Pennsylvania State University tech stack

Pennsylvania State University builds mostly with Python, MATLAB, C++, Java. Its stack also includes Linux, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Supervision. Python is named in 78 of the 209 job postings Pennsylvania State University published in the last 12 months (37%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Pennsylvania State University, updated Sep 27, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 27, 2026
Technologies in use
176
Postings analysed
209
Open now
182
Modernity
72 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does Pennsylvania State University use?

Python is named in 37% of job postings at Pennsylvania State University, followed by MATLAB (23%), C++ (18%), Java (9%).

Python 78 37% required in 76% · 71 open now · since Apr 2025
MATLAB 48 23% required in 67% · 42 open now · since Apr 2025
C++ 38 18% required in 61% · 34 open now · since Sep 2025
Java 18 9% required in 78% · 18 open now · since Aug 2024
SQL 17 8% required in 59% · 13 open now · since Jul 2026
Bash 7 3% required in 71% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Fortran 7 3% required in 57% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
Rust 6 3% required in 67% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
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PowerShell6
C#4
JavaScript4
Assembly4
Ada3
PHP3
C2
R1
SAS1
SPSS1
Stata1
TypeScript1

What frameworks and libraries does Pennsylvania State University use?

Supervision is named in 3% of job postings at Pennsylvania State University, followed by TensorFlow (3%), PyTorch (3%), NumPy (2%).

Supervision 7 3% required in 86% · 6 open now · since Jul 2026
TensorFlow 7 3% required in 71% · 6 open now · since May 2026
PyTorch 7 3% required in 57% · 7 open now · since Jan 2026
NumPy 5 2% required in 60% · 5 open now · since May 2026
FastAPI 4 2% optional · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Keystone Engine 3 1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
Matplotlib 3 1% required in 33% · 3 open now · since Jul 2026
Pandas 3 1% required in 33% · 3 open now · since Aug 2026
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CUDA3
Unity3
SciPy2
Scikit-learn2
Transformers2
Feast2
PostGIS2
Pytest2
React.js2
Tailwind CSS2
ZeroMQ2
Cartographer1
JAX1
LIME1
Plotly1
Ray1
Seaborn1
TensorFlow C++1
Angular1
LangChain1
MOOS-IvP1

What databases does Pennsylvania State University use?

PostgreSQL is named in 4% of job postings at Pennsylvania State University, followed by MySQL (3%), Neo4j (1%), Amazon Aurora (1%).

PostgreSQL 9 4% required in 33% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
MySQL 6 3% required in 33% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
Neo4j 3 1% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
Amazon Aurora 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Cassandra 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
DynamoDB 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Redis 2 1% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
Amazon Redshift 2 1% optional · 2 open now · since Aug 2026
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BigQuery2
Google BigQuery2
InfluxDB2
MariaDB2
Snowflake2
Oracle1

What cloud and platforms does Pennsylvania State University use?

Linux is named in 19% of job postings at Pennsylvania State University, followed by Kubernetes (12%), Windows (11%), GitLab (7%).

Linux 40 19% required in 85% · 35 open now · since Jul 2025
Kubernetes 26 12% required in 54% · 25 open now · since Jul 2025
Windows 23 11% required in 83% · 20 open now · since Jan 2026
GitLab 14 7% required in 57% · 12 open now · since Jul 2025
AWS 13 6% required in 31% · 12 open now · since Apr 2025
Azure 12 6% required in 33% · 12 open now · since Jul 2026
GCP 9 4% required in 89% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
VMWare 9 4% required in 44% · 9 open now · since Jul 2026
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Splunk7
Red Hat6
Bitbucket6
Grafana6
Power BI5
GitHub5
Label Studio4
Unix4
Active Directory4
Bamboo3
LDAP3
CUDA Toolkit3
Amazon S32
Kali Linux2
SIEM2
SonarQube2
Tableau2
Windows Server2
Rancher2
ActiveMQ2
Apache Kafka2
Amazon EKS1
GitLab CI1
PubMed1
Amazon ECS1
K3s1
RTOS1
Ubuntu1

What developer tools does Pennsylvania State University use?

Docker is named in 11% of job postings at Pennsylvania State University, followed by Git (10%), Ansible (8%), SolidWorks (8%).

Docker 22 11% required in 36% · 21 open now · since Jul 2025
Git 21 10% required in 48% · 20 open now · since Jul 2025
Ansible 16 8% required in 44% · 15 open now · since Jul 2025
SolidWorks 16 8% required in 44% · 15 open now · since Jun 2026
Simulink 8 4% required in 75% · 8 open now · since Apr 2025
Canva 8 4% required in 50% · 6 open now · since Sep 2024
Adobe Photoshop 6 3% required in 50% · 6 open now · since Feb 2026
AutoCAD 6 3% required in 17% · 5 open now · since Jun 2026
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Prometheus5
CVAT4
Microsoft Excel4
Puppet4
DVC4
Podman4
Hyper-V3
Copilot3
WordPress3
Helm3
Terraform3
Fusion 3602
Ghidra2
QEMU2
NVLink2
Nessus2
CMake2
Grype2
InfiniBand2
OpenMP2
OpenStack2
SLURM2
Trivy2
VictoriaMetrics2
dbt2
Adobe Illustrator1
Hydra1
Jenkins1
KVM1
Rest API1
ArgoCD1
Blender1

And 6 more, each named in fewer postings.

