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42,214 H-1B & PERM records for "hardware", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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42214

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$124969

Average Salary

$30000

Minimum

$945000

Maximum

Active filters: Job: hardware
Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
IBM Corporation Processor Chief Architect Austin, TX $267000 H-1B Jun 7, 2023
Google LLC Hardware Engineer Mountain View, CA $267000 H-1B Aug 10, 2022
NVIDIA CORPORATION Sr. Hardware Engineer Manager Santa Clara, CA $266500 - $276500 Green Card May 19, 2021
Cruise LLC Senior Staff Silicon Engineer San Francisco, CA $266000 - $286000 E-3 Oct 13, 2022
Cruise LLC Senior Staff Silicon Engineer San Francisco, CA $266000 - $286000 E-3 Mar 8, 2023
SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.L.C. Senior Staff Engineer San Jose, CA $265141 H-1B May 18, 2023
Tesla, Inc. Silicon Design Engineer Palo Alto, CA $265000 H-1B Jun 16, 2026
d-Matrix, Inc. (fka d-Matrix Corporatio… Staff Design Engineer ML Design & Performance Santa Clara, CA $265000 H-1B May 11, 2026
d-Matrix, Inc. (fka d-Matrix Corporatio… Sr. Staff Design Engineer ML Design & Performance Santa Clara, CA $265000 H-1B May 26, 2026
Groq, Inc. Staff ASIC Design Verification Engineer San Jose, CA $265000 H-1B Jul 28, 2025
SiMa Technologies, Inc. Principal Engineer, Hardware Verification San Jose, CA $265000 H-1B Aug 5, 2024
Tesla, Inc. Silicon Design Engineer Palo Alto, CA $265000 H-1B Jun 15, 2026
Groq, Inc. Staff ASIC Design Verification Engineer Mountain View, CA $265000 H-1B Apr 2, 2025
EfficientAI Corporation Lead Emulation Engineer San Jose, CA $265000 H-1B Mar 25, 2026
CEREBRAS SYSTEMS INC. Senior Member of Technical Staff Rochester, NY $265000 H-1B Aug 28, 2025
Waymo LLC Silicon Design Verification Engineer Mountain View, CA $265000 H-1B Mar 15, 2024
SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.L.C. Senior Staff Engineer San Jose, CA $265000 H-1B Feb 20, 2023
Google LLC Hardware Engineer Fremont, CA $265000 H-1B Jun 30, 2022
Google LLC Hardware Engineer Fremont, CA $265000 H-1B Jun 30, 2022
NVIDIA Corporation Senior Silicon Product Definition Engineer Santa Clara, CA $265000 H-1B Jun 1, 2021
Apple Inc. HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER CUPERTINO, CA $264000 H-1B Jun 18, 2020
NVIDIA Corporation Hardware Manager Santa Clara, CA $263952 - $363350 H-1B Jul 30, 2021
Meta Platforms, Inc. Release to Production Engineer Menlo Park, CA $263620 H-1B Mar 1, 2024
Meta Platforms, Inc Design Verification Engineer Redmond, WA $263270 H-1B May 12, 2026
Microsoft Corporation Hardware Engineering Folsom, CA $262700 H-1B Mar 12, 2025
Microsoft Corporation Hardware Engineering Folsom, CA $262700 H-1B Feb 11, 2025
Takara Bio USA Inc. Director, Hardware San Jose, CA $262375 H-1B May 14, 2025
Google LLC Silicon Design Verification Engineer Sunnyvale, CA $262000 H-1B Mar 23, 2026
Google LLC Hardware Engineer 1615.34387.7 Mountain View, CA $262000 H-1B Jan 27, 2021
TESLA, INC. SENIOR STAFF HARDWARE DESIGN ENGINEER PALO ALTO, CA $261828 H-1B Apr 13, 2023
eBay Inc. Sr. MTS, Hardware Engineer San Jose, CA $261384 H-1B Jul 24, 2025
Google LLC Manager, Silicon Architecture Mountain View, CA $261000 H-1B Apr 16, 2026
Google LLC Silicon Generalist Sunnyvale, CA $261000 H-1B Apr 24, 2026
Waymo LLC Hardware Development Engineer Mountain View, CA $261000 H-1B Mar 7, 2024
Meta Platforms, Inc Hardware Systems Engineer, AI NPI Menlo Park, CA $260793 H-1B Sep 26, 2025
Microsoft Corporation Technical Program Manager Mountain View, CA $260530 H-1B Jun 1, 2023
Tesla, Inc. Staff AI Hardware Engineer Palo Alto, CA $260394 H-1B Feb 16, 2026
Microsoft Corporation Silicon Engineering Mountain View, CA $260200 H-1B Dec 29, 2025
Normal Computing Corporation Hardware Engineer, Design Verification Campbell, CA $260000 - $280000 H-1B Apr 30, 2026
Tesla, Inc. Silicon Design Engineer Palo Alto, CA $260000 H-1B May 15, 2026
Tesla, Inc. Silicon Design Engineer Palo Alto, CA $260000 H-1B May 29, 2026
Tesla, Inc. Silicon Design Engineer Palo Alto, CA $260000 H-1B Apr 30, 2026
Microsoft Corporation Silicon Engineering Mountain View, CA $260000 H-1B Nov 11, 2025
Tesla, Inc. Staff Hardware Engineer Palo Alto, CA $260000 H-1B Apr 16, 2025
Google LLC Staff Silicon Engineer, Physical Design Mountain View, CA $260000 H-1B Dec 16, 2024
JUMP OPERATIONS, LLC Hardware Engineer New York, NY $260000 H-1B Mar 7, 2025
Meta Platforms, Inc ASIC Engineer, Design Verification Sunnyvale, CA $260000 H-1B May 27, 2025
Google LLC Staff Silicon Generalist Sunnyvale, CA $260000 H-1B Jul 22, 2024
Waymo LLC System Safety Engineer Mountain View, CA $260000 H-1B Apr 2, 2024
Waymo LLC Hardware Engineer Mountain View, CA $260000 H-1B Nov 1, 2022
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This data comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's public disclosure files for H-1B (temporary work visa) and green card (PERM labor certification) applications.

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