What Principal Hardware Jobs Ask For
Across 645 open Principal Hardware postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, automation, fpga.
Updated September 19, 2026
690 open Principal Hardware postings. The percentages below are measured over the 645 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 29% |
| automation | 27% |
| fpga | 26% |
| python | 26% |
| firmware | 23% |
| verilog | 22% |
| matlab | 19% |
| ethernet | 18% |
| networking | 16% |
| oscilloscope | 16% |
| pcie | 15% |
| pcb | 15% |
| systemverilog | 13% |
| cmos | 12% |
| signal-processing | 12% |
| rtl | 12% |
| vhdl | 12% |
| cloud | 12% |
| perl | 12% |
| assembly | 11% |
| tcl | 11% |
| asic | 10% |
| cpp | 10% |
| cad | 10% |
| linux | 9% |
| i2c | 8% |
| agile | 8% |
| program-management | 7% |
| altium | 7% |
| sap | 7% |
| uvm | 7% |
| machine-learning | 7% |
| prototyping | 7% |
| embedded-systems | 6% |
| bash | 5% |
| git | 5% |
| simulink | 5% |
| cadence-virtuoso | 4% |
| jira | 4% |
| test-automation | 4% |
"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 690 open Principal Hardware jobs →
Across all Hardware levels
Most Hardware postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 2,564
- python 2,436
- fpga 1,971
- automation 1,851
- firmware 1,718
- verilog 1,653
- pcb 1,612
- networking 1,338
- ethernet 1,285
- oscilloscope 1,266
- pcie 1,116
- cpp 1,076