# Companies using NASTRAN

We found 13,327 companies that use NASTRAN. 2,461 of them name it in their own job posts, and the rest through employees' public profiles. Hiring for it is steady, with 4,882 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. Structural Engineer is the role that names it most often.

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

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

Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman have the most job posts naming NASTRAN, with 988 and 701. Of the five companies in the table, Airbus has the most employees who list it on their profiles: 1,776.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [Blue Origin](https://sumble.com/orgs/blue-origin) | 988 | 230 | "Proficiency in structural analysis software, including STAAD and ANSYS (or equivalent — e.g., RISA, SAP2000, ETABS, NASTRAN), and demonstrated ability to analyze by both hand calculation and FEA" (Civil/Structural Engineer III, Ground System Test Engineering and Development, Nov 4, 2026) |
| [Northrop Grumman](https://sumble.com/orgs/northrop-grumman) | 701 | 579 | "Primary tools include FEMAP, NX NASTRAN, Mathcad, MATLAB, CATIA, and various other software applications." (Principal/Sr. Principal Structural Analysis Engineer (Active TS or SCI), Nov 8, 2026) |
| [Boeing](https://sumble.com/orgs/boeing) | 676 | 1,654 | "Experience using NASTRAN or ADAMS" (Experienced / Senior Ground Loads Engineer, Nov 7, 2026) |
| [Lockheed Martin](https://sumble.com/orgs/lockheed-martin) | 506 | 466 | "Develop, maintain, and integrate system-level Finite Element Models (up to 8M+ DOF) using Femap and Nastran" (Senior Mechanical Engineer (Systems Stress Analysis), Oct 28, 2026) |
| [Airbus](https://sumble.com/orgs/airbus-group) | 479 | 1,776 | "Use CAD/CAE tools (As example but not limited to Catia, PDM, Hyperworks, Nastran etc…) to support design/stress activities." (Intern (Engineering & digitalization), Nov 7, 2026) |

## Is hiring for NASTRAN growing?

Hiring for NASTRAN barely changed, at 2.9 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026 against 2.6 from March to May. From October to December 2025 it was 2.0.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Oct 2025 | 264 | 1,413,673 | 1.9 |
| Nov 2025 | 368 | 1,822,119 | 2.0 |
| Dec 2025 | 275 | 1,236,103 | 2.2 |
| Jan 2026 | 476 | 1,828,002 | 2.6 |
| Feb 2026 | 500 | 1,856,647 | 2.7 |
| Mar 2026 | 459 | 1,850,711 | 2.5 |
| Apr 2026 | 459 | 1,728,886 | 2.7 |
| May 2026 | 495 | 1,821,509 | 2.7 |
| Jun 2026 | 564 | 1,909,496 | 3.0 |
| Jul 2026 | 491 | 1,815,180 | 2.7 |
| Aug 2026 | 531 | 1,835,698 | 2.9 |

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

From June to August 2026, 132 companies posted their first job naming NASTRAN; 108 did from March to May. From October 2025 to August 2026, 379 companies named it in a job post for the first time.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 108 |
| June to August 2026 | 132 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 379 |

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 NASTRAN?

We found 13,327 companies that use NASTRAN, 10,866 of them through employees' profiles alone. 2,461 name it in their own job posts.

| How we know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name NASTRAN | 2,461 | 18% |
| Employees' profiles list NASTRAN | 10,866 | 82% |

## What size are the companies that use NASTRAN?

Smaller companies stand out among NASTRAN users: companies with fewer than 50 employees are 26% of them, against 22% on the typical tech page. 1,543 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| Under 50 employees | 26% | 22% |
| 50 to 999 | 45% | 38% |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 17% | 17% |
| Over 5,000 | 12% | 23% |

## Where are NASTRAN companies based?

Beyond the United States (29%), NASTRAN is unusually common in Italy, at 6.9% of its companies. Its companies are based in 120 countries and territories.

