SPI jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, SPI appears in 768 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Embedded Software Engineer has the most postings mentioning SPI, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about SPI
+Is SPI in demand in 2026?
Yes. SPI appears in 768 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 13% vs the prior 4 weeks. Embedded Software Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning SPI (24.5% of all postings mentioning SPI).
+What jobs require SPI?
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 SPI are Embedded Linux Engineer (62.5% of that role’s postings mention SPI), Flight Software Engineer (44.6% of that role’s postings mention SPI), Embedded Linux Software Engineer (40.0% of that role’s postings mention SPI).
+What skills are commonly paired with SPI?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), SPI most often appears alongside I2C, Python, UART, C++, CAN.
+Where is SPI most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SPI are El Segundo, Costa Mesa, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring SPI — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require SPI
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% |
| Flight Software Engineer | 45 | 44.6% |
| Embedded Linux Software Engineer | 10 | 40.0% |
| Firmware Engineer | 44 | 39.6% |
| Embedded Engineer | 21 | 35.0% |
| Embedded Firmware Engineer | 6 | 27.3% |
| Systems/Software Engineer | 5 | 21.7% |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 188 | 19.7% |
| Embedded Systems Engineer | 8 | 19.5% |
| Electrical Engineer | 10 | 14.1% |
Roles with the most SPI postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Embedded Software Engineer | 188 | 24.5% |
| Software Engineer | 122 | 15.9% |
| Flight Software Engineer | 45 | 5.9% |
| Firmware Engineer | 44 | 5.7% |
| Embedded Engineer | 21 | 2.7% |
| Embedded Linux Engineer | 15 | 2.0% |
| Systems Engineer | 13 | 1.7% |
| Test Engineer | 13 | 1.7% |
| Electrical Engineer | 10 | 1.3% |
| Embedded Linux Software Engineer | 10 | 1.3% |
Top metros hiring for SPI
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| El Segundo | 88 | 11.5% |
| Costa Mesa | 29 | 3.8% |
| San Francisco | 23 | 3.0% |
| Sunnyvale | 23 | 3.0% |
| Bengaluru | 22 | 2.9% |
| Boston | 19 | 2.5% |
| San Jose | 15 | 2.0% |
| Mountain View | 13 | 1.7% |
| Los Angeles | 10 | 1.3% |
Skills commonly paired with SPI
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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 SPI by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s SPI postings by all SPI 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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