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149 lines
4.8 KiB
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# Market evidence report — computer-hardware-engineer
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Source: **36 real job ads** (JSearch API, countries: us 36), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-10.
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This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is
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reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
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## Seniority distribution
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| Seniority | Ads | Share |
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|---|---|---|
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| mid | 19 | 53 % |
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| senior | 10 | 28 % |
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| lead | 5 | 14 % |
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| junior | 2 | 6 % |
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## Tools — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | Altium | 3 | 8 % |
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| 2 | logic analyzer | 3 | 8 % |
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| 3 | logic analyzers | 3 | 8 % |
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| 4 | Microsoft Excel | 3 | 8 % |
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| 5 | Microsoft Outlook | 3 | 8 % |
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| 6 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 3 | 8 % |
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| 7 | oscilloscope | 3 | 8 % |
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| 8 | oscilloscopes | 3 | 8 % |
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| 9 | Siemens Expedition DX Designer | 3 | 8 % |
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| 10 | Siemens Expedition PCB | 3 | 8 % |
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## Hard skills — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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| 1 | pcb design | 8 | 22 % |
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| 2 | hardware design | 7 | 19 % |
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| 3 | circuit design | 6 | 17 % |
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| 4 | fpga design | 6 | 17 % |
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| 5 | analog circuit design | 5 | 14 % |
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| 6 | digital circuit design | 5 | 14 % |
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| 7 | fpga development | 5 | 14 % |
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| 8 | pcb layout | 5 | 14 % |
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| 9 | rf design | 5 | 14 % |
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| 10 | signal integrity analysis | 4 | 11 % |
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| 11 | systems engineering | 4 | 11 % |
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| 12 | technical documentation | 4 | 11 % |
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| 13 | hardware architecture design | 3 | 8 % |
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| 14 | hardware development | 3 | 8 % |
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| 15 | power supply design | 3 | 8 % |
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| 16 | signal integrity | 3 | 8 % |
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| 17 | system architecture | 3 | 8 % |
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| 18 | system integration | 3 | 8 % |
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| 19 | system testing | 3 | 8 % |
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## Methods — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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| 1 | liquid-flow-through (LFT) cooling | 3 | 8 % |
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| 2 | modular open systems approach (MOSA) | 3 | 8 % |
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## Responsibilities — full market ranking
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| # | Item | Ads | Share |
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| 1 | hardware design | 6 | 17 % |
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| 2 | system design | 3 | 8 % |
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| 3 | system development | 3 | 8 % |
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| 4 | system integration | 3 | 8 % |
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| 5 | technical documentation creation | 3 | 8 % |
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| 6 | technical leadership | 3 | 8 % |
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## Regional breakdown
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> **Corpus note:** 36 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
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### US (us)
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36 ads.
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**Top hard skills:**
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- pcb design — 22 % (8 ads)
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- hardware design — 19 % (7 ads)
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- circuit design — 17 % (6 ads)
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- fpga design — 17 % (6 ads)
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- analog circuit design — 14 % (5 ads)
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- digital circuit design — 14 % (5 ads)
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- fpga development — 14 % (5 ads)
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- pcb layout — 14 % (5 ads)
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- rf design — 14 % (5 ads)
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- signal integrity analysis — 11 % (4 ads)
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**Top tools:**
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- Altium — 8 % (3 ads)
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- logic analyzer — 8 % (3 ads)
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- logic analyzers — 8 % (3 ads)
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- Microsoft Excel — 8 % (3 ads)
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- Microsoft Outlook — 8 % (3 ads)
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- Microsoft PowerPoint — 8 % (3 ads)
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- oscilloscope — 8 % (3 ads)
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- oscilloscopes — 8 % (3 ads)
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- Siemens Expedition DX Designer — 8 % (3 ads)
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- Siemens Expedition PCB — 8 % (3 ads)
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**Seniority:** mid 53 % · senior 28 % · lead 14 % · junior 6 %
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### UK (gb)
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**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
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### EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
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**Insufficient evidence** — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
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## Job title variants in the market
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| Title | Ads |
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| Hardware Engineer | 9 |
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| Senior Hardware Engineer | 4 |
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| Computer Hardware Engineer | 1 |
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| Computer Hardware Engineer I | 1 |
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| Digital Hardware Engineer | 1 |
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| Hardware Design Engineer | 1 |
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| Hardware Design Engineer - Sr Staff | 1 |
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| Hardware Design Engineer 3 with Security Clearance | 1 |
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| Hardware Engineer 1-903 | 1 |
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| Hardware Engineer Co-op | 1 |
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| Hardware Engineer II (Co-op) - United States | 1 |
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| Hardware Engineering Lead | 1 |
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| High Speed Digital Hardware Engineer (PCB Design) | 1 |
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| IT Engineering - Computer Hardware Engineer | 1 |
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| IT Hardware Engineer | 1 |
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| Lead Hardware Engineer - Onsite position | 1 |
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| Lead Hardware Engineer - Onsite position-Ashburn,Virginia | 1 |
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| Senior Electronics & Computer Hardware Engineer - Autonomous Sys Jobs | 1 |
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| Senior Electronics & Computer Hardware Engineer – Autonomous Systems | 1 |
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| Senior Hardware Engineer-Ashburn,Virginia | 1 |
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| Senior Hardware Engineering Manager | 1 |
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| Senior Hardware Reverse Engineer | 1 |
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| Senior Systems Engineer, Computer Hardware | 1 |
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| Sr. Computer Hardware Engineer | 1 |
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| Systems Hardware Engineer | 1 |
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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.
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