What is Firmware and how common is it in AI job postings?

Firmware is a skill in the "Infrastructure & Systems" category. It currently appears in 63 active AI roles across 24 companies in our index.

Which companies are hiring for Firmware?

The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Firmware are: Amazon (15), NVIDIA (10), Anduril (4), Axon (3), AMD (3).

Is demand for Firmware growing?

Over the last 12 weeks, 47 new AI postings mentioned Firmware. Demand is rising — up 83% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.

At which stage of AI development is Firmware used?

Roles requiring Firmware are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (48%), application (24%), agents (19%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

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Firmware

63 active AI roles across 24 companies mention Firmware. Category: Infrastructure & Systems.

Demand trend

New AI postings mentioning Firmware per week — 47 total over 12 weeks.

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67 AI roles requiring this skill.

Company	Title	Sector	AI score	Stage
Anthropic	Staff+ Software Engineer, Inference Runtime	AI Frontier	9	L3
Microsoft	Cambridge Residency Programme - Postdoc Researcher, Generative Experiences & Collaborative Workflows	Big Tech	9	L4
Amazon	Software Development Engineer, Neuron Collectives, Annapurna Labs	Big Tech	9	L0
Intel	Senior AI Software Architect - Runtime	Semiconductors	9	L3
Anthropic	Security Labs Engineer	AI Frontier	9	L3
Google	Senior Silicon System and Software Integration Engineer, Google Cloud	Big Tech	8	L3
Google	Silicon System and Software Integration Engineer, TPU Cloud	Big Tech	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior System Security Architect	Semiconductors	8	L4
Lime	Engineering Manager, Lime Vision	Consumer	8	L6
NVIDIA	Senior Applied AI Engineer, Product Simulation	Semiconductors	8	L4
Wayve	Machine Learning Engineering Manager, App SW	Robotics	8	L6
Amazon	Sr Software Development Engineer, Neuron Collectives, Annapurna Labs	Big Tech	8	L0
Microsoft	Principal Software Engineer	Big Tech	8	L4
NVIDIA	Applied AI Engineer - Silicon Co-Design Group	Semiconductors	8	L4
Axon	Sr. Full Stack Member of Technical Staff	Enterprise	8	L6
Axon	Sr. Full Stack Member of Technical Staff	Enterprise	8	L6
Axon	Sr. FullStack Member of Technical Staff	Enterprise	8	L6
Mercury	Senior Software Engineer - AI Engineering	Fintech	8	L4
NVIDIA	Senior High-Performance System Architect	Semiconductors	8	L3
NVIDIA	Senior System Integration and Validation Engineer	Semiconductors	7	L6
OpenAI	Prototyping Lab Technician, Robotics	AI Frontier	7	L6
Intel	AI Software Engineer — Agentic Platform	Semiconductors	7	L4
AMD	Principal SoC Performance Architect-Microbenchmarks	Semiconductors	7	L3
JPMorgan Chase	Director of eSoftware Engineering - FPGA / Equities Low Latency Trading	Banking	7	L3
Adobe	Technical Lead - Adobe Express (Presentations)	Enterprise	7	L6
Oracle	GPU/CPU Systems Engineer	Enterprise	7	L3
Amazon	Post-Silicon Systems Validation Engineer, Annapurna Labs	Big Tech	7	L3
Amazon	Software Development Manager , EC2 Nitro	Big Tech	7	L3
JPMorgan Chase	Applied AI ML [Multiple Positions Available]	Banking	7	L2
Amazon	Senior PMT-ES, AWS FinOps Agent, AWS Insights and Optimizations	Big Tech	7	L4

Frequently asked questions

What is Firmware and how common is it in AI job postings?
Firmware is a skill in the "Infrastructure & Systems" category. It currently appears in 63 active AI roles across 24 companies in our index.
Which companies are hiring for Firmware?
The top employers with active AI roles mentioning Firmware are: Amazon (15), NVIDIA (10), Anduril (4), Axon (3), AMD (3).
Is demand for Firmware growing?
Over the last 12 weeks, 47 new AI postings mentioned Firmware. Demand is rising — up 83% in the last four weeks compared to the earliest four weeks in the window.
At which stage of AI development is Firmware used?
Roles requiring Firmware are concentrated in: serving infrastructure (48%), application (24%), agents (19%). These stages follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle from data preparation through to shipped product.

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