17,665 companies in our data use KiCad, and 3,753 of them name it in job posts they wrote. Hiring for it is growing, with 3,530 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. It comes up most in Electrical Engineer job posts.
Collins Aerospace has posted more jobs naming KiCad than any other company: 119. Shield is the newest of the five companies in the table, with its first job post naming it in May 2024.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
Collins AerospaceManufacturing · first seen Sep 202211948
"Conducting schematic capture and PCB layout using tools such as EAGLE, KiCAD, or Cadence."Electrical Engineer II (Onsite), Nov 1, 2026
Shieldfirst seen May 2024798
"Experience with electrical design software and tools such as Altium, KiCAD, an oscilloscope, etc."June 2027 Co-op - Reliability Engineering #5953, Oct 27, 2026
ALTENProfessional Services · first seen Nov 20237142
"Maîtrise des outils de CAO électronique (Altium, KiCad, OrCAD, etc.)."Electronics specialist – defense sector (m/f), Nov 4, 2026
Second Order EffectsProfessional Services · first seen Aug 2022703
"Experience in any common ECAD tool, such as Altium Designer, KiCad, Cadence, PADS, EAGLE, etc."Electrical Engineer, Oct 28, 2026
ThalesManufacturing · first seen Sep 20226583
"Connaissances en programmation LabVIEW Real-Time / FPGAMaîtrise d’un logiciel de conception PCB (Proteus, Altium Designer, KiCad…)"Internship: Product Engineer (m/f), Nov 4, 2026
KiCad turned up in a growing share of job posts: 2.3 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026, compared with 1.8 from March to May. From October to December 2025 it was 1.6.
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Month
Job posts naming KiCad
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
219
1,413,673
1.5
Nov 2025
284
1,822,119
1.6
Dec 2025
192
1,236,103
1.6
Jan 2026
275
1,828,002
1.5
Feb 2026
309
1,856,647
1.7
Mar 2026
323
1,850,711
1.7
Apr 2026
348
1,728,886
2.0
May 2026
328
1,821,509
1.8
Jun 2026
387
1,909,496
2.0
Jul 2026
431
1,815,180
2.4
Aug 2026
434
1,835,698
2.4
How many companies named KiCad in a job post for the first time in recent months?
Job posts named KiCad for the first time at 380 companies from June to August 2026, against 325 from March to May. That brings the companies naming it for the first time since October 2025 to 1,113, through August 2026.
March to May 2026325
June to August 2026380
October 2025 to August 20261,113
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 KiCad?
13,912 of the 17,665 companies show up because employees list KiCad on their profiles; 3,753 name it in their own job posts. 1,172 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name KiCad
3,75321%
Employees' profiles list KiCad
13,91279%
17,665 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use KiCad?
Companies with fewer than 50 employees are 1.7 times as common among KiCad users as on the typical tech page. 1,571 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
37%22%
50 to 999
40%38%
1,000 to 5,000
13%17%
Over 5,000
8.9%23%
Where are KiCad companies based?
Beyond the United States (29%), KiCad is unusually common in Germany, at 7.2% of its companies. Its companies are based in 132 countries and territories.
ShareTypical
United States
29%43%
India
11%6.9%
Germany
7.2%4.4%
France
6.7%4.6%
Canada
4.7%3.6%
United Kingdom
4.7%6.4%
Companies in 132 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
4,878
29%
43%
India
1,878
11%
6.9%
Germany
1,222
7.2%
4.4%
France
1,133
6.7%
4.6%
Canada
807
4.7%
3.6%
United Kingdom
794
4.7%
6.4%
Which teams work with KiCad?
R&D teams are the most common home for KiCad, at 104 companies, followed by engineering and hardware. Electrical engineering and product development teams follow.
TeamCompanies
R&D
104
Engineering
88
Hardware
68
Electrical engineering
35
Product development
24
Hardware engineering
23
What else do KiCad companies use?
KiCad companies are 112 times as likely as similar companies to use Eagle: 36% of them, against 0.32%. Among the tools listed here, Altium is the most widely used, at 59% of KiCad companies.
Share of the 3,160 KiCad companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming KiCad in job posts recently?
223 companies with 50 or more employees picked up KiCad in their job posts from April to August 2026. Prolific leads the new commercial companies, with 32 job posts from April to August.
Companies that named KiCad 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 KiCad most?
Electrical Engineer and Hardware Engineer roles account for 52% of the job posts that name KiCad. Electrical Engineer posts naming it numbered 301 from March to May 2026 and 373 from June to August.
RoleSharePosts
Electrical Engineer
32%1,124
Hardware Engineer
20%703
Embedded Engineer
6.6%233
Skilled Trades
2.9%104
Software Engineer
2.5%87
Software Development Engineer in Test
1.9%68
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Electrical Engineer
32%
1,124
301
373
Hardware Engineer
20%
703
208
222
Embedded Engineer
6.6%
233
72
73
Skilled Trades
2.9%
104
30
24
Software Engineer
2.5%
87
23
21
Software Development Engineer in Test
1.9%
68
22
20
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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