§ 01 · Hiring trends

Hardware & Semiconductors

Silicon, networking, IoT, and telecom-infrastructure firms.

Over the Jan 04 to May 17 window, Hardware & Semiconductors carried 4134 postings from 300 unique companies, with the verdict steady at growth of ~-1% between halves.

Constituent tags
#TagPostingsShare
01Hardware & Semiconductors3403
02IoT & Embedded Systems584
03Telecom428
OverviewWindow
WindowJan 04May 17
Total postings4,134
Unique companies300
Track summary
First-half count2,075
Second-half count2,059
Growth~-1%
Peak weekMar 01 · 387
Verdictsteady
Fig. 01 · Weekly postings20 weeks · n=4,134
Jan 04Jan 11Jan 18Jan 25Feb 01Feb 08Feb 15Feb 22Mar 01Mar 08Mar 15Mar 22Mar 29Apr 05Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 03May 10May 17
Peak week highlighted in accent. Weekly posting counts, ranked by week.
Key takeaway

Hiring is steady at ~-1% between halves, peaking at Mar 01.

§ 02

Hardware & Semiconductors

Systems & Embedded Engineering leads at ~46%, followed by QA & Testing at ~9% and Backend Development at ~8%. Others account for ~21%.

Profile distribution — share of postings by profile. 5 profiles tracked.
RankProfilePostingsShare
1Systems & Embedded Engineering1,901~46%
2QA & Testing376~9%
3Backend Development342~8%
4DevOps & Platform Engineering333~8%
5Fullstack Development292~7%
Others (aggregate of remaining roles)870~21%
Key takeaway

Systems & Embedded Engineering is the dominant profile at ~46% of Hardware & Semiconductors postings.

§ 03 · Fresher accessibility

Hardware & Semiconductors

Commentary

Hardware & Semiconductors runs roughly in line with the market average, with about 10% of postings at entry or junior seniority. The market baseline sits at about 8%, so the fresher pipeline on this industry mirrors broader hiring.

Key takeaway

Roughly in line with the market at about 10% entry or junior postings.

§ 04 · Company class distribution

Hardware & Semiconductors

Hardware & Semiconductors hiring is established-firm-dominated: More Established at ~94% and Soonicorns at ~2% lead the mix.

#ClassShare of postings 0–100%ShareCompaniesTop companies
01Lala Companies
~2%29 cos.Source-Right · Sisha Greentech · Best NanoTech
02Early-Stage Startups
negligible8 cos.Tsavorite Scalable Intelligence · GalaxEye · Rymo
03Funded Startups
~1%18 cos.Skylo · Constelli · Pixxel
04Soonicorns
~2%19 cos.Lytx Inc. · Platform Science · Syniverse
05Unicorns
negligible6 cos.Samsara · Mavenir · Tenstorrent
06More Established
~94%204 cos.
Key takeaway

More Established account for ~94% of Hardware & Semiconductors postings.

§ 05 · City distribution

Hardware & Semiconductors

Hardware & Semiconductors hiring is led by Bangalore at ~65% of postings. Mumbai region under-indexes notably relative to its national share at ~1% of the industry's postings.

Key takeaway

Bangalore dominates at ~65%, with Mumbai region notably under-indexing.