RTOS jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, RTOS appears in 771 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Embedded Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning RTOS, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is RTOS in demand in 2026?
Yes. RTOS appears in 771 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 43% vs the prior 4 weeks. Embedded Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning RTOS (30.2% of all postings mentioning RTOS).
+What jobs require RTOS?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning RTOS are Embedded Linux Engineer (62.5% of that role’s postings mention RTOS), Firmware Engineer (51.4% of that role’s postings mention RTOS), Embedded Firmware Engineer (50.0% of that role’s postings mention RTOS).
+What skills are commonly paired with RTOS?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), RTOS most often appears alongside C++, Python, Linux, C, Rust.
+Where is RTOS most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring RTOS are El Segundo, Costa Mesa, Bengaluru, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring RTOS — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require RTOS
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Embedded Linux Engineer | 15 | 62.5% |
| Firmware Engineer | 57 | 51.4% |
| Embedded Firmware Engineer | 11 | 50.0% |
| Flight Software Engineer | 46 | 45.5% |
| Embedded Linux Software Engineer | 11 | 44.0% |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 233 | 24.4% |
| Embedded Software Developer | 10 | 18.2% |
| Embedded Software Architect | 3 | 13.0% |
| Embedded Systems Engineer | 5 | 12.2% |
| Embedded Engineer | 7 | 11.7% |
Roles with the most RTOS postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Embedded Software Engineer | 233 | 30.2% |
| Software Engineer | 132 | 17.1% |
| Firmware Engineer | 57 | 7.4% |
| Flight Software Engineer | 46 | 6.0% |
| Embedded Linux Engineer | 15 | 1.9% |
| Embedded Firmware Engineer | 11 | 1.4% |
| Embedded Linux Software Engineer | 11 | 1.4% |
| System Software Engineer | 11 | 1.4% |
| Embedded Software Developer | 10 | 1.3% |
| Spacecraft Flight Software Engineer | 8 | 1.0% |
Top metros hiring for RTOS
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| El Segundo | 185 | 24.0% |
| Costa Mesa | 22 | 2.9% |
| Bengaluru | 17 | 2.2% |
| San Francisco | 14 | 1.8% |
| Sunnyvale | 14 | 1.8% |
| Austin | 13 | 1.7% |
| San Jose | 13 | 1.7% |
| Los Angeles | 12 | 1.6% |
| Seattle | 10 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with RTOS
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. 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 RTOS by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s RTOS postings by all RTOS 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).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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