What Senior Hardware Jobs Ask For
Across 392 open Senior Hardware postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are python, ai, automation.
Updated November 1, 2026
421 open Senior Hardware postings. The percentages below are measured over the 392 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| python | 35% |
| ai | 34% |
| automation | 27% |
| fpga | 25% |
| pcb | 24% |
| networking | 22% |
| altium | 22% |
| ethernet | 21% |
| cpp | 21% |
| verilog | 21% |
| cad | 20% |
| firmware | 20% |
| cloud | 18% |
| pcie | 17% |
| vhdl | 15% |
| i2c | 13% |
| itar | 13% |
| root-cause-analysis | 13% |
| systemverilog | 13% |
| oscilloscope | 12% |
| test-automation | 11% |
| embedded-systems | 10% |
| prototyping | 10% |
| assembly | 9% |
| linux | 9% |
| agile | 9% |
| asic | 8% |
| signal-processing | 8% |
| tcl | 8% |
| rtl | 8% |
| corrective-action | 7% |
| uvm | 7% |
| api | 6% |
| perl | 6% |
| bash | 6% |
| machine-learning | 6% |
| sensor-fusion | 6% |
| computer-vision | 6% |
| agentic-ai | 5% |
| llm | 5% |
"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 421 open Senior Hardware jobs →
Across all Hardware levels
Most Hardware postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 442
- python 364
- automation 263
- networking 254
- firmware 244
- fpga 237
- ethernet 226
- pcb 225
- cloud 193
- altium 182
- pcie 177
- cad 173