Top skills for Hardware Engineer jobs
Based on 199 active Hardware Engineer postings · updated Oct 8, 2026.
Skills employers ask for
The share of Hardware Engineer postings that list each skill. Text that appears in almost every posting — equal-opportunity and benefits sections — is left out.
- Design85%
- Manufacturing49%
- Verification34%
- Debugging33%
- PCB Layout32%
- Firmware29%
- Ethernet22%
- Innovation22%
- Altium20%
- Circuits16%
- Test Plans15%
- Automation15%
- Sensors15%
- Aerospace14%
- Accountability11%
- Product Lifecycle11%
- Computer Engineering10%
- Spectrum10%
- Linux10%
- Scripting8%
- Computer Science8%
- Computing8%
- Physics8%
- Wireless8%
- Data Analysis7%
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