test equipment jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, test equipment appears in 278 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Test Engineer has the most postings mentioning test equipment, with demand share down 12.8% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about test equipment
+Is test equipment in demand in 2026?
Yes. test equipment appears in 278 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Test Engineer accounts for the most postings mentioning test equipment (19.8% of all postings mentioning test equipment).
+What jobs require test equipment?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning test equipment are Avionics Systems Engineer (37.2% of that role’s postings mention test equipment), Integration and Test Engineer (21.7% of that role’s postings mention test equipment), Avionics Test Engineer (19.2% of that role’s postings mention test equipment).
+What skills are commonly paired with test equipment?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), test equipment most often appears alongside Python, test automation, test procedures, power supplies, UNIX.
+Where is test equipment most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring test equipment are El Segundo, Woburn, Costa Mesa, Guadalajara, Hawthorne, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new test equipment content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning test equipment alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new test equipment content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after test equipment?
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 test equipment — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around test equipment
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before test equipment
Skills after test equipment
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: RMA failure analysis | 1 |
| Before: perturbed structure of the system | 1 |
| Before: Inspected bevel gears using precision instruments | 1 |
| Before: validating the common biomarkers | 1 |
| Before: DC IR-drop analysis | 1 |
| Before: python | 1 |
| Before: policy responses | 1 |
| Before: Windows drivers | 1 |
| After: Accessibility testing | 1 |
| After: design and testing | 1 |
| After: web development | 1 |
| After: sequential logic | 1 |
| After: multimedia | 1 |
| After: python | 1 |
| After: integration and validation of test equipment | 1 |
| After: BASIC | 1 |
Roles most likely to require test equipment
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Avionics Systems Engineer | 16 | 37.2% |
| Integration and Test Engineer | 5 | 21.7% |
| Avionics Test Engineer | 5 | 19.2% |
| Production Test Engineer | 4 | 16.0% |
| Test Engineering Manager | 3 | 13.6% |
| Manufacturing Test Engineer | 10 | 11.1% |
| Environmental Test Engineer | 2 | 8.3% |
| System Test Engineer | 4 | 7.8% |
| Electrical Systems Engineer | 5 | 7.7% |
| Electrical Test Engineer | 4 | 7.0% |
Roles with the most test equipment postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Test Engineer | 55 | 19.8% |
| Systems Engineer | 42 | 15.1% |
| Avionics Systems Engineer | 16 | 5.8% |
| Manufacturing Test Engineer | 10 | 3.6% |
| Avionics Test Engineer | 5 | 1.8% |
| Electrical Systems Engineer | 5 | 1.8% |
| Field Test Engineer | 5 | 1.8% |
| Hardware Test Engineer | 5 | 1.8% |
| Integration and Test Engineer | 5 | 1.8% |
| Software Engineer | 5 | 1.8% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring test equipment
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Varda Space Industries | 49 |
| Globalpr | 17 |
| Anduril | 14 |
| Jabil | 14 |
| SpaceX | 11 |
| GlobaliD | 10 |
| Anduril Industries | 9 |
| RTX | 8 |
| ALTEN | 6 |
| Northrop Grumman | 6 |
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 test equipment
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| El Segundo | 52 | 18.7% |
| Woburn | 12 | 4.3% |
| Costa Mesa | 8 | 2.9% |
| Guadalajara | 7 | 2.5% |
| Hawthorne | 7 | 2.5% |
| Atlanta | 6 | 2.2% |
| Austin | 6 | 2.2% |
| Santa Clara | 6 | 2.2% |
| Quincy | 5 | 1.8% |
Skills commonly paired with test equipment
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. 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 test equipment by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s test equipment postings by all test equipment 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 2,595 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (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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