The growing field of integrated circuits and embedded electronics makes programming knowledge beneficial to engineers across many disciplines. A wide range of electronics engineering disciplines require the use of hardware description language (HDL) as it helps determine the behavior of circuits. Most embedded systems are written in C, while HDL is vital for determining the behavior of circuits.
Among IEEE Spectrum’s top programming languages of 2021, C and C++ were both among the top five, both in terms of their overall ranking and how in-demand they are among employers.