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Electrical engineering jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-10-20, Electrical engineering appears in 535 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Systems Engineer has the most postings mentioning Electrical engineering, with demand share down 1.1% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-10-20

Postings · last 90 days
535
Demand vs prior month
down 1.1% vs the prior 4 weeks
Top role · 13.3% of skill postings
Systems Engineer
Top hiring metro
Costa Mesa

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Frequently asked questions about Electrical engineering

+Is Electrical engineering in demand in 2026?

Yes. Electrical engineering appears in 535 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-10-20. Systems Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning Electrical engineering (13.3% of all postings mentioning Electrical engineering).

+What jobs require Electrical engineering?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-20, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning Electrical engineering are Electrical Systems Engineer (31.5% of that role’s postings mention Electrical engineering), Electrical Engineering Manager (30.8% of that role’s postings mention Electrical engineering), Hardware Engineering Manager (28.6% of that role’s postings mention Electrical engineering).

+What skills are commonly paired with Electrical engineering?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-10-20), Electrical engineering most often appears alongside mechanical engineering, systems engineering, Python, Troubleshooting, project management.

+Where is Electrical engineering most in demand?

As of 2026-10-20, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring Electrical engineering are Costa Mesa, El Segundo, Austin, Sunnyvale, San Francisco, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new Electrical engineering content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning Electrical engineering alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new Electrical engineering content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after Electrical 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 Electrical engineering — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around Electrical engineering

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before Electrical engineering

Before Electrical engineeringMinigame design → Electrical engineering: 1 observed employer moves with this skill paircomputer-aided design of campus signs → Electrical engineering: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairsimulation → Electrical engineering: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairVR → Electrical engineering: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairUser workshops → Electrical engineering: 1 observed employer moves with this skill paircomputation → Electrical engineering: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairphysical prototyping → Electrical engineering: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairApp Sandbox → Electrical engineering: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairElectricalengineeringMinigame design: 1 movesMinigame design1 movescomputer-aided design of campus signs: 1 movescomputer-aideddesign of campussigns1 movessimulation: 1 movessimulation1 movesVR: 1 movesVR1 movesUser workshops: 1 movesUser workshops1 movescomputation: 1 movescomputation1 movesphysical prototyping: 1 movesphysicalprototyping1 movesApp Sandbox: 1 movesApp Sandbox1 moves

Skills after Electrical engineering

After Electrical engineeringElectrical engineering → security tests: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairElectrical engineering → scripted puzzles: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairElectrical engineering → VBA: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairElectrical engineering → test cases: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairElectrical engineering → testing: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairElectrical engineering → Visual Basic: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairElectrical engineering → oracle: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairElectrical engineering → web-based applications: 1 observed employer moves with this skill pairElectricalengineeringsecurity tests: 1 movessecurity tests1 movesscripted puzzles: 1 movesscripted puzzles1 movesVBA: 1 movesVBA1 movestest cases: 1 movestest cases1 movestesting: 1 movestesting1 movesVisual Basic: 1 movesVisual Basic1 movesoracle: 1 movesoracle1 movesweb-based applications: 1 movesweb-basedapplications1 moves
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.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: Minigame design1
Before: computer-aided design of campus signs1
Before: simulation1
Before: VR1
Before: User workshops1
Before: computation1
Before: physical prototyping1
Before: App Sandbox1
After: security tests1
After: scripted puzzles1
After: VBA1
After: test cases1
After: testing1
After: Visual Basic1
After: oracle1
After: web-based applications1

Roles most likely to require Electrical engineering

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Electrical Systems Engineer1731.5%
Electrical Engineering Manager1230.8%
Hardware Engineering Manager628.6%
Electrical Engineer1212.8%
Power Systems Engineer1312.1%
Electrical Test Engineer711.5%
Avionics Systems Engineer49.8%
Integration and Test Engineer28.3%
Production Test Engineer27.7%
Project Engineering Manager55.7%

Roles with the most Electrical engineering postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Systems Engineer7113.3%
Engineering Manager336.2%
Technical Program Manager315.8%
Test Engineer213.9%
Electrical Systems Engineer173.2%
Power Systems Engineer132.4%
Product Manager132.4%
Program Manager132.4%
Automation Engineer122.2%
Electrical Engineer122.2%

Top companies posting jobs requiring Electrical engineering

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring Electrical engineering
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Anduril22
Northrop Grumman21
Anduril Industries21
SpaceX17
Globalpr9
Varda Space Industries8
Axon7
NVIDIA7
Moog Inc.7
Renesas6

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 Electrical engineering

NamePostingsShare
Costa Mesa254.7%
El Segundo152.8%
Austin112.1%
Sunnyvale112.1%
San Francisco101.9%
Boston81.5%
Santa Clara81.5%
Hawthorne71.3%
Long Beach71.3%

Skills commonly paired with Electrical engineering

mechanical engineering (210)systems engineering (123)Python (94)Troubleshooting (47)project management (41)software engineering (39)computer science (38)Risk Management (36)Data analysis (35)MATLAB (35)

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-10-20. 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 Electrical engineering by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s Electrical engineering postings by all Electrical 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: 0.2% to 0.2%. 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 2,610 identified employers and covers 72% of earlier and 73% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-23 to 2026-09-21 and 2026-07-21 to 2026-10-19 (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.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
51d71174a44ec481
data_as_of
2026-10-20
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index