Electrical Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 65 job postings with the title “Electrical Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Altium, with demand down 12% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Electrical Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 65 job postings with the title “Electrical Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 12% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Electrical Engineer jobs require?
Across Electrical Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Altium, Python, PCB layout, PCB design, test automation.
+Which cities are hiring the most Electrical Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Electrical Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Mesa, Menlo Park, Irvine, Austin, Denver.
+Is Electrical Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 65 Electrical Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 12% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Electrical Engineer postings is Altium, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Electrical Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Electrical Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Altium | 24 | 9.0% |
| Python | 23 | 8.6% |
| PCB layout | 20 | 7.5% |
| PCB design | 19 | 7.1% |
| test automation | 18 | 6.7% |
| oscilloscopes | 18 | 6.7% |
| DFT | 18 | 6.7% |
| MCU | 16 | 6.0% |
| DFM | 16 | 6.0% |
| SPI | 16 | 6.0% |
| I2C | 16 | 6.0% |
| FPGA | 16 | 6.0% |
| logic analyzers | 16 | 6.0% |
| PCBA design | 16 | 6.0% |
| data acquisition | 15 | 5.6% |
Top metros hiring Electrical Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Mesa | 14 | 35.0% |
| Menlo Park | 6 | 15.0% |
| Irvine | 5 | 12.5% |
| Austin | 3 | 7.5% |
| Denver | 3 | 7.5% |
| Somerville | 3 | 7.5% |
| Boston | 2 | 5.0% |
| Boxborough | 2 | 5.0% |
| Mountain View | 2 | 5.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Electrical Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Electrical Engineer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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