8.9 KiB
8.9 KiB
Tools & technology — electrical engineer
Source: O*NET 30.3 'Software Skills' for 17-2071.00.
| Software | Category | Hot technology |
|---|---|---|
| The MathWorks MATLAB | Analytical or scientific software | yes |
| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Autodesk Revit | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Bentley MicroStation | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Dassault Systemes SolidWorks | Computer aided design CAD software | yes |
| Microsoft SQL Server | Data base user interface and query software | yes |
| C | Development environment software | yes |
| Eclipse IDE | Development environment software | yes |
| Microsoft Visual Basic | Development environment software | yes |
| Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA | Development environment software | yes |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | Development environment software | yes |
| SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes |
| Apache Subversion SVN | File versioning software | yes |
| ESRI ArcGIS software | Geographic information system | yes |
| C# | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Perl | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Python | Object or component oriented development software | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes |
| Bash | Operating system software | yes |
| Linux | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft Windows | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft Windows Server | Operating system software | yes |
| Shell script | Operating system software | yes |
| UNIX | Operating system software | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes |
| Microsoft Visio | Process mapping and design software | yes |
| Microsoft Project | Project management software | yes |
| Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management | Project management software | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing software | yes |
| APLAC | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Automated material handling software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Availability prediction modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Circuit simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Digital timing diagram editing software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Dynamic object-oriented requirements system DOORS | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Electromagnetic analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Electronic engineering calculator | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Embedded systems testing software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Failure mode and effects analysis FMEA software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Failure mode effects and criticality analysis FMECA software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Failure reporting analysis and corrective action FRACAS software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Fault modeling software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Fault tree analysis FTA software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Finite difference time domain FDTD software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Finite element method FEM software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Functional verification software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Hewlett-Packard HP Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Isograph Markov | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Life cycle cost software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Logic synthesis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| MathWorks Simulink | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Matrix calculation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Mean time between failures MBTF software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Mean time to failure MTTF software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Microwave circuit simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Minitab | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Optimization software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Power analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Powersim PSIM | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Reliability analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| ReliaSoft Weibull++ 6 | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Siemens ModelSim | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Signal integrity simulation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis SPICE | Analytical or scientific software | |
| SKM Systems Analysis Power Tools | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Synopsys Design Compiler | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Synopsys PrimeTime | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Systems analysis programs for hands on integrated reliability evaluation software SAPHIRE | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Tektronix EZ-TEST | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Test automation software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Time and motion analysis software | Analytical or scientific software | |
| Cadence Allegro Design Entry Capture and Capture CIS | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Cadence Encounter Test | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Chip design software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Computer aided design and drafting CADD software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Computer aided design and drafting software CADD | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Dassault Systemes CATIA | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Electronic design automation EDA software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Field programmable gate array FPGA design software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Floor planning software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Keysight Technologies Advanced Design System | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| MAGIC | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Mentor Graphics software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| OrCAD Capture | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Physical design software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Printed circuit board design software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| PTC Creo Parametric | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Schematic design entry software | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Zuken E3.schematic | Computer aided design CAD software | |
| Rapid prototyping software | Computer aided manufacturing CAM software | |
| Perforce Helix software | Configuration management software | |
| Ada | Development environment software | |
| Advanced boolean expression language ABEL | Development environment software | |
| Altera hardware description language AHDL | Development environment software | |
| Hardware description language HDL | Development environment software | |
| Integrated development environment IDE software | Development environment software | |
| Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition VBScript | Development environment software | |
| National Instruments LabVIEW | Development environment software | |
| Programmable logic controller PLC code generation software | Development environment software | |
| Verilog | Development environment software | |
| Very high-speed integrated circuit VHSIC hardware description language VHDL | Development environment software | |
| IBM Notes | Electronic mail software | |
| Oracle E-Business Suite Financials | Financial analysis software | |
| ETAP | Geographic information system | |
| SmugMug Flickr | Graphics or photo imaging software | |
| AVEVA InTouch HMI | Industrial control software | |
| Programmable logic controller PLC software | Industrial control software | |
| Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software | Industrial control software | |
| JHDL | Object or component oriented development software | |
| Sun Microsystems Java | Object or component oriented development software | |
| Debugging software | Program testing software | |
| Defect tracking software | Program testing software | |
| Requirements management software | Requirements analysis and system architecture software | |
| Unified modeling language UML | Requirements analysis and system architecture software | |
| ATD protocol | WAN switching software and firmware | |
| X.25 Protocol | WAN switching software and firmware | |
| Microsoft OneNote | Word processing software |
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 51 ads, as of 2026-07-11)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Tools
- Revit — 33 %
- Microsoft Excel — 29 %
- AutoCAD — 24 %
- Microsoft Word — 20 %