# Companies using characterization

Job posts from 274 companies name characterization. Counting companies found through employees' public profiles too, the total is 63,182. From October 2025 to August 2026, 102 job posts named it. It comes up most in Researcher job posts.

Data as of November 9, 2026. Source: Sumble.

## Which companies name characterization in the most job posts?

Synopsys Inc and MosChip® have the most job posts naming characterization, with 22 and 12. Xanadu is the newest of the five companies in the table, with its first job post naming it in February 2025.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [Synopsys Inc](https://sumble.com/orgs/synopsys) | 22 | 300 | "Your expertise spans multiple steps in the IP design or integration flow of ASIC/SoC design, and you have hands-on experience with silicon bring-up and characterization in a system environment." (Senior Staff Applications Engineer (IP), May 2, 2025) |
| [MosChip®](https://sumble.com/orgs/moschip-technologies) | 12 | 0 | "RTL/Custom Logic design, Synthesis, P&R, STA, Integration, Verification, Characterization and ATE test" (dft engineer, Jul 24, 2026) |
| [Coherent Corp.](https://sumble.com/orgs/coherent) | 9 | 184 | "Enter wafer characterization data and WIP location information into MES" (wafer fab technician, May 26, 2026) |
| [Samtec Inc](https://sumble.com/orgs/samtec) | 9 | 20 | "Solid Experience with fab equipment including lithography (i-line), PVD, CVD, wet etch, dry etch (RIE), ECD Cu plating, final finish plating, electrical test, and characterization is strongly desired." (Glass Core Technology (GCT) Engineering Development Director, Feb 3, 2025) |
| [Xanadu](https://sumble.com/orgs/xanadu) | 8 | 12 | "…this role you will contribute your experience spanning cleanroom fabrication, thin-film characterization and metrology, all aimed at fabricating state-of-the-art Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors…" (Process Integration Engineer - SNSPD Nanofabrication, Aug 28, 2026) |

## Is hiring for characterization growing?

0.06 in every 10,000 job posts named characterization from June to August 2026, against 0.05 from March to May. These are small numbers of job posts, so a few companies can move them.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Oct 2025 | 7 | 1,413,673 | 0.05 |
| Nov 2025 | 10 | 1,822,119 | 0.05 |
| Dec 2025 | 3 | 1,236,103 | 0.02 |
| Jan 2026 | 10 | 1,828,002 | 0.05 |
| Feb 2026 | 11 | 1,856,647 | 0.06 |
| Mar 2026 | 6 | 1,850,711 | 0.03 |
| Apr 2026 | 5 | 1,728,886 | 0.03 |
| May 2026 | 14 | 1,821,509 | 0.08 |
| Jun 2026 | 10 | 1,909,496 | 0.05 |
| Jul 2026 | 13 | 1,815,180 | 0.07 |
| Aug 2026 | 13 | 1,835,698 | 0.07 |

## How many companies named characterization in a job post for the first time in recent months?

Job posts named characterization for the first time at 13 companies from June to August 2026, against 11 from March to May. Of the 274 companies whose job posts name it, 4.7% first named it from June to August.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 11 |
| June to August 2026 | 13 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 44 |

Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.

## How do we know which companies use characterization?

274 companies name characterization in job posts they wrote; employees' profiles add 62,908 more. 220 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.

| How we know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name characterization | 274 | 0.43% |
| Employees' profiles list characterization | 62,908 | 99.5% |

## What size are the companies that use characterization?

Companies with more than 5,000 employees are 1.8 times as common among characterization users as on the typical tech page, at 39%. 47 of its companies have fewer than 50 employees. These counts cover the 274 companies whose job posts name it.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| Under 50 employees | 17% | 26% |
| 50 to 999 | 23% | 37% |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 20% | 15% |
| Over 5,000 | 39% | 22% |

## Where are characterization companies based?

More than half of characterization companies are in the United States (62%). India is less common than usual, at 4.9% against 7.5% on the typical tech page. These shares cover the 274 companies whose job posts name it.

| Country | Companies | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| United States | 163 | 62% | 48% |
| India | 13 | 4.9% | 7.5% |
| Canada | 12 | 4.6% | 3.8% |
| Germany | 10 | 3.8% | 4.4% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 3% | 6.3% |
| The Netherlands | 8 | 3% | 1.6% |

## Which teams work with characterization?

R&D teams are the most common home for characterization, at 5 companies, followed by process development and research & development.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| R&D | 5 |
| Process development | 4 |
| Research & development | 4 |
| Advanced manufacturing & materials engineering division | 2 |
| Advanced sensing technology | 2 |
| Advanced technology | 2 |

## Which roles mention characterization most?

Researcher and Industrial Engineer roles account for 22% of the job posts that name characterization. The top four roles cover 33% of these job posts.

| Role | Share | Oct 2025 to Aug 2026 | Mar to May 2026 | Jun to Aug 2026 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Researcher | 15% | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| Industrial Engineer | 6.9% | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Nanotechnology Engineer | 6.9% | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| Chemist | 4.9% | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Chip Designer | 4.9% | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| Engineer | 4.9% | 5 | 1 | 3 |

## Which companies started naming characterization in job posts recently?

From April to August 2026, 18 companies with 50 or more employees posted their first job naming characterization: 9 commercial, 3 mid-market and 6 enterprise.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| Commercial | [Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services Limited](https://sumble.com/orgs/aurigenepharmaceuticalservices) | 1 |
| Commercial | [Graphcore](https://sumble.com/orgs/graphcore) | 1 |
| Commercial | [Xanadu](https://sumble.com/orgs/xanadu-group) | 1 |
| Commercial | [Elizabeth City State University](https://sumble.com/orgs/elizabeth-city-state-university) | 1 |
| Commercial | [Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc.](https://sumble.com/orgs/rhythm-pharmaceuticals) | 1 |
| Mid-market | [Fermilab](https://sumble.com/orgs/fermilab) | 1 |
| Mid-market | [FAES FARMA](https://sumble.com/orgs/faes-farma) | 1 |
| Mid-market | [Sarepta Therapeutics](https://sumble.com/orgs/sarepta-therapeutics) | 1 |
| Enterprise | [Renesas Electronics](https://sumble.com/orgs/renesas) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Microsoft](https://sumble.com/orgs/microsoft) | 1 |
| Enterprise | [Rutgers University](https://sumble.com/orgs/rutgers-university) | 1 |
| Enterprise | [UT MD Anderson](https://sumble.com/orgs/md-anderson-cancer-center) | 1 |
| Enterprise | [Oregon Health & Science University](https://sumble.com/orgs/oregon-health-&-science-university) | 1 |

Companies that named characterization in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.

## What else do characterization companies use?

11% of characterization companies also use Benchling, against 0.16% of similar companies. Tecan is 41 times as common as usual, at 7.9%.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Benchling | 16 | 11% | 0.16% | 66 times |
| Tecan | 12 | 7.9% | 0.19% | 41 times |
| CE-SDS | 10 | 6.6% | 0.16% | 40 times |
| Ansys HFSS | 14 | 9.2% | 0.29% | 32 times |
| ELISpot | 15 | 9.9% | 0.32% | 31 times |
| SDS-PAGE | 38 | 25% | 0.87% | 29 times |
| OpenMP | 20 | 13% | 0.49% | 27 times |
| Synopsys | 12 | 7.9% | 0.3% | 26 times |

Shares are out of the 152 companies whose job posts name characterization, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

## About this data

Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.

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