embedded-systems-software-developer/references/market.md

# Market evidence report — embedded-systems-software-developer

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 | 33 | 66 % |
| senior | 12 | 24 % |
| lead | 3 | 6 % |
| junior | 1 | 2 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Linux | 15 | 30 % |
| 2 | Git | 14 | 28 % |
| 3 | Python | 14 | 28 % |
| 4 | VxWorks | 10 | 20 % |
| 5 | C++ | 9 | 18 % |
| 6 | Jira | 9 | 18 % |
| 7 | Yocto | 9 | 18 % |
| 8 | logic analyzers | 6 | 12 % |
| 9 | MATLAB | 5 | 10 % |
| 10 | oscilloscopes | 5 | 10 % |
| 11 | Visual Studio | 5 | 10 % |
| 12 | Bitbucket | 4 | 8 % |
| 13 | CMake | 4 | 8 % |
| 14 | Docker | 4 | 8 % |
| 15 | Jenkins | 4 | 8 % |
| 16 | Bash | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | C/C++ | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | Eclipse | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | GCC | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | National Instruments data acquisition cards | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | Petalinux | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | Rust | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | SonarQube | 3 | 6 % |
| 24 | Windows | 3 | 6 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | embedded software development | 27 | 54 % |
| 2 | debugging | 11 | 22 % |
| 3 | software testing | 11 | 22 % |
| 4 | system integration | 11 | 22 % |
| 5 | software design | 10 | 20 % |
| 6 | software development | 10 | 20 % |
| 7 | technical documentation | 9 | 18 % |
| 8 | firmware development | 8 | 16 % |
| 9 | software integration | 8 | 16 % |
| 10 | device driver development | 5 | 10 % |
| 11 | real-time systems programming | 5 | 10 % |
| 12 | requirements analysis | 5 | 10 % |
| 13 | code review | 4 | 8 % |
| 14 | embedded software design | 4 | 8 % |
| 15 | embedded systems development | 4 | 8 % |
| 16 | hardware interfacing | 4 | 8 % |
| 17 | low-level programming | 4 | 8 % |
| 18 | signal processing | 4 | 8 % |
| 19 | software debugging | 4 | 8 % |
| 20 | code optimization | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | fpga development | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | hardware integration | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | hardware-software integration | 3 | 6 % |
| 24 | performance optimization | 3 | 6 % |
| 25 | reverse engineering | 3 | 6 % |
| 26 | software architecture | 3 | 6 % |
| 27 | system analysis | 3 | 6 % |
| 28 | system design | 3 | 6 % |
| 29 | test automation | 3 | 6 % |
| 30 | troubleshooting | 3 | 6 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scrum | 7 | 14 % |
| 2 | devsecops | 6 | 12 % |
| 3 | agile development | 5 | 10 % |
| 4 | agile | 3 | 6 % |
| 5 | Agile methodologies | 3 | 6 % |
| 6 | continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) | 3 | 6 % |
| 7 | model-based engineering | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) | 3 | 6 % |
| 9 | version control | 3 | 6 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | software development | 14 | 28 % |
| 2 | software design | 11 | 22 % |
| 3 | system integration | 6 | 12 % |
| 4 | code development | 4 | 8 % |
| 5 | test execution | 4 | 8 % |
| 6 | code debugging | 3 | 6 % |
| 7 | code implementation | 3 | 6 % |
| 8 | defect resolution | 3 | 6 % |
| 9 | design documentation preparation | 3 | 6 % |
| 10 | documentation creation | 3 | 6 % |
| 11 | firmware implementation | 3 | 6 % |
| 12 | hardware integration | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | junior engineer mentoring | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | software implementation | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | software integration | 3 | 6 % |
| 16 | software testing | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | system debugging | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | technical documentation | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | troubleshooting | 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 — 54 % (27 ads)
- debugging — 22 % (11 ads)
- software testing — 22 % (11 ads)
- system integration — 22 % (11 ads)
- software design — 20 % (10 ads)
- software development — 20 % (10 ads)
- technical documentation — 18 % (9 ads)
- firmware development — 16 % (8 ads)
- software integration — 16 % (8 ads)
- device driver development — 10 % (5 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Linux — 30 % (15 ads)
- Git — 28 % (14 ads)
- Python — 28 % (14 ads)
- VxWorks — 20 % (10 ads)
- C++ — 18 % (9 ads)
- Jira — 18 % (9 ads)
- Yocto — 18 % (9 ads)
- logic analyzers — 12 % (6 ads)
- MATLAB — 10 % (5 ads)
- oscilloscopes — 10 % (5 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 66 % · senior 24 % · lead 6 % · junior 2 % · 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)

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


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Embedded Software Engineer | 6 |
| Senior Embedded Software Engineer | 3 |
| Embedded Operating System Software Developer – Level 3 or 4 | 2 |
| Embedded Software Engineer – Level 3 or 4 | 2 |
| Embedded Software Engineer Jobs | 2 |
| Embedded System Software Engineer | 2 |
| Principal Embedded Software Engineer | 2 |
| Computer Engineer - Firmware/Software | 1 |
| Control Systems / Embedded Software Engineer[33313] | 1 |
| Embedded Android Software Engineer | 1 |
| Embedded Firmware Engineer | 1 |
| Embedded Flight Software Engineer (Rust) | 1 |
| Embedded Java Software Engineer | 1 |
| Embedded Software Dev Engineer III, Amazon Leo for Government - Leo Modem Module Software Team | 1 |
| Embedded Software Developer / Reverse Engineer - Network Device Focus | 1 |
| Embedded Software Engineer - Level 3 or 4 | 1 |
| Embedded Software Engineer (Mid-Level) | 1 |
| Embedded Software Engineer with a SECRET CLEARANCE | 1 |
| Embedded SW Developer (m/f/d) | 1 |
| EW Embedded Software Engineer II | 1 |
| Firmware / OTA Integration Engineer - REMOTE | 1 |
| Lead Software Engineer-Embedded Computing Software-Onsite | 1 |
| Mid-Level Embedded Developer with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Missions Systems Software Engineer - Embedded (Associate, Experienced, Senior) | 1 |
| Principal or Senior Principal Embedded Software Engineer | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.