Market evidence report — embedded-system-designer

Source: 50 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 50), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-11. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

Seniority distribution

Seniority	Ads	Share
mid	36	72 %
senior	13	26 %
n/a	1	2 %

Tools — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	Python	13	26 %
2	GIT	10	20 %
3	Linux	10	20 %
4	C++	7	14 %
5	FreeRTOS	5	10 %
6	MATLAB	5	10 %
7	oscilloscopes	5	10 %
8	JTAG	4	8 %
9	logic analyzers	4	8 %
10	Verilog	4	8 %
11	VHDL	4	8 %
12	VxWorks	4	8 %
13	CMake	3	6 %
14	Embedded Linux	3	6 %
15	Jira	3	6 %

Hard skills — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	embedded software development	16	32 %
2	firmware development	10	20 %
3	software development	9	18 %
4	debugging	8	16 %
5	embedded systems design	8	16 %
6	troubleshooting	7	14 %
7	software design	6	12 %
8	system integration	6	12 %
9	software debugging	5	10 %
10	embedded systems development	4	8 %
11	software testing	4	8 %
12	c++ programming	3	6 %
13	code review	3	6 %
14	driver development	3	6 %
15	embedded software design	3	6 %
16	embedded systems programming	3	6 %
17	hardware integration	3	6 %
18	hardware interfacing	3	6 %
19	pcb design	3	6 %
20	real-time systems programming	3	6 %
21	requirements analysis	3	6 %
22	reverse engineering	3	6 %
23	signal processing	3	6 %
24	software architecture	3	6 %
25	software architecture design	3	6 %
26	system design	3	6 %
27	threat modeling	3	6 %
28	validation	3	6 %

Methods — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	agile development	5	10 %
2	code review	3	6 %
3	continuous integration	3	6 %
4	object-oriented programming	3	6 %
5	rapid prototyping	3	6 %

Responsibilities — full market ranking

#	Item	Ads	Share
1	software design	9	18 %
2	software development	6	12 %
3	system integration	5	10 %
4	cross-functional collaboration	4	8 %
5	code review	3	6 %
6	software maintenance	3	6 %
7	system optimization	3	6 %
8	system testing	3	6 %

Regional breakdown

Corpus note: 50 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

US (us)

50 ads.

Top hard skills:

embedded software development — 32 % (16 ads)
firmware development — 20 % (10 ads)
software development — 18 % (9 ads)
debugging — 16 % (8 ads)
embedded systems design — 16 % (8 ads)
troubleshooting — 14 % (7 ads)
software design — 12 % (6 ads)
system integration — 12 % (6 ads)
software debugging — 10 % (5 ads)
embedded systems development — 8 % (4 ads)

Top tools:

Python — 26 % (13 ads)
GIT — 20 % (10 ads)
Linux — 20 % (10 ads)
C++ — 14 % (7 ads)
FreeRTOS — 10 % (5 ads)
MATLAB — 10 % (5 ads)
oscilloscopes — 10 % (5 ads)
JTAG — 8 % (4 ads)
logic analyzers — 8 % (4 ads)
Verilog — 8 % (4 ads)

Seniority: mid 72 % · senior 26 % · n/a 2 %

UK (gb)

Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)