Top skills for Systems Engineer jobs
Based on 1,522 active Systems Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Systems Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Design71%
- Verification37%
- Computer Science27%
- Science27%
- Automation25%
- Innovation23%
- System Requirements22%
- Scripting19%
- Life Insurance19%
- System Integration18%
- Linux16%
- Aerospace15%
- U.S. Government13%
- Technical Leadership13%
- Manufacturing12%
- Test Plans12%
- MATLAB10%
- Cybersecurity10%
- Physics10%
- Software Development10%
- Networks10%
- Virtualization9%
- VMware9%
- Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)8%
- Computer Engineering7%
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