cv
  • how to write an acoustic engineer resume
  • acoustic consultant resume
  • environmental noise consultant cv
  • building acoustics cv
  • room acoustics resume 2026
  • NVH engineer resume
  • acoustic engineer resume UK

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Acoustic Engineer resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.