What AI and ML technologies does Pennsylvania State University use?

LLM is named in 2% of job postings at Pennsylvania State University, followed by ChatGPT (1%).

LLM 5 2% required in 80% · 4 open now · since Jan 2026
ChatGPT 3 1% required in 67% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026

Which engineering practices does Pennsylvania State University ask for?

Speech Recognition is named in 20% of job postings at Pennsylvania State University, followed by Machine Learning (16%), CI/CD (10%), HPC (5%).

Speech Recognition 41 20% required in 54% · 37 open now · since May 2024
Machine Learning 33 16% required in 82% · 30 open now · since Feb 2025
CI/CD 21 10% required in 71% · 19 open now · since Jul 2025
HPC 11 5% required in 82% · 11 open now · since Jul 2026
Computer Vision 9 4% required in 89% · 7 open now · since Jul 2026
Multimodal AI 7 3% required in 71% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
AI Agents 6 3% required in 83% · 5 open now · since Jul 2026
TCP/IP 5 2% required in 40% · 4 open now · since Jul 2026
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Time Series Forecasting4
Anomaly Detection3
Inertial Navigation3
DNS3
NLP3
Wi-Fi3
Sensor Fusion2
Configuration Management2
Reinforcement Learning2
BGP2
ETL/ELT2
Feature Store2
Red Teaming2
A/B Testing1
Agentic Workflows1
DHCP1
Self-Supervised Learning1
Explainable AI1
Fine-tuning1
PKI1
Prompt Engineering1

What does each Pennsylvania State University team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Industrial Engineering

48 postings
Python18
MATLAB17
Java6
C++5
SolidWorks5
C#3

Backend

18 postings
Linux10
C++9
Kubernetes8
Python7
Docker6
Git6

AI/ML

15 postings
Python13
CVAT4
Label Studio4
Linux4
SQL4
MATLAB3

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How much does Pennsylvania State University pay by technology?

Median stated pay of the postings that name each technology, against the median of all Pennsylvania State University postings with stated pay: $175k across 138 postings.

TechnologyPostings with payMedianvs company median
Python61$201k+15%
MATLAB40$202k+15%
C++35$201k+15%
Linux31$175k0%
Kubernetes25$201k+15%
Windows19$201k+15%
Java16$201k+15%
SQL14$216k+24%
GitLab13$175k0%
AWS12$241k+38%

How is the Pennsylvania State University stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
NVLinkSep 2026
BGPSep 2026
InfiniBandSep 2026
InfluxDBSep 2026
MariaDBSep 2026
OpenMPSep 2026
OpenStackSep 2026
SLURMSep 2026
Rising
Python20% → 41%
C++0% → 21%
MATLAB7% → 26%
Kubernetes0% → 15%
Docker0% → 12%
CI/CD0% → 11%
Java0% → 9%
SQL0% → 9%
Falling
Speech Recognition40% → 16%
GitHub13% → 2%
LLM7% → 2%
NumPy7% → 2%
Time Series Forecasting7% → 2%
Unix7% → 2%
TensorFlow7% → 3%
PyTorch7% → 3%

How modern is the Pennsylvania State University stack?

Modern AI adopter 72/100

Pennsylvania State University scores 72 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the Pennsylvania State University stack in its industry?

Share of the 926 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Python41%
MATLAB7%
Linux17%
C++12%
Kubernetes15%
Windows19%
Java12%
SQL34%
GitLab7%
AWS24%

What sets Pennsylvania State University apart

Fortran2%
Splunk2%
Bitbucket2%
Red Hat2%
Rust3%
NumPy4%
Assembly1%
Label Studio1%
Ada0%
Bamboo0%

Questions about the Pennsylvania State University tech stack

What programming languages does Pennsylvania State University use?

The languages named in Pennsylvania State University job postings are Python (37%), MATLAB (23%), C++ (18%), Java (9%), SQL (8%), as a share of the 209 postings of the last 12 months.

Does Pennsylvania State University use Supervision?

Yes. Supervision is named in 7 of 209 job postings (3%) and required in 6 of them.

What cloud and platforms does Pennsylvania State University use?

The cloud and platforms named in Pennsylvania State University job postings are Linux (40), Kubernetes (26), Windows (23) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Industrial Engineering job at Pennsylvania State University?

Industrial Engineering postings at Pennsylvania State University most often require Python (18), MATLAB (17), Java (6), C++ (5), out of 48 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the Pennsylvania State University tech stack changing?

Yes. NVLink, BGP, InfiniBand, InfluxDB first appeared in Pennsylvania State University job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the Pennsylvania State University tech stack?

Pennsylvania State University scores 72 out of 100 (Modern). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the Pennsylvania State University tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting Pennsylvania State University publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 209 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 27, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "Pennsylvania State University tech stack: 176 technologies from 209 job postings", as of Sep 27, 2026. https://alion.io/company/psu-edu/technologies

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