[mlent]

Not true at all in my experience. You don't need to know any German, but you do need a university degree, so this isn't an option for OP either way.

[mattlutze]

Where do you live? Maybe you're somewhere hit harder with the dearth of qualified applicants.

In southern Germany, engineering jobs have been difficult to find for my expat friends that don't know German. "Sehr gute kenntnisse auf Deutsch / Englisch" accompanies most any listing.