Job market intelligence · Germany

Embedded Software Engineer Jobs in Germany

Linux appears in 57% of analyzed listings. Munich is the most frequently named city, and 30% are marked as hybrid.

Embedded Software Engineer job listings

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Job-market data

What the listings show

Based on 108 job listings we analyzed since 8 March 2026. Not a list of current vacancies.

108
job listings analyzed
67
companies behind these listings
32%
of listings offer hybrid or remote work
66%
of listings name a city
Skill signals

Which skills recur

Share of 108 analyzed listings that name each skill. One listing can name several.

Industrial & electrical68% of listings

Elektrotechnik
32%
Automation
14%
Ethernet
13%
IoT
12%
Inbetriebnahme
7%
Robotics
6%

DevOps68% of listings

Linux
57%
Debugging
19%
Scripting
8%
Docker
8%
Monitoring
6%
DevOps
6%

Languages67% of listings

C++
45%
Python
38%
Bash
8%
Rust
6%
VHDL
3%
Java
3%

Embedded & hardware45% of listings

Yocto
24%
RTOS
18%
Buildroot
7%
STM32
5%
MQTT
5%
AUTOSAR
3%
Positioning

What gets you in, and what sets you apart

Use this to decide what your CV leads with: expected skills keep you in the running, rarer ones set you apart.

Shares of the analyzed listings; skills are extracted from each listing.

Table stakes

Named in at least half of these listings. Expected, not a differentiator.

  • Linux62 listings · 57%

Your edge

Rarer but present. These are what set a candidate apart.

  • Git30 listings · 28%
  • Yocto26 listings · 24%
  • Security22 listings · 20%
  • Debugging21 listings · 19%
  • RTOS20 listings · 19%
Use the findings

What to take into your search

Show how you used Linux

In the listingsLinux is the most frequently named skill in these listings.How to use itIf it matches your experience, give a concrete example and its result.

Fully remote listings are less common

In the listingsOnly 3% of listings are fully remote. Hybrid is 30% and onsite 32%.How to use itIf you need fully remote work, check the work mode before spending time on an application.
Working conditions

Work patterns and requirements

Work mode

35%Unspecified
Unspecified 35%
Onsite 32%
Hybrid 30%
Remote 3%
Do these jobs need German?

Of 108 analyzed listings, 29 require German, 44 say it is optional or a plus, and 35 do not say.

German optional 33%
German a plus 7%
German required 27%
Not stated 32%

43% of the listings are written in English.

Seniority
Senior 25%
Mid-level 22%
Junior 4%
Unspecified 49%
Who these listings are open to
Contract 2%
Internship / Praktikum 2%
Unspecified 15%

Full-time 82% (not shown in the bar).

Where the jobs cluster

Top locations

71 listings name a city (66%)
37 name no city (34%)

These postings don't specify a city in the data we have. That doesn't mean location isn't required, only that none was listed.

Cities named most often

  1. 1Munich7 listings6%
  2. 2Karlsruhe6 listings6%
  3. 3Berlin5 listings5%
  4. 4Ulm4 listings4%
  5. 5Mannheim3 listings3%
  6. 6Dresden3 listings3%

Counts and shares are of all 108 analyzed listings.

The recurring stack

What appears together

  • Linux + C++34%
  • Linux + Yocto20%
  • Elektrotechnik + Git16%
  • Python + Git14%
  • C++ + Testing12%
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Does a skill percentage mean every employer requires it?

No. It is the share of analyzed listings that explicitly name the skill. Read each posting, then show examples only for skills you actually have.

What if a listing has no city?

37 of 108 analyzed listings have no city in our data. They are not assigned to a city in the chart; this does not establish whether remote work is possible.

Why can the open listings differ from the market figures?

The market figures come from an analysis dated 22 September 2026. The open listings are loaded from the current index and can change between visits.

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Source: Kariyan job index, Germany. Some location, language and seniority fields are incomplete. We do not publish salary, demographic or response-rate data.