We found 7,267 companies that use PADS. 1,310 of them name it in their own job posts, and the rest through employees' public profiles. Hiring for it is steady, with 990 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. It comes up most in Electrical Engineer job posts.
L3Harris Technologies leads with 217 job posts naming PADS, followed by Qualcomm and Hitachi Energy. Hitachi Energy is the newest of the five companies in the table, with its first job post naming it in August 2023.
CompanyPostsPeopleRecent job post
L3Harris TechnologiesManufacturing · first seen Sep 202221726
"Technical Skills: Proficiency in electrical design tools (e.g., Xpedition Designer, PADS) and simulation software (e.g., PSPICE)."Senior Specialist, Electrical Engineering, Nov 6, 2026
QualcommScientific and Technical Services · first seen Aug 20228227
"The candidate is expected to have proficiency on Mentor Xpedition, Mentor PADS and Cadence Allegro PWB design software and is expected to have multiple years of experience in developing…"pwb designer, Oct 27, 2026
Hitachi EnergyUtilities · first seen Aug 2023826
"Proficiency with PCB design tools (e.g., Altium Designer, OrCAD, PADS) and simulation software (e.g., SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink)."C&P Hardware Design Engineer - HVDC Service, Oct 17, 2026
ABBUtilities · first seen Sep 20227220
"You are highly adept in hardware circuit design, PCB layout tools (e.g., Altium Designer, PADS), and/or embedded firmware development；"r&d manager, Aug 27, 2026
Second Order EffectsProfessional Services · first seen Aug 2022720
"Experience in any common ECAD tool, such as Altium Designer, KiCad, Cadence, PADS, EAGLE, etc."Electrical Engineer, Oct 28, 2026
PADS's share of job posts is about the same as three months earlier: 0.57 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026, against 0.59 from March to May. From October to December 2025 it was 0.42.
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Month
Job posts naming PADS
All job posts
Per 10,000
Oct 2025
51
1,413,673
0.36
Nov 2025
86
1,822,119
0.47
Dec 2025
49
1,236,103
0.40
Jan 2026
88
1,828,002
0.48
Feb 2026
82
1,856,647
0.44
Mar 2026
111
1,850,711
0.60
Apr 2026
97
1,728,886
0.56
May 2026
111
1,821,509
0.61
Jun 2026
105
1,909,496
0.55
Jul 2026
95
1,815,180
0.52
Aug 2026
115
1,835,698
0.63
How many companies named PADS in a job post for the first time in recent months?
From June to August 2026, 46 companies posted their first job naming PADS; 41 did from March to May. Over the 11 months from October 2025, 143 companies posted their first job naming it.
March to May 202641
June to August 202646
October 2025 to August 2026143
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 PADS?
1,310 companies name PADS in their own job posts. The other 5,957 show up because employees list it on their profiles. 358 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.
How we knowCompaniesShare
Job posts name PADS
1,31018%
Employees' profiles list PADS
5,95782%
7,267 companies. Each is counted once, under the strongest evidence we have for it.
What size are the companies that use PADS?
Companies with 50 to 999 employees are the largest group of PADS users, at 42%. The second-largest group is companies with fewer than 50 employees, at 24%.
Share of its companies
Typical tech page
ShareTypical
Under 50 employees
24%22%
50 to 999
42%38%
1,000 to 5,000
18%17%
Over 5,000
16%23%
Where are PADS companies based?
The United States has the most PADS companies (45%), but Canada stands out: 6% of them, against 3.6% on the typical tech page. India is second, at 7.5%.
ShareTypical
United States
45%43%
India
7.5%6.9%
Canada
6%3.6%
United Kingdom
5.6%6.4%
Germany
2.9%4.4%
Australia
2.5%2.2%
Companies in 115 countries and territories. Shares are of companies with a known headquarters country.
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Country
Companies
Share
Typical tech page
United States
3,105
45%
43%
India
519
7.5%
6.9%
Canada
413
6%
3.6%
United Kingdom
388
5.6%
6.4%
Germany
200
2.9%
4.4%
Australia
174
2.5%
2.2%
Which teams work with PADS?
PADS job posts name engineering and R&D teams at 43 and 37 companies. Hardware engineering teams follow, at 20 companies.
TeamCompanies
Engineering
43
R&D
37
Hardware engineering
20
Hardware
13
Electrical engineering
12
Sustaining engineering
11
What else do PADS companies use?
11% of PADS companies also use Xpedition, against 0.12% of similar companies. Among the tools listed here, OrCAD is the most widely used, at 38% of PADS companies.
Share of the 876 PADS companies counted here whose job posts also name the tool
Typical for companies the same size
Which companies started naming PADS in job posts recently?
Between April and August 2026, 48 companies with 50 or more employees first named PADS in a job post, 11 of them with more than 5,000 employees. Anduril Industries has the most job posts of the new enterprise companies, 3 from April to August.
Companies that named PADS 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 PADS most?
PADS shows up across many roles. The top one, Electrical Engineer, has 31% of the job posts. The top four roles cover 68% of these job posts.
RoleSharePosts
Electrical Engineer
31%305
Hardware Engineer
30%301
Mechanical Designer
3.5%35
Engineer
3.2%32
CAD Designer
1.7%17
Software Engineer
1.6%16
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Role
Share
Oct 2025 to Aug 2026
Mar to May 2026
Jun to Aug 2026
Electrical Engineer
31%
305
102
89
Hardware Engineer
30%
301
99
86
Mechanical Designer
3.5%
35
14
13
Engineer
3.2%
32
11
10
CAD Designer
1.7%
17
2
7
Software Engineer
1.6%
16
3
5
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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