Flight Software Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-03, Skillenai has indexed 101 job postings with the title “Flight Software Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is C++, with demand flat vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-03
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+How many Flight Software Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 101 job postings with the title “Flight Software Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-03, with demand flat vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Flight Software Engineer jobs require?
Across Flight Software Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-03, the skills mentioned most often are C++, CAN, Python, Rust, RTOS.
+Which cities are hiring the most Flight Software Engineer?
As of 2026-09-03, Flight Software Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in El Segundo, Long Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach, Los Angeles.
+Is Flight Software Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 101 Flight Software Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-03, with demand flat vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Flight Software Engineer postings is C++, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Flight Software Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Flight Software Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| C++ | 63 | 62.4% |
| CAN | 52 | 51.5% |
| Python | 36 | 35.6% |
| Rust | 36 | 35.6% |
| RTOS | 34 | 33.7% |
| C | 34 | 33.7% |
| SPI | 32 | 31.7% |
| Linux | 32 | 31.7% |
| I2C | 31 | 30.7% |
| Embedded Linux | 24 | 23.8% |
| UDP | 20 | 19.8% |
| real-time embedded systems | 19 | 18.8% |
| Verification and validation (V&V) | 18 | 17.8% |
| Continuous integration | 18 | 17.8% |
| software test | 17 | 16.8% |
Top metros hiring Flight Software Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| El Segundo | 19 | 18.8% |
| Long Beach | 18 | 17.8% |
| Costa Mesa | 9 | 8.9% |
| Laguna Beach | 6 | 5.9% |
| Los Angeles | 5 | 5.0% |
| Cambridge | 4 | 4.0% |
| Vista | 4 | 4.0% |
| Westminster | 4 | 4.0% |
| Littleton | 3 | 3.0% |
| Munich | 3 | 3.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-03, matching postings whose canonical role is “Flight Software Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Flight Software Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-03
- 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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