Manufacturing Test Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 80 job postings with the title “Manufacturing Test Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Root cause analysis, with demand down 55% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Manufacturing Test Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 80 job postings with the title “Manufacturing Test Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 55% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Manufacturing Test Engineer jobs require?
Across Manufacturing Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Root cause analysis, Python, test automation, test procedures, Linux.
+Which cities are hiring the most Manufacturing Test Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Manufacturing Test Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Long Beach, Ashville, Austin, Costa Mesa, Scotts Valley.
+Is Manufacturing Test Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 80 Manufacturing Test Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 55% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Manufacturing Test Engineer postings is Root cause analysis, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Manufacturing Test Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Manufacturing Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Root cause analysis | 39 | 15.5% |
| Python | 30 | 12.0% |
| test automation | 27 | 10.8% |
| test procedures | 21 | 8.4% |
| Linux | 15 | 6.0% |
| automated test systems | 15 | 6.0% |
| data acquisition | 14 | 5.6% |
| corrective actions | 13 | 5.2% |
| failure analysis | 12 | 4.8% |
| Data analysis | 12 | 4.8% |
| MATLAB | 12 | 4.8% |
| LabVIEW | 12 | 4.8% |
| test data analysis | 10 | 4.0% |
| test plans | 10 | 4.0% |
| electronic loads | 9 | 3.6% |
Top metros hiring Manufacturing Test Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Long Beach | 13 | 33.3% |
| Ashville | 4 | 10.3% |
| Austin | 4 | 10.3% |
| Costa Mesa | 4 | 10.3% |
| Scotts Valley | 4 | 10.3% |
| Berlin | 3 | 7.7% |
| King City | 3 | 7.7% |
| Irvine | 2 | 5.1% |
| Los Angeles | 2 | 5.1% |
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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 “Manufacturing Test Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- Manufacturing Test 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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