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42,214 H-1B & PERM records for "hardware", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$124969
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$30000
Minimum
$945000
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| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waymo LLC | Hardware Engineer 1615.25106 | Mountain View, CA | $230000 | H-1B | Mar 9, 2021 |
| GHOST LOCOMOTION INC. | Senior Hardware Engineer | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | $230000 - $250000 | E-3 | Apr 2, 2021 |
| Waymo LLC | Hardware Engineer 1615.9561.14 | Mountain View, CA | $230000 | H-1B | Jan 11, 2021 |
| Waymo LLC | Technical Program Manager 1615.51942 | Mountain View, CA | $230000 | E-3 | Mar 30, 2021 |
| Cruise LLC | Staff Physical Design Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $230000 - $250000 | E-3 | Nov 12, 2020 |
| Facebook, Inc. | Hardware Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $230000 | H-1B | May 3, 2021 |
| Keep Truckin, Inc. | Head of Hardware Quality | San Francisco, CA | $230000 | H-1B | May 14, 2021 |
| Apple Inc. | Hardware Development Manager | Cupertino, CA | $230000 | H-1B | Mar 11, 2021 |
| Waymo LLC | Hardware Engineer 1615.25106 | Mountain View, CA | $230000 | H-1B | Mar 6, 2021 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Hardware Engineering | SUNNYVALE, CA | $230000 | H-1B | Apr 21, 2020 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | PRINCIPAL HARDWARE ENGINEER | Redmond, WA | $230000 | H-1B | Dec 20, 2018 |
| LYFT, INC. | FIRMWARE ENGINEER | San Francisco, CA | $230000 | H-1B | May 20, 2019 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | PRINCIPAL HARDWARE ENGINEER | Redmond, WA | $230000 | H-1B | Jan 25, 2019 |
| Google LLC | Sr. Silicon Generalist | Sunnyvale, CA | $229960 | H-1B | Dec 20, 2025 |
| SiMa Technologies, Inc. | MTS DFT Engineer | San Jose, CA | $229900 | H-1B | May 16, 2025 |
| IBM Corporation | Hardware Developer | Yorktown Heights, NY | $229748 | H-1B | Nov 14, 2025 |
| CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC. | Senior Member of Technical Staff | Sunnyvale, CA | $229600 - $300000 | H-1B | Jan 22, 2026 |
| CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC. | Senior Member of Technical Staff | Sunnyvale, CA | $229600 - $275000 | H-1B | Jul 8, 2025 |
| CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC. | Principal Engineer (DFT) | Sunnyvale, CA | $229600 - $300000 | H-1B | Aug 18, 2025 |
| SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR,LLC | Senior Staff Engineer | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $297200 | H-1B | May 4, 2026 |
| Nuvacore Inc. | Member of Technical Staff (Design for Test) | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $255000 | H-1B | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Anthropic, PBC | Member of Technical Staff | San Francisco, CA | $229590 - $500000 | H-1B | Mar 6, 2026 |
| Eridu Corporation | Verification Engineer | Saratoga, CA | $229590 - $265000 | H-1B | May 18, 2026 |
| Tenstorrent USA Inc. | Staff Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $265650 | H-1B | Feb 5, 2026 |
| SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR,LLC | Senior Staff Engineer | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $297200 | H-1B | May 4, 2026 |
| Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. | ASIC III | CUPERTINO, CA | $229590 | H-1B | Apr 3, 2026 |
| Nuvacore Inc. | Member of Technical Staff (CAD) | Newport Coast, CA | $229590 - $260000 | H-1B | Jun 12, 2026 |
| Apple Inc. | Hardware Systems Engineering | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $318400 | H-1B | Mar 11, 2026 |
| d-Matrix, Inc. (fka d-Matrix Corporatio… | Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, Staff | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $258875 | H-1B | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Astera Labs INC | Principal Digital Design Engineer | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $260000 | H-1B | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Etched.ai, Inc. | Forward Deployment Engineer | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $275000 | H-1B | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Tenstorrent USA Inc. | Staff Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $264550 | H-1B | Apr 8, 2026 |
| Arm, Inc. | Senior Principal AI Hardware Engineer | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $420000 | H-1B | Sep 10, 2025 |
| Tenstorrent USA Inc. | Sr. Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $252549 | H-1B | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Apple Inc. | FE Engineering | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $318400 | H-1B | May 28, 2026 |
| NuvaCore, Inc. | Member of Technical Staff (CPU Performance Modeli… | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $250000 | H-1B | Jun 1, 2026 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Test Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $287500 | H-1B | Dec 23, 2025 |
| SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR,LLC | Senior Staff Engineer | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $297200 | H-1B | Apr 7, 2026 |
| Tenstorrent USA Inc. | Sr. Staff Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $288200 | H-1B | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Etched.ai, Inc. | Forward Deployment Engineer | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $275000 | H-1B | Feb 25, 2026 |
| Tenstorrent USA Inc. | Sr. Staff Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $323400 | H-1B | Apr 1, 2026 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | ASIC Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $229590 | H-1B | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Density AI, Inc. | Member of Technical Staff , Hardware | Mountain View, CA | $229590 - $350000 | H-1B | May 21, 2026 |
| PsiQuantum Corp. | Staff Sub-System Validation Engineer | Milpitas, CA | $229590 - $247319 | E-3 | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Density AI, Inc. | Member of Technical Staff, Hardware | Mountain View, CA | $229590 - $294000 | H-1B | May 21, 2026 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | ASIC Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $229590 | H-1B | Jan 7, 2026 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Senior SOC Power Analysis Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $229590 - $356500 | H-1B | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | Senior Staff Engineer, DRAM | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $320000 | H-1B | Feb 5, 2026 |
| Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. | Senior Staff Engineer, DRAM | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $320000 | H-1B | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Xilinx, Inc. | SMTS Hardware Development Eng. | San Jose, CA | $229590 - $293800 | H-1B | May 21, 2026 |
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