IC Design
Designing integrated circuits, from architecture to verification.
- 3.7%
- of core AI postings mention it
- 129
- postings
- 69
- 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 6 role families mention IC Design in this edition.
In 1 of the 8 role families with a page of their own, at least one posting in five mentions IC Design: Edge AI / Hardware Engineer 31.7%.
IC Design is more concentrated in Edge AI / Hardware Engineer postings (31.7%) than across all core AI postings (3.7%): at least twice the overall share.
IC Design 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.
- 39 of 123 postings · at least twice overall
- MLOps / Platform Engineer7.9%3 of 38 postings · Sample below the page threshold; not read
- 21 of 321 postings
- 8 of 225 postings
- AI Engineer2.9%50 of 1,741 postings
- 3 of 175 postings
Skills that appear with it
Each share divides by the postings that mention IC Design: 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
- Python42.6%Languages · 55 postings
- System Architecture37.2%Methods and process · 48 postings
- C++31.0%Languages · 40 postings
- C23.3%Languages · 30 postings
Production and delivery
Categories: DevOps, Cloud, Tools
Framework, LLM and domain signals
Categories: Frameworks, LLM applications, Domain knowledge, Office software
- PCB Design29.5%Domain knowledge · 38 postings
- Hardware Engineering28.7%Domain knowledge · 37 postings
- Embedded Systems21.7%Domain knowledge · 28 postings
- LLM17.1%LLM applications · 22 postings
- AI Agents14.0%LLM applications · 18 postings
- Generative AI13.2%LLM applications · 17 postings
Industries and places
Share of this skill's postings.
- Semiconductor6348.8%
- Electronics & Hardware4232.6%
- Software & Internet129.3%
- Telecom, Media & Digital Content64.7%
- Professional Services32.3%
- Wholesale, Retail & E-commerce21.6%
- Healthcare & Biotech10.8%
- Hsinchu City3627.9%
- New Taipei2720.9%
- Hsinchu County2217.1%
- Taipei2217.1%
- Taoyuan86.2%
- Tainan64.7%
- Taichung53.9%
- Kaohsiung21.6%
- Nantou10.8%
Where this number is read from
Of the 129 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 tags36
- Job title8
- Job description101