Embedded Software: market
An Embedded Software Engineer writes software for devices: microcontrollers, drivers, firmware and real-time systems — from consumer electronics to cars and industrial equipment. We currently track 743 open positions for this role, 712 of them fresh. The core is C and C++, microcontrollers (ARM Cortex-M), an RTOS or embedded Linux, protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN), working with an oscilloscope and a debugger. By co-occurrence in requirements, C++, Python, AWS and MATLAB appear most often. 12% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the Embedded Software Engineer market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The Embedded Software market currently has 743 open roles, 712 of them freshly observed. Median salary $10,625/mo.
12% of Embedded Software Engineer postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 55 of 743 jobs; remote share from 577 with a stated format; 712 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many Embedded Software postings appeared each week since 4 May, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 95
New sources connected: 11 May +7 · 18 May +3 · 25 May +1 · 1 Jun +1 · 8 Jun +2 · 15 Jun +1 · 22 Jun +4 · 29 Jun +8 · 6 Jul +13 · 13 Jul +5 · 20 Jul +6 · 27 Jul +3 · 3 Aug +3 · 10 Aug +2 · 17 Aug +3 · 24 Aug +1 · 31 Aug +3 · 7 Sept +3 · 14 Sept +2 · 21 Sept +8 · 28 Sept +3 · 5 Oct +1 · 12 Oct +5
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Remote work over time
Share of Embedded Software postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of Embedded Software postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on 10 Aug: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of Embedded Software postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: Embedded Software
| Open demand | 743 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: Embedded Software
One in ten earns under $4,990, one in ten over $17,083. Half the market falls between $6,204 and $14,106. Sample: 55.
The range histogram for Embedded Software Engineer uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
Demand geography: Embedded Software
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| US | 300 |
| PL | 64 |
| DE | 58 |
| GB | 44 |
| UA | 23 |
| IN | 19 |
| VN | 19 |
| CA | 18 |
| NL | 13 |
| ES | 12 |
The top country for Embedded Software Engineer demand is the US (300 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In Embedded Software Engineer requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are C++, Python, AWS and MATLAB.
Demand by grade: Embedded Software
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 251 |
| principal | 62 |
| lead | 35 |
| middle | 22 |
| junior | 18 |
Senior-and-above is about 90% of 388 Embedded Software Engineer postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: Embedded Software
Demand is spread across 344 employers. The largest accounts for 4.7%, the top ten for 21.6%; the remaining 78.4% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 4.7% |
| top-3 | 11.0% |
| top-10 | 21.6% |
| long tail | 78.4% |
Embedded Software Engineer openings come from 344 distinct employers; the largest one accounts for only 4.7% of postings — the market is not tied to a single hirer.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 53 sources; the largest accounts for 19.0% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
Embedded Software Engineer postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings: Embedded Software
- Embedded Software & Mechatronics Engineer (m/f/d) · US
- Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Firmware & Machine Control · TH
- Team Leader Embedded Software Engineering · PL
- Advanced Embedded Engineer · US
- Embedded Software Engineer Sensors & Control Systems - 20327 · SE
- Embedded Software Engineer · GB · $5,779
- Senior Embedded Software Developer (w/m/d) für Edge-basierte Automatisierungssysteme · DE
- Embedded Engineer. · UA
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-10-23
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the Embedded Software Engineer role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does an Embedded Software Engineer do?
An Embedded Software Engineer writes software for devices: microcontrollers, drivers, firmware and real-time systems — from consumer electronics to cars and industrial equipment.
Which skills do Embedded Software Engineer postings require?
The core is C and C++, microcontrollers (ARM Cortex-M), an RTOS or embedded Linux, protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN), working with an oscilloscope and a debugger. In the current slice, C++, Python, AWS and MATLAB appear in requirements most often.
Does an embedded developer need electronics knowledge?
Yes, at least reading schematics and datasheets: much of the debugging happens at the boundary of code and hardware.
How remote-friendly are Embedded Software Engineer jobs?
12% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 743 open positions.
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