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Embedded Systems Engineer Career Market Report 2026

1,040 active jobs. 319 companies. Median salary $125K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,040
Active Job Openings
319
Companies Hiring
$125K
Median Salary (US)
80%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Embedded Systems Engineer market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 80% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $125K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $98K to $191K.

Remote roles pay 40% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

Linux is the most-demanded skill at 51%

Linux demand rose +7.2pp — fastest-growing skill

Analogdevices leads hiring with 54 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Staff → Manager (+$45K, +30%)

Salary increase: +$45K · Sample: Staff → Manager

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 68% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior84$104K$139K$191K
Staff34$129K$152K$218K
Mid-Level28$93K$112K$160K
Junior15$70K$111K$140K
Lead9$111K$113K$220K
Manager3$184K$197K$198K

What jumps out

Staff → Manager: +$45K (30%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States154$125KUSD
Canada8$98KUSD
Remote5$175KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site6.1%
Remote2.4%
Hybrid1.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Linux
51%
Python
42%
AI/LLM
25%
CI/CD
17%
Robotics
14%
FPGA
12%
R
11%
MATLAB / Simulink
10%
MATLAB
9%
Rust
9%
Bash
9%
SCRUM
6%

Skills on the Rise

Linux ↑+7.2ppQuality Assurance ↑+5.5ppJava ↑+5.5ppDocker ↑+5.1ppPython ↑+5.0pp

Declining in Demand

Electrical ↓-29.5ppAgile ↓-15.0ppJournalism ↓-8.6ppMental Health ↓-8.3pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Analogdevices545.2%
Ngc363.5%
Boschgroup323.1%
Amazon313.0%
Globalhr212.0%
Blueorigin141.3%
Andurilindustries131.2%
Motorolasolutions131.2%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States480
India45
Canada29
United Kingdom24
Vietnam22
Remote16
Australia15
Spain15

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree34.9%290
Master's Degree25.5%212
Bachelor's Degree20.7%172
PhD / Doctorate1.9%16

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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