# Market evidence report — computer-hardware-engineer

Source: **36 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 36), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10.
This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
reproduced (copyright / platform terms).

## Seniority distribution

| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 19 | 53 % |
| senior | 10 | 28 % |
| lead | 5 | 14 % |
| junior | 2 | 6 % |

## Tools — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altium | 3 | 8 % |
| 2 | logic analyzer | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | logic analyzers | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | Microsoft Outlook | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3 | 8 % |
| 7 | oscilloscope | 3 | 8 % |
| 8 | oscilloscopes | 3 | 8 % |
| 9 | Siemens Expedition DX Designer | 3 | 8 % |
| 10 | Siemens Expedition PCB | 3 | 8 % |

## Hard skills — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pcb design | 8 | 22 % |
| 2 | hardware design | 7 | 19 % |
| 3 | circuit design | 6 | 17 % |
| 4 | fpga design | 6 | 17 % |
| 5 | analog circuit design | 5 | 14 % |
| 6 | digital circuit design | 5 | 14 % |
| 7 | fpga development | 5 | 14 % |
| 8 | pcb layout | 5 | 14 % |
| 9 | rf design | 5 | 14 % |
| 10 | signal integrity analysis | 4 | 11 % |
| 11 | systems engineering | 4 | 11 % |
| 12 | technical documentation | 4 | 11 % |
| 13 | hardware architecture design | 3 | 8 % |
| 14 | hardware development | 3 | 8 % |
| 15 | power supply design | 3 | 8 % |
| 16 | signal integrity | 3 | 8 % |
| 17 | system architecture | 3 | 8 % |
| 18 | system integration | 3 | 8 % |
| 19 | system testing | 3 | 8 % |

## Methods — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | liquid-flow-through (LFT) cooling | 3 | 8 % |
| 2 | modular open systems approach (MOSA) | 3 | 8 % |

## Responsibilities — full market ranking

| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hardware design | 6 | 17 % |
| 2 | system design | 3 | 8 % |
| 3 | system development | 3 | 8 % |
| 4 | system integration | 3 | 8 % |
| 5 | technical documentation creation | 3 | 8 % |
| 6 | technical leadership | 3 | 8 % |

## Regional breakdown

> **Corpus note:** 36 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.

### US (us)

36 ads.

**Top hard skills:**

- pcb design — 22 % (8 ads)
- hardware design — 19 % (7 ads)
- circuit design — 17 % (6 ads)
- fpga design — 17 % (6 ads)
- analog circuit design — 14 % (5 ads)
- digital circuit design — 14 % (5 ads)
- fpga development — 14 % (5 ads)
- pcb layout — 14 % (5 ads)
- rf design — 14 % (5 ads)
- signal integrity analysis — 11 % (4 ads)

**Top tools:**

- Altium — 8 % (3 ads)
- logic analyzer — 8 % (3 ads)
- logic analyzers — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Excel — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft Outlook — 8 % (3 ads)
- Microsoft PowerPoint — 8 % (3 ads)
- oscilloscope — 8 % (3 ads)
- oscilloscopes — 8 % (3 ads)
- Siemens Expedition DX Designer — 8 % (3 ads)
- Siemens Expedition PCB — 8 % (3 ads)

**Seniority:** mid 53 % · senior 28 % · lead 14 % · junior 6 %

### UK (gb)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.

### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)

**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.


## Job title variants in the market

| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Hardware Engineer | 9 |
| Senior Hardware Engineer | 4 |
| Computer Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| Computer Hardware Engineer I | 1 |
| Digital Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| Hardware Design Engineer | 1 |
| Hardware Design Engineer - Sr Staff | 1 |
| Hardware Design Engineer 3 with Security Clearance | 1 |
| Hardware Engineer 1-903 | 1 |
| Hardware Engineer Co-op | 1 |
| Hardware Engineer II (Co-op) - United States | 1 |
| Hardware Engineering Lead | 1 |
| High Speed Digital Hardware Engineer (PCB Design) | 1 |
| IT Engineering - Computer Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| IT Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| Lead Hardware Engineer - Onsite position | 1 |
| Lead Hardware Engineer - Onsite position-Ashburn,Virginia | 1 |
| Senior Electronics & Computer Hardware Engineer - Autonomous Sys Jobs | 1 |
| Senior Electronics & Computer Hardware Engineer – Autonomous Systems | 1 |
| Senior Hardware Engineer-Ashburn,Virginia | 1 |
| Senior Hardware Engineering Manager | 1 |
| Senior Hardware Reverse Engineer | 1 |
| Senior Systems Engineer, Computer Hardware | 1 |
| Sr. Computer Hardware Engineer | 1 |
| Systems Hardware Engineer | 1 |

Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.