Hardware & Silicon Skills in Demand

Hardware and silicon engineers design chips, boards and the systems around them. The toolchain is specialized, and postings name specific design languages and verification methods more precisely than most fields.

We analyzed 50 U.S. job descriptions from 15 employers for Hardware & Silicon roles. The most requested skills were Python (44%), ASIC (34%) and Verilog (28%).

797open U.S. roles tracked
8 yearstypical experience asked for

Languages

  • Python44%
  • Verilog28%
  • C++20%

Hardware

  • ASIC34%
  • RTL design24%
  • PCB design18%
  • FPGA16%
  • CAD12%

Product & design

  • Prototyping22%

Operations

  • Root cause analysis14%

Updated November 7, 2026, using job descriptions collected since September 25, 2026. Shares show how many of the sampled descriptions mention a skill, so a low share can still be a firm requirement in the roles that list it. We sample a limited number of descriptions per employer so that no single company dominates, and we only report figures backed by several employers. Advertised pay comes from a different group of roles than H1B filings, so the two are not directly comparable.

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