Digital Engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-11-06, Digital Engineering appears in 267 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Systems Engineer has the most postings mentioning Digital Engineering, with demand share up 17.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-06
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Frequently asked questions about Digital Engineering
+Is Digital Engineering in demand in 2026?
Yes. Digital Engineering appears in 267 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06. Systems Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Digital Engineering (55.1% of all postings mentioning Digital Engineering).
+What jobs require Digital Engineering?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Digital Engineering are Project Engineer (9.1% of that role’s postings mention Digital Engineering), Space Systems Engineer (8.5% of that role’s postings mention Digital Engineering), Systems Engineering Manager (6.0% of that role’s postings mention Digital Engineering).
+What skills are commonly paired with Digital Engineering?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-06), Digital Engineering most often appears alongside systems engineering, SysML, MBSE, Model-Based Systems Engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE).
+Where is Digital Engineering most in demand?
As of 2026-11-06, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Digital Engineering are El Segundo, Huntsville, Chantilly, Washington, McGuire AFB, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new Digital Engineering content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Digital Engineering alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Digital Engineering content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after Digital Engineering?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring Digital Engineering — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around Digital Engineering
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before Digital Engineering
Skills after Digital Engineering
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Quality Assurance | 1 |
| Before: MBSE Services | 1 |
| Before: Model-Based Enterprise | 1 |
| Before: contract management | 1 |
| Before: aviation safety | 1 |
| After: change point detection | 1 |
| After: pattern of life analysis | 1 |
| After: social network analysis | 1 |
| After: random forests | 1 |
| After: modeling and simulation | 1 |
Roles most likely to require Digital Engineering
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Project Engineer | 2 | 9.1% |
| Space Systems Engineer | 5 | 8.5% |
| Systems Engineering Manager | 5 | 6.0% |
| Radar Systems Engineer | 3 | 5.9% |
| Systems Architect | 10 | 4.4% |
| Systems Integration and Test Engineer | 1 | 2.9% |
| Systems Engineer | 147 | 2.9% |
| Software Systems Engineer | 2 | 2.5% |
| Chief Architect | 1 | 2.2% |
| IT Specialist | 1 | 2.0% |
Roles with the most Digital Engineering postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Systems Engineer | 147 | 55.1% |
| Systems Architect | 10 | 3.7% |
| Program Manager | 7 | 2.6% |
| Solution Architect | 5 | 1.9% |
| Space Systems Engineer | 5 | 1.9% |
| Systems Engineering Manager | 5 | 1.9% |
| Warfighting Systems Analyst | 5 | 1.9% |
| Engineering Manager | 4 | 1.5% |
| Solutions Architect | 4 | 1.5% |
| Radar Systems Engineer | 3 | 1.1% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring Digital Engineering
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Northrop Grumman | 41 |
| Aero | 21 |
| KBR, Inc | 18 |
| Anduril Industries | 16 |
| Bah | 14 |
| Globalpr | 9 |
| The Aerospace Corporation | 8 |
| PAE | 6 |
| Stellar Solutions | 6 |
| CACI | 5 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for Digital Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| El Segundo | 21 | 7.9% |
| Huntsville | 17 | 6.4% |
| Chantilly | 10 | 3.7% |
| Washington | 9 | 3.4% |
| McGuire AFB | 6 | 2.2% |
| San Diego | 6 | 2.2% |
| Colorado Springs | 5 | 1.9% |
| Laurel | 5 | 1.9% |
| Alexandria | 4 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with Digital Engineering
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- Project Engineer
- Space Systems Engineer
- Systems Engineering Manager
- Radar Systems Engineer
- Systems Architect
- Systems Integration and Test Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Software Systems Engineer
- systems engineering
- SysML
- MBSE
- Model-Based Systems Engineering
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
- Python
- requirements management
- Agile
How this was computed
Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-06. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning Digital Engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Digital Engineering postings by all Digital Engineering postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 0.1% to 0.1%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,471 identified employers and covers 71% of earlier and 70% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-07-07 to 2026-10-05 and 2026-08-04 to 2026-11-02 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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