§ 01 · Hiring trends

Automotive & Mobility

Auto, mobility, and connected-vehicle tech.

Over the Jan 04 to May 17 window, Automotive & Mobility carried 955 postings from 89 unique companies, with the verdict steady at growth of ~-13% between halves.

OverviewWindow
WindowJan 04May 17
Total postings955
Unique companies89
Track summary
First-half count511
Second-half count444
Growth~-13%
Peak weekJan 18 · 116
Verdictsteady
Fig. 01 · Weekly postings20 weeks · n=955
Jan 04Jan 11Jan 18Jan 25Feb 01Feb 08Feb 15Feb 22Mar 01Mar 08Mar 15Mar 22Mar 29Apr 05Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 03May 10May 17
Peak week highlighted in accent. Weekly posting counts, ranked by week.
Key takeaway

Hiring is steady at ~-13% between halves, peaking at Jan 18.

§ 02

Automotive & Mobility

Systems & Embedded Engineering leads at ~24%, followed by Fullstack Development at ~16% and Backend Development at ~15%. Others account for ~19%.

Profile distribution — share of postings by profile. 7 profiles tracked.
RankProfilePostingsShare
1Systems & Embedded Engineering230~24%
2Fullstack Development152~16%
3Backend Development147~15%
4QA & Testing69~7%
5Mobile Development62~7%
6Data Engineering53~6%
7DevOps & Platform Engineering52~5%
Others (aggregate of remaining roles)185~19%
Key takeaway

Systems & Embedded Engineering is the dominant profile at ~24% of Automotive & Mobility postings.

§ 03 · Fresher accessibility

Automotive & Mobility

Commentary

Automotive & Mobility runs roughly in line with the market average, with about 8% of postings at entry or junior seniority. The market baseline sits at about 8%, so the fresher pipeline on this industry mirrors broader hiring.

Key takeaway

Roughly in line with the market at about 8% entry or junior postings.

§ 04 · Company class distribution

Automotive & Mobility

Automotive & Mobility hiring is established-firm-dominated: More Established at ~87% and Soonicorns at ~6% lead the mix.

#ClassShare of postings 0–100%ShareCompaniesTop companies
01Lala Companies
~1%7 cos.Parking Network B.V. · Hashlist · EdgeVerse India
02Early-Stage Startups
negligible2 cos.Sarla Aviation · Presto
03Funded Startups
~1%6 cos.automotiveMastermind Inc. · Vecmocon Technologies · Sibros
04Soonicorns
~6%5 cos.Lytx Inc. · ACV Auctions · Cambridge Mobile Telematics
05Unicorns
~4%2 cos.Tekion Corp. · Waymo
06More Established
~87%61 cos.
Key takeaway

More Established account for ~87% of Automotive & Mobility postings.

§ 05 · City distribution

Automotive & Mobility

Automotive & Mobility hiring is led by Bangalore at ~64% of postings. Pune under-indexes notably relative to its national share at ~4% of the industry's postings.

Key takeaway

Bangalore dominates at ~64%, with Pune notably under-indexing.