Flight Software Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 82 job postings with the title “Flight Software Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is C++, with demand down 68% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about Flight Software Engineer jobs
+How many Flight Software Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 82 job postings with the title “Flight Software Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 68% 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 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are C++, C, CAN, RTOS, Python.
+Which cities are hiring the most Flight Software Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Flight Software Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Mesa, Long Beach, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Irvine.
+Is Flight Software Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 82 Flight Software Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 68% 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++ | 49 | 13.6% |
| C | 30 | 8.3% |
| CAN | 30 | 8.3% |
| RTOS | 29 | 8.1% |
| Python | 26 | 7.2% |
| SPI | 24 | 6.7% |
| unit testing | 24 | 6.7% |
| UART | 23 | 6.4% |
| Rust | 23 | 6.4% |
| I2C | 21 | 5.8% |
| Embedded Linux | 20 | 5.6% |
| Ethernet | 18 | 5.0% |
| RS422 | 15 | 4.2% |
| RS485 | 14 | 3.9% |
| Device drivers | 14 | 3.9% |
Top metros hiring Flight Software Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Costa Mesa | 14 | 23.7% |
| Long Beach | 14 | 23.7% |
| San Francisco | 9 | 15.3% |
| Los Angeles | 7 | 11.9% |
| Irvine | 4 | 6.8% |
| El Segundo | 3 | 5.1% |
| Mountain View | 3 | 5.1% |
| Westminster | 3 | 5.1% |
| Auckland | 2 | 3.4% |
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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 “Flight Software Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Flight Software 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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