Hardware Engineering
Designing and validating the hardware of an electronic product.
- 2.1%
- of core AI postings mention it
- 74
- postings
- 45
- companies
History starts on September 11, 2026. Movement needs a comparable later edition at least 30 days on.
Where it is mentioned most
Each row divides by that role's postings in this edition, highest share first.
Postings in 7 role families mention Hardware Engineering in this edition.
In 1 of the 8 role families with a page of their own, at least one posting in five mentions Hardware Engineering: Edge AI / Hardware Engineer 28.5%.
Hardware Engineering is more concentrated in Edge AI / Hardware Engineer postings (28.5%) than across all core AI postings (2.1%): at least twice the overall share.
Hardware Engineering is in Domain knowledge: a framework, LLM or domain signal. Read it together with the foundation and production skills that appear with it below.
How the readings are made: "more concentrated than overall" means that in a role family with a page of its own, at least 10 postings mention the skill and its share is at least 2 times its share of all core AI postings; "common" means at least 20% of a role's postings mention it. They describe the postings open in this edition, not a trend.
- 35 of 123 postings · at least twice overall
- AI Researcher5.0%3 of 60 postings · Sample below the page threshold; not read
- AI Engineer1.4%25 of 1,741 postings
- 2 of 175 postings
- 3 of 305 postings
- 3 of 321 postings
- 1 of 225 postings
Skills that appear with it
Each share divides by the postings that mention Hardware Engineering: how many of them also mention each skill, grouped into three lenses.
Foundations and problem-solving
Categories: Languages, Machine learning, Data engineering, Databases, Methods and process
- System Architecture33.8%Methods and process · 25 postings
- Python29.7%Languages · 22 postings
- C++27.0%Languages · 20 postings
- C16.2%Languages · 12 postings
Production and delivery
Categories: DevOps, Cloud, Tools
Framework, LLM and domain signals
Categories: Frameworks, LLM applications, Domain knowledge, Office software
- IC Design50.0%Domain knowledge · 37 postings
- PCB Design35.1%Domain knowledge · 26 postings
- Embedded Systems33.8%Domain knowledge · 25 postings
- LLM10.8%LLM applications · 8 postings
Industries and places
Share of this skill's postings.
- Electronics & Hardware4256.8%
- Semiconductor1418.9%
- Software & Internet912.2%
- Professional Services56.8%
- Wholesale, Retail & E-commerce22.7%
- Telecom, Media & Digital Content22.7%
- New Taipei2432.4%
- Taipei1925.7%
- Hsinchu City912.2%
- Taoyuan810.8%
- Taichung45.4%
- Hsinchu County45.4%
- Kaohsiung22.7%
- Tainan22.7%
- Miaoli11.4%
- Nantou11.4%
Where this number is read from
Of the 74 postings, how many were found through the employer's own skill tags, the title, and the job description. A posting can carry more than one kind of evidence, so the three add up to more than the posting count.
- Employer's skill tags19
- Job title21
- Job description53