Top skills for System Engineer jobs
Based on 303 active System Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of System Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Design62%
- Verification22%
- Automation21%
- Computer Science18%
- System Requirements18%
- Scripting16%
- Linux16%
- System Integration15%
- Physics14%
- Science9%
- Cybersecurity9%
- CI/CD8%
- Software Development8%
- Algorithms8%
- Networks8%
- VMware8%
- Aerospace8%
- Circuits8%
- Patching8%
- Data Analysis7%
- Firewalls7%
- Research and Development7%
- Test Plans7%
- Recruiting7%
- Software Systems7%
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