Principal Engineer salaries
15,661 H-1B & PERM records for "Principal Engineer", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$142999
Average Salary
$48485
Minimum
$900000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordr, Inc. | Principal Engineer (Software Development) | Santa Clara, CA | $226138 - $264514 | H-1B | Jul 21, 2025 |
| Saviynt, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Software Engineering | San Jose, CA | $226138 - $270000 | H-1B | Jul 17, 2025 |
| Saviynt, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Software Engineer | Milipitas, CA | $226138 - $250000 | H-1B | Sep 19, 2025 |
| Arm, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Jose, CA | $226138 - $342700 | H-1B | Jul 22, 2025 |
| EMC CORPORATION | SOFTWARE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | Seattle, WA | $225834 | H-1B | Jan 5, 2026 |
| Parallel Wireless, Inc. | Sr. Principal Engineer, Stack | Nashua, NH | $225750 | H-1B | Jun 3, 2026 |
| DELL MARKETING L.P. | Software Senior Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $225607 | H-1B | Apr 14, 2026 |
| CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION | Digital Design -- Lead Principal Engineer | Austin, TX | $225601 | H-1B | May 14, 2025 |
| Infineon Technologies Americas Corp. | Principal Engineer Applications | San Jose, CA | $225591 | H-1B | Apr 10, 2026 |
| Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Hardware & Silicon Validation | Santa Clara, CA | $225488 | H-1B | May 25, 2022 |
| Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | Electrical Principal Engineer | $225451 - $235700 | Green Card | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC. | Principal Engineer | $225435 | Green Card | Dec 29, 2023 | |
| CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION | PRINCIPAL ENGINEER SYSTEMS | SAN JOSE, CA | $225092 | H-1B | Jan 31, 2023 |
| Tencent America LLC | Principal Engineer | PALO ALTO, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Apr 10, 2024 |
| Veeam VaaS Corporation | Principal Engineer | Kirkland, WA | $225000 | H-1B | May 27, 2026 |
| VOLVO CAR USA LLC | Principal Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $225000 - $270000 | H-1B | Feb 10, 2026 |
| Baya Systems, Inc. | Principal Engineer-Physical Design | Harrisburg, NC | $225000 | H-1B | Feb 13, 2026 |
| Karbone Inc. | Principal Engineer | Malden, MA | $225000 | H-1B | Apr 15, 2026 |
| Veeam VaaS Corporation | Principal Engineer | Kirkland, WA | $225000 | H-1B | May 29, 2026 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Jose, CA | $225000 - $374100 | H-1B | Feb 23, 2026 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $225000 - $374100 | H-1B | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Corelight, Inc. | Principal Engineer | Seattle, WA | $225000 - $277000 | H-1B | Mar 4, 2025 |
| Arrcus, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Jose, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Sep 26, 2024 |
| CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION | Lead Principal Engineer, Lead Principal Platform … | $225000 - $247500 | Green Card | Aug 26, 2023 | |
| Eliyan Corp. | Senior Principal Engineer, Physical Design | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 - $295000 | H-1B | May 19, 2025 |
| AuraSellAI, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Mateo, CA | $225000 - $250000 | H-1B | Aug 19, 2025 |
| Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Design Verification, Senior Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 - $263707 | H-1B | Jun 18, 2025 |
| IMG-NA,LLC | Principal Engineer | Warren, MI | $225000 | H-1B | May 8, 2025 |
| Aviatrix Systems, Inc. | Principal Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Apr 24, 2025 |
| SAMBANOVA SYSTEMS, INC. | SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | PALO ALTO, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Sep 6, 2023 |
| OwnBackup Inc. | Principal Engineer | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | $225000 | H-1B | Apr 24, 2023 |
| Venture Global LNG, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Rotating Equipment | Pointe Celeste, LA | $225000 | E-3 | Sep 7, 2023 |
| SAMBANOVA SYSTEMS, INC. | SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | PALO ALTO, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Sep 1, 2023 |
| FUNGIBLE, INC. | Principal Engineer (Multiple openings) | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 - $250000 | Green Card | Sep 6, 2022 |
| Cerebral, Inc. | Principal Engineer | Vernon, CT | $225000 | H-1B | Jan 3, 2023 |
| The Gap, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Mar 14, 2022 |
| CTC Trading Group, LLC | Principal Engineer | Chicago, IL | $225000 | H-1B | Jan 11, 2022 |
| d-MATRiX Corporation | Senior Principal Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Jan 28, 2022 |
| Zscaler, Inc. | Senior Principal Engineer | Seattle, WA | $225000 - $245000 | H-1B | May 27, 2022 |
| Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. | Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Sep 20, 2021 |
| ELLIE MAE, INC. | Principal Engineer, UI | Pleasanton, CA | $225000 | Green Card | Sep 25, 2020 |
| Clover Network Inc. | Principal Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Sep 8, 2020 |
| Apixio, Inc. | Principal Engineer | San Mateo, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Apr 30, 2020 |
| CTC TRADING GROUP, LLC | PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | Chicago, IL | $225000 | H-1B | Feb 5, 2019 |
| KING.COM, INC | SENIOR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Jun 19, 2018 |
| WEALTHFRONT INC. | PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Aug 24, 2017 |
| YOURPEOPLE, INC. | PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $225000 | H-1B | May 16, 2016 |
| Stress Engineering Services Inc. | Principal Engineer | Houston, TX | $224979 | H-1B | Feb 16, 2026 |
| Nordstrom, Inc. | Principal Engineer | Seattle, WA | $224824 | H-1B | Aug 18, 2022 |
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