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Just put some numbers/stats and keywords that sound impressive, at a lot of companies HR department, which is where your resume gets initially parsed, won't even have the knowledge to understand technical jargon. Also, most companies put the resumes through a filter before human eyes ever look at it, which is why you should try to match keywords to job postings.
If you're lucky enough to talk to an actual human, if the person isn't technical you wouldn't be able to divulge "trade secrets" even accidentally, and if they are technical you should be able to prove your competence by just talking with them.
Honestly I wouldn't worry about it too much, I highly doubt what you've worked on would qualify as trade secrets that you absolutely cannot divulge, and on the chance that it actually is the case, well your company should've thought twice before assigning a junior engineer with that kind of work.
As an engineering manager, I would advise against putting impressive-sounding stats and keywords in your resume if you can't back them up. The resume is the only thing I know about the candidate before talking to them, so I scan it for various impressive-sounding stats and keywords to use as starting points for the discussion.
If the candidate sputters out when I throw stuff from their own resume at them, it's a no-hire.
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