What Principal Hardware Jobs Ask For
Across 49 open Principal Hardware postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, pcie, ethernet.
Updated October 27, 2026
49 open Principal Hardware postings. The percentages below are measured over the 49 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 76% |
| pcie | 53% |
| ethernet | 51% |
| firmware | 37% |
| python | 37% |
| networking | 35% |
| automation | 33% |
| cloud | 24% |
| cmos | 24% |
| rtl | 22% |
| serdes | 22% |
| cad | 20% |
| perl | 18% |
| itar | 16% |
| signal-integrity | 16% |
| pcb | 14% |
| tcl | 14% |
| altium | 12% |
| solidworks | 12% |
| uvm | 12% |
| asic | 10% |
| ccpa | 10% |
| machine-learning | 10% |
| plm | 10% |
| systemverilog | 10% |
| verilog | 10% |
"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 49 open Principal Hardware jobs →
Across all Hardware levels
Most Hardware postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 311
- python 244
- firmware 169
- pcb 143
- automation 143
- ethernet 140
- pcie 103
- networking 102
- fpga 101
- cpp 101
- itar 95
- oscilloscope 89