What Senior Hardware Jobs Ask For
Across 1,245 open Senior Hardware postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, python, pcb.
Updated October 28, 2026
1,304 open Senior Hardware postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,245 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 35% |
| python | 30% |
| pcb | 26% |
| firmware | 26% |
| fpga | 26% |
| automation | 24% |
| verilog | 19% |
| ethernet | 17% |
| signal-integrity | 17% |
| networking | 16% |
| altium | 16% |
| pcie | 16% |
| oscilloscope | 15% |
| assembly | 13% |
| systemverilog | 13% |
| prototyping | 13% |
| cpp | 13% |
| cloud | 12% |
| matlab | 12% |
| root-cause-analysis | 11% |
| perl | 11% |
| itar | 11% |
| cad | 10% |
| asic | 10% |
| vhdl | 10% |
| tcl | 10% |
| rtl | 9% |
| linux | 9% |
| gpu | 9% |
| uvm | 9% |
| signal-processing | 8% |
| embedded-systems | 8% |
| i2c | 8% |
| corrective-action | 7% |
| serdes | 7% |
| agile | 7% |
| cmos | 7% |
| design-for-manufacturing | 7% |
| embedded-software | 7% |
| machine-learning | 7% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,304 open Senior Hardware jobs →
Across all Hardware levels
Most Hardware postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 1,992
- python 1,733
- fpga 1,350
- automation 1,257
- pcb 1,237
- firmware 1,196
- verilog 1,095
- oscilloscope 848
- networking 838
- ethernet 820
- cpp 785
- pcie 768