| Country | Companies | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| United States | 3,745 | 29% | 43% |
| India | 954 | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| France | 945 | 7.4% | 4.6% |
| Italy | 885 | 6.9% | 1.5% |
| Germany | 839 | 6.6% | 4.4% |
| United Kingdom | 714 | 5.6% | 6.4% |

## Which teams work with NASTRAN?

NASTRAN work is spread across teams. Engineering leads, at 86 companies.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| Engineering | 86 |
| Mechanical engineering | 50 |
| CAE | 26 |
| Structures | 26 |
| R&D | 25 |
| Structural analysis | 24 |

## Which roles mention NASTRAN most?

Structural Engineer is the most common role, in 22% of job posts naming NASTRAN. Structural Engineer posts naming it numbered 288 from March to May 2026 and 375 from June to August.

| Role | Share | Oct 2025 to Aug 2026 | Mar to May 2026 | Jun to Aug 2026 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Structural Engineer | 22% | 1,076 | 288 | 375 |
| Mechanical Engineer | 17% | 822 | 244 | 237 |
| Engineer | 12% | 592 | 154 | 172 |
| Mechanical Designer | 4.2% | 207 | 50 | 47 |
| Skilled Trades | 4.2% | 205 | 58 | 52 |
| Aerospace Engineer | 3.1% | 152 | 46 | 49 |

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

117 companies with 50 or more employees started naming NASTRAN in job posts between April and August 2026. 17 of them have more than 5,000 employees. Amphenol Communications Solutions leads the new mid-market companies, with 4 job posts from April to August.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| Commercial | [Reflex Aerospace](https://sumble.com/orgs/reflex-aerospace) | 4 |
| Commercial | [Synera](https://sumble.com/orgs/synera) | 4 |
| Commercial | [E-Space](https://sumble.com/orgs/e-space) | 4 |
| Commercial | [Parlym](https://sumble.com/orgs/parlym) | 3 |
| Commercial | [Sécheron SA](https://sumble.com/orgs/secheron-hasler-group) | 3 |
| Mid-market | [Amphenol Communications Solutions](https://sumble.com/orgs/amphenol-cs) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Bosch Brasil](https://sumble.com/orgs/boschbrasil) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [KOSTAL Group](https://sumble.com/orgs/kostal-gruppe) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company](https://sumble.com/orgs/progress-rail) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Vulcain Engineering Group](https://sumble.com/orgs/vulcain-engineering-group) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Mitsubishi Heavy Industries](https://sumble.com/orgs/mitsubishi-heavy-industries) | 3 |
| Enterprise | [Indra Group](https://sumble.com/orgs/indra) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Synopsys Inc](https://sumble.com/orgs/synopsys) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [GEA Group](https://sumble.com/orgs/gea-3b723cb7) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Los Alamos National Laboratory](https://sumble.com/orgs/los-alamos-national-laboratory) | 2 |

Companies that named NASTRAN 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 NASTRAN companies use?

20% of NASTRAN companies also use PATRAN, against 0.1% of similar companies. FEMAP is 157 times as common as usual, at 26%.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| PATRAN | 335 | 20% | 0.1% | 209 times |
| FEMAP | 430 | 26% | 0.17% | 157 times |
| SpaceWire | 123 | 7.5% | 0.05% | 146 times |
| Optistruct | 219 | 13% | 0.13% | 102 times |
| Simcenter | 106 | 6.4% | 0.06% | 101 times |
| Radioss | 86 | 5.2% | 0.05% | 96 times |
| Hypermesh | 420 | 25% | 0.27% | 96 times |
| Hyperworks | 253 | 15% | 0.18% | 84 times |

Shares are out of the 1,651 companies whose job posts name NASTRAN, 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.

Sumble covers more than 3.6 million companies, 93 million job posts collected since 2022 and 194 million employee profiles, and tracks more than 37,000 technologies. It finds which technologies a company uses by reading its job posts and its employees' public profiles.

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