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Senior Camera Hardware Engineer

Planet Labs · San Francisco, CA, US

Planet Labs is hiring a staff Senior Camera Hardware Engineer in San Francisco, CA, US. What you'll do: interviewing, hiring, and research, work across the security domain. Qualifications: 10+ years of experience and familiarity with Ruby on Rails. Contract, hybrid, paying $206K.

Hiring signals for Computer Hardware Engineers

SOC 17-2061 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

32
/ 100
Weak

Computer Hardware Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 0% from the last 14 days)
  • High share of long-open postings (100% open 30+ days)
  • Pay is above the national median ($195k vs $130k national)

Computer Hardware Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Computer Hardware Engineers.

  • 183Active postings
  • 0Posted this week
  • 183Open 30+ days100% of active
  • 10Remote / hybrid5% of active
  • 2%List salary4 of 183
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $195kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 57dMedian agep90 100d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering142$195k n=4
Embedded27
Accounting2
Customer Success1
Server / Host1

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing163
Technology131$206k n=3
Government / Public Sector14
Professional Services6
Healthcare5

Top categories

  • Engineering142
  • Embedded27
  • Accounting2
  • Customer Success1
  • Server / Host1

In-demand skills

  • C++10
  • Linux9
  • Python6
  • Agile3
  • AWS3
  • Git3
  • Android2
  • REST2

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing163
  • Technology131
  • Government / Public Sector14
  • Professional Services6
  • Healthcare5
  • Telecommunications3

Employment mix

  • Unspecified175 · 96%
  • Intern5 · 3%
  • Full-time2 · 1%
  • Contract1 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Salary
$206k · contract · hybrid
Source
job-boards.greenhouse.io
Original link
https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/planetlabs/jobs/7644560
Posted
3 months ago (2026-03-16)
Status
active

Skills: Ruby on Rails

Topics: Security

Activities: Interviewing, Hiring, Research

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