What Senior Hardware Jobs Ask For
Across 122 open Senior Hardware postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are python, firmware, ai.
Updated October 27, 2026
124 open Senior Hardware postings. The percentages below are measured over the 122 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| python | 37% |
| firmware | 36% |
| ai | 34% |
| automation | 27% |
| fpga | 25% |
| ethernet | 24% |
| itar | 23% |
| pcb | 22% |
| networking | 19% |
| cloud | 18% |
| altium | 17% |
| prototyping | 16% |
| systemverilog | 16% |
| cpp | 15% |
| verilog | 15% |
| oscilloscope | 14% |
| assembly | 13% |
| pcie | 13% |
| embedded-software | 12% |
| corrective-action | 11% |
| embedded-systems | 11% |
| machine-learning | 11% |
| vhdl | 11% |
| signal-integrity | 10% |
| ci-cd | 9% |
| root-cause-analysis | 9% |
| cad | 8% |
| linux | 8% |
| signal-processing | 8% |
| tcl | 8% |
| test-automation | 8% |
| ccpa | 7% |
| i2c | 7% |
| microcontrollers | 7% |
| program-management | 7% |
| serdes | 7% |
| uart | 7% |
| backbone | 7% |
| perl | 7% |
| analytics | 6% |
"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 124 open Senior 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
- cpp 101
- fpga 101
- itar 95
- oscilloscope 89