# Companies using PADS

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.

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

## Which companies name PADS in the most 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.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [L3Harris Technologies](https://sumble.com/orgs/l3harris) | 217 | 26 | "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) |
| [Qualcomm](https://sumble.com/orgs/qualcomm) | 82 | 27 | "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 Energy](https://sumble.com/orgs/hitachi-energy) | 82 | 6 | "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) |
| [ABB](https://sumble.com/orgs/abb) | 72 | 20 | "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 Effects](https://sumble.com/orgs/second-order-effects) | 72 | 0 | "Experience in any common ECAD tool, such as Altium Designer, KiCad, Cadence, PADS, EAGLE, etc." (Electrical Engineer, Oct 28, 2026) |

## Is hiring for PADS growing?

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.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| 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.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 41 |
| June to August 2026 | 46 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 143 |

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 know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name PADS | 1,310 | 18% |
| Employees' profiles list PADS | 5,957 | 82% |

## 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%.

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

| 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.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| Engineering | 43 |
| R&D | 37 |
| Hardware engineering | 20 |
| Hardware | 13 |
| Electrical engineering | 12 |
| Sustaining engineering | 11 |

## 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.

| 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 |

## 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.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| Commercial | [Precise Systems, Inc.](https://sumble.com/orgs/precise-systems) | 3 |
| Commercial | [Fiery](https://sumble.com/orgs/fieryprint) | 3 |
| Commercial | [Bear Robotics](https://sumble.com/orgs/bear-robotics) | 3 |
| Commercial | [Mythic](https://sumble.com/orgs/mythic-ai) | 3 |
| Commercial | [Utthunga](https://sumble.com/orgs/utthunga) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Akima](https://sumble.com/orgs/akima) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Excelitas Technologies Corp.](https://sumble.com/orgs/excelitas-technologies) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Onward Technologies Limited](https://sumble.com/orgs/onward-technologies) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Lincoln Electric](https://sumble.com/orgs/lincoln-electric) | 1 |
| Mid-market | [Bloom Energy](https://sumble.com/orgs/bloom-energy) | 1 |
| Enterprise | [Anduril Industries](https://sumble.com/orgs/anduril-1) | 3 |
| Enterprise | [Tata Electronics](https://sumble.com/orgs/linkedin-com-company-tata-electronics) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Ascendion](https://sumble.com/orgs/ascendion) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Tesla](https://sumble.com/orgs/tesla) | 1 |
| Enterprise | [Hyundai Motor Company](https://sumble.com/orgs/hyundai-motor) | 1 |

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.

## 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.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Xpedition | 95 | 11% | 0.12% | 92 times |
| Cadence Allegro | 113 | 13% | 0.18% | 71 times |
| OrCAD | 332 | 38% | 0.67% | 57 times |
| Quartus | 85 | 9.7% | 0.18% | 53 times |
| LVDS | 77 | 8.8% | 0.17% | 52 times |
| MIPI | 75 | 8.6% | 0.17% | 51 times |
| ModelSim | 85 | 9.7% | 0.19% | 50 times |
| Questa | 55 | 6.3% | 0.13% | 49 times |

Shares are out of the 876 companies whose job posts name PADS, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

## About this data

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