# 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. Source: Sumble.

## 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 | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [Tesla](https://sumble.com/orgs/tesla) | 392 | 35 | "Previous experience working with CAN, Ethercat communication and Linux (Bash commands) is a plus" (Test Engineering Technician, Optimus, Nov 7, 2026) |
| [Amazon](https://sumble.com/orgs/amazon) | 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](https://sumble.com/orgs/lam-research) | 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](https://sumble.com/orgs/spacex) | 125 | 5 | "Field Bus Networking protocols: EtherCAT, Profinet, Ethernet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, etc." (Manufacturing Automation Engineer, Solar (Starlink), Nov 4, 2026) |
| [Festo](https://sumble.com/orgs/festo) | 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) |

## 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.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Oct 2025 | 207 | 1,413,673 | 1.5 |
| Nov 2025 | 302 | 1,822,119 | 1.7 |
| Dec 2025 | 209 | 1,236,103 | 1.7 |
| Jan 2026 | 286 | 1,828,002 | 1.6 |
| Feb 2026 | 310 | 1,856,647 | 1.7 |
| Mar 2026 | 349 | 1,850,711 | 1.9 |
| Apr 2026 | 349 | 1,728,886 | 2.0 |
| May 2026 | 422 | 1,821,509 | 2.3 |
| Jun 2026 | 459 | 1,909,496 | 2.4 |
| Jul 2026 | 452 | 1,815,180 | 2.5 |
| Aug 2026 | 409 | 1,835,698 | 2.2 |

## 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.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| 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% |

## 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%.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| 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.

| Country | Companies | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| United States | 1,342 | 29% | 43% |
| Germany | 650 | 14% | 4.4% |
| France | 273 | 6% | 4.6% |
| Italy | 244 | 5.4% | 1.5% |
| India | 222 | 4.9% | 6.9% |
| Spain | 178 | 3.9% | 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 |

## 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 | Oct 2025 to Aug 2026 | Mar to May 2026 | Jun to Aug 2026 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Automation Engineer | 12% | 469 | 145 | 140 |
| Control Engineer | 11% | 420 | 111 | 163 |
| Software Engineer | 11% | 396 | 126 | 93 |
| Electrical Engineer | 7.7% | 288 | 81 | 117 |
| Embedded Engineer | 6% | 224 | 67 | 58 |
| Robotics Engineer | 5.7% | 213 | 56 | 70 |

## 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.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| AI native | [FORGIS](https://sumble.com/orgs/forgisai) | 4 |
| AI native | [xis.ai](https://sumble.com/orgs/xis-ai) | 2 |
| AI native | [EmbodyX](https://sumble.com/orgs/embodyx) | 2 |
| AI native | [FieldAI](https://sumble.com/orgs/fieldai) | 1 |
| AI native | [Nimble](https://sumble.com/orgs/nimble-robotics) | 1 |
| Commercial | [Varda Space Industries](https://sumble.com/orgs/varda-space-industries) | 17 |
| Commercial | [Xcimer Energy](https://sumble.com/orgs/xcimer-energy) | 7 |
| Commercial | [True Anomaly](https://sumble.com/orgs/true-anomaly) | 4 |
| Commercial | [Knobelsdorff](https://sumble.com/orgs/knobelsdorff-enterprises) | 4 |
| Commercial | [Castelion](https://sumble.com/orgs/castelion) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [The Goddard School](https://sumble.com/orgs/goddard) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Drees & Sommer](https://sumble.com/orgs/drees-&-sommer) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Astrion](https://sumble.com/orgs/astrion-us) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)](https://sumble.com/orgs/cnpem) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Mobileye](https://sumble.com/orgs/mobileye) | 3 |
| Enterprise | [Dentsply Sirona](https://sumble.com/orgs/dentsply-sirona) | 8 |
| Enterprise | [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://sumble.com/orgs/amazon-web-services) | 6 |
| Enterprise | [3M](https://sumble.com/orgs/3m) | 4 |
| Enterprise | [Deloitte](https://sumble.com/orgs/deloitte) | 3 |
| Enterprise | [Worley](https://sumble.com/orgs/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.

## 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%.

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

Shares are out of the 2,125 companies whose job posts name EtherCAT, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

## 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 |

## 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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