Hardware Engineer salaries
5,144 H-1B & PERM records for "Hardware Engineer", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$124330
Average Salary
$37880
Minimum
$400000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Hardware Engineering Manager | Santa Clara, CA | $226000 - $236000 | Green Card | May 11, 2021 |
| WAYMO LLC | Hardware Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $226000 | Green Card | Aug 19, 2019 |
| Polar Operations LLC | Hardware Engineer | Chicago, IL | $225000 | H-1B | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Nexthop Systems Inc | Hardware Engineering Manager | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 | H-1B | Dec 10, 2025 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Sr. Verification Engineer | $225000 - $286000 | Green Card | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| NUTANIX, INC. | Member of Technical Staff | San Jose, CA | $225000 | Green Card | Apr 5, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Software Architect | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 - $344500 | Green Card | Jul 12, 2022 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Sr. Software Architect | Santa Clara, CA | $225000 - $344500 | Green Card | May 31, 2022 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Sr. Systems Software Engineer | $224744 - $325000 | Green Card | Jan 11, 2024 | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Hardware Engineering Section Manager | $224350 - $264500 | Green Card | Jun 13, 2025 | |
| TESLA, INC. | Senior Staff Hardware Design Engineer | $222750 | Green Card | Oct 16, 2023 | |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Hardware Engineer | Hillsboro, OR | $222700 - $252700 | Green Card | May 11, 2023 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Electrical Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $222490 - $242490 | Green Card | Apr 6, 2021 |
| AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC | PRINCIPAL HW DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER | WESTBOROUGH, MA | $221000 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff Hardware Design Engineer | $220430 | Green Card | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| Waymo LLC | ASIC Design Verification Engineer 1615.81095 | $220000 - $233000 | Green Card | Jul 31, 2024 | |
| Akeana USA, Inc | Physical Design Engineer | $220000 - $245000 | Green Card | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| Microsoft Corporation | Senior Hardware Engineering Program Manager (FN-1… | $220000 - $250000 | Green Card | May 29, 2024 | |
| SiMa Technologies, Inc. | Principal Board Hardware Engineer | $220000 - $285000 | Green Card | Aug 21, 2024 | |
| APPLE INC. | Hardware Development Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $220000 - $274000 | Green Card | May 11, 2022 |
| CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC | Senior Hardware Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | $220000 | Green Card | Sep 14, 2021 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Hardware Engineer Manager | Santa Clara, CA | $220000 | Green Card | Mar 2, 2020 |
| GHOST LOCOMOTION INC. | Sr. Hardware Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $220000 | Green Card | Mar 30, 2020 |
| NETFLIX | Senior Hardware Engineer | LOS GATOS, CA | $220000 | Green Card | Jun 27, 2017 |
| QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INC. | Senior Director Hardware Engineering | SAN DIEGO, CA | $219877 - $278300 | Green Card | Mar 11, 2015 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Hardware Engineer Manager | Santa Clara, CA | $219752 | Green Card | Dec 12, 2019 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff Software Integration Engineer | $218165 | Green Card | Jun 2, 2025 | |
| Arm, Inc. | Staff Engineer | $218010 | Green Card | May 23, 2025 | |
| META PLATFORMS, INC. | Power Management Integrated Circuit Architect | Sunnyvale, CA | $217867 - $237867 | Green Card | Dec 21, 2022 |
| MICROSOFT CORPORATION | Hardware Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $217500 - $237500 | Green Card | Jan 6, 2023 |
| Google LLC | Hardware Engineer 1615.25441 | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | $217000 | H-1B | Jan 22, 2021 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Staff Hardware Design Engineer | Palo Alto, CA | $216712 | H-1B | Jun 13, 2024 |
| Salesforce, Inc. | Lead Data Center Engineer | Reston, VA | $216112 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Hardware Engineering | Redmond, WA | $216082 | H-1B | 2025 |
| Microsoft Corporation | Hardware Engineering | Redmond, WA | $216082 | H-1B | 2025 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Hardware Applications Engineer | $216000 - $287500 | Green Card | Aug 24, 2024 | |
| TESLA, INC. | Staff Autopilot Hardware Engineer | PALO ALTO, CA | $216000 | Green Card | Oct 1, 2019 |
| FACEBOOK, INC. | Hardware Systems Engineer | Menlo Park, CA | $215988 - $235988 | Green Card | Jun 24, 2021 |
| Tesla, Inc. | Senior Hardware Design Engineer | $215600 | Green Card | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| Magic Leap, Inc. | Senior Software Engineer, Perception | $215592 | Green Card | Nov 5, 2024 | |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Sr. Hardware Applications Engineer | $215592 - $304750 | Green Card | Feb 19, 2025 | |
| Tesla, Inc. | Sr. Hardware Design Engineer | $215592 | Green Card | Mar 13, 2025 | |
| APPLE INC. | Software Development Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $215260 - $267700 | Green Card | May 11, 2021 |
| HP INC. | Electrical / Hardware Engineer | Spring, TX | $215190 - $225190 | Green Card | Nov 18, 2022 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | Sr. CAD Engineer | $215000 - $287500 | Green Card | Aug 18, 2024 | |
| Waymo LLC | Hardware Engineer | $215000 - $232000 | Green Card | Nov 8, 2024 | |
| Verkada, Inc. | Hardware Engineer | $215000 | Green Card | Feb 28, 2024 | |
| APPLE INC. | Hardware Development Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $215000 - $267700 | Green Card | Oct 29, 2021 |
| APPLE INC. | ASIC Design Engineer | Cupertino, CA | $215000 - $220000 | Green Card | Jul 9, 2020 |
| NVIDIA CORPORATION | Systems Design Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $215000 | Green Card | Oct 8, 2020 |
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