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Companies using EtherCAT

We found 4,802 companies that use EtherCAT. 2,789 of them name it in their own job posts, and the rest through employees' public profiles. Hiring for it is growing, with 3,754 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. Automation Engineer is the role that names it most often.

Data as of November 9, 2026 · Markdown version

Which companies name EtherCAT in the most job posts?

Tesla, Amazon and Lam Research are among the companies with the most job posts naming EtherCAT. Festo is the newest of the five companies in the table, with its first job post naming it in May 2023.
Company Posts People Recent job post
Tesla Manufacturing · first seen Aug 2022 392 35 "Previous experience working with CAN, Ethercat communication and Linux (Bash commands) is a plus"Test Engineering Technician, Optimus, Nov 7, 2026
Amazon Retail Trade · first seen Aug 2022 284 15 "This role will define, standardize, and evolve the EtherCAT-based controls architecture used across material handling systems."Hardware Development Engineer, OneMHS - Electrical and Controls Engineering Architecture and Design, Nov 4, 2026
Lam Research Manufacturing · first seen Sep 2022 173 17 "Design and implement distributed automation systems utilizing EtherCAT networks, distributed I/O, servo drives, sensors, and actuators."Electrical Engineer 4, Oct 23, 2026
SpaceX Manufacturing · first seen Dec 2022 125 5 "Field Bus Networking protocols: EtherCAT, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, etc."Manufacturing Automation Engineer, Solar (Starlink), Nov 4, 2026
Festo Manufacturing · first seen May 2023 123 8 "Strong PLC programming/troubleshooting skills across Mitsubishi, Omron, Siemens, and Rockwell with experience in Profinet, EtherCAT, and Ethernet/IP protocols"Senior Technical Support Engineer - Remote IO Controls, Oct 24, 2026
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What else do we know about EtherCAT?

Is hiring for EtherCAT growing?

Job posts mentioning EtherCAT went from 2.1 to 2.4 in every 10,000 job posts, comparing March to May with June to August 2026. From October to December 2025 it was 1.6.
Share of job posts naming EtherCAT by month, October 2025 to August 2026, in job posts in every 10,000 Moves from 1.5 in October 2025 to 2.2 in August 2026, in job posts in every 10,000. 2.9 2.1 1.4 0.72 0 2.2 Oct '25 Nov Dec Jan '26 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
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MonthJob posts naming EtherCATAll job postsPer 10,000
Oct 20252071,413,6731.5
Nov 20253021,822,1191.7
Dec 20252091,236,1031.7
Jan 20262861,828,0021.6
Feb 20263101,856,6471.7
Mar 20263491,850,7111.9
Apr 20263491,728,8862.0
May 20264221,821,5092.3
Jun 20264591,909,4962.4
Jul 20264521,815,1802.5
Aug 20264091,835,6982.2

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

In the three months to August 2026, 224 companies posted about EtherCAT for the first time. From March to May, 183 did. Of the 2,789 companies whose job posts name it, 8% first named it from June to August.
March to May 2026 183
June to August 2026 224
October 2025 to August 2026 641

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 EtherCAT?

Employees' profiles add 2,013 companies to the 2,789 that name EtherCAT in job posts. 543 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we know Companies Share
Job posts name EtherCAT
2,789 58%
Employees' profiles list EtherCAT
2,013 42%

4,802 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.

What size are the companies that use EtherCAT?

The largest group of EtherCAT users is companies with 50 to 999 employees (41%), more than on the typical tech page. The second-largest group is companies with fewer than 50 employees, at 33%.

Share of its companies Typical tech page

ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
33% 22%
50 to 999
41% 38%
1,000 to 5,000
13% 17%
Over 5,000
13% 23%

Where are EtherCAT companies based?

Italy is 3.6 times as common among EtherCAT companies as on the typical tech page, at 5.4%. The United States leads overall with 29%. Its companies are based in 77 countries and territories.
ShareTypical
United States
29% 43%
Germany
14% 4.4%
France
6% 4.6%
Italy
5.4% 1.5%
India
4.9% 6.9%
Spain
3.9% 1.8%

Companies in 77 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.

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CountryCompaniesShareTypical tech page
United States1,34229%43%
Germany65014%4.4%
France2736%4.6%
Italy2445.4%1.5%
India2224.9%6.9%
Spain1783.9%1.8%

Which teams work with EtherCAT?

The teams named most often in EtherCAT job posts are engineering, R&D and software. Controls and electrical engineering teams follow, at 19 companies each.
Team Companies
Engineering
67
R&D
45
Software
28
Controls
19
Electrical engineering
19
Automation
18

What else do EtherCAT companies use?

15% of EtherCAT companies also use CANopen, against 0.23% of similar companies. Beckhoff comes second, 43 times as common as usual, at 25%.

Share of the 2,125 EtherCAT companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool Typical for companies the same size

Tool Also name it Typical Times as common
CANopen 324 companies
15% 0.23% 67x
Beckhoff 524 companies
25% 0.57% 43x
Profinet 1,028 companies
48% 1.4% 35x
Kuka 281 companies
13% 0.48% 28x
Tool Also name it Typical Times as common
CAN-FD 115 companies
5.4% 0.21% 26x
Ethernet/IP 786 companies
37% 1.5% 25x
KiCad 237 companies
11% 0.47% 24x
OPC UA 625 companies
29% 1.3% 23x

Which companies started naming EtherCAT in job posts recently?

Between April and August 2026, 194 companies with 50 or more employees first named EtherCAT in a job post, 32 of them with more than 5,000 employees. Another 7 were AI-native companies, which we list separately.
AI native any size · 7 new
Company Posts
FORGIS 4
xis.ai 2
EmbodyX 2
FieldAI 1
Nimble 1
Commercial 50 to 999 employees · 111 new
Company Posts
Varda Space Industries 17
Xcimer Energy 7
True Anomaly 4
Knobelsdorff 4
Castelion 4
Mid-market 1,000 to 5,000 employees · 51 new
Company Posts
The Goddard School 4
Drees & Sommer 4
Astrion 4
Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) 4
Mobileye 3
Enterprise over 5,000 employees · 32 new
Company Posts
Dentsply Sirona 8
Amazon Web Services (AWS) 6
3M 4
Deloitte 3
Worley 3

Companies that named EtherCAT 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.

Which roles mention EtherCAT most?

Automation Engineer and Control Engineer roles account for 24% of the job posts that name EtherCAT. Automation Engineer posts naming it numbered 145 from March to May 2026 and 140 from June to August.
Role Share Posts
Automation Engineer
12% 469
Control Engineer
11% 420
Software Engineer
11% 396
Electrical Engineer
7.7% 288
Embedded Engineer
6% 224
Robotics Engineer
5.7% 213
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RoleShareOct 2025 to Aug 2026Mar to May 2026Jun to Aug 2026
Automation Engineer12%469145140
Control Engineer11%420111163
Software Engineer11%39612693
Electrical Engineer7.7%28881117
Embedded Engineer6%2246758
Robotics Engineer5.7%2135670

Which project themes come up in EtherCAT job posts?

Apart from broad digital transformation work, Microservices Migration comes up most in job posts naming EtherCAT, in 17 of them. Broad digital transformation work shows up in 281 of its job posts.
Project theme Job posts
Digital Transformation 281
Microservices Migration 17
Data Infrastructure Migration 11
Cloud Migration 3
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