Principal Engineer salaries
2,216 H-1B & PERM records for "Principal Engineer", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.
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$142280
Average Salary
$65749
Minimum
$475000
Maximum
| Employer | Role | Location | Salary | Program | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimplePractice, LLC | Principal Engineer | Santa Monica, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Nov 11, 2021 |
| AINSWORTH GAME TECHNOLOGY, INC. | Software Principal Engineer | Las Vegas, NV | $180000 | H-1B | Aug 25, 2022 |
| WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Principal Engineer, Packaging Engineering | Milpitas, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Sep 15, 2021 |
| TMOBILE USA, INC. | Principal Engineer, Software | Bothell, WA | $180000 | Green Card | May 18, 2020 |
| Alkira, Inc. | Principal Engineer (Software Test) | San Jose, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Jun 25, 2020 |
| DATA DOMAIN LLC | Software Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Oct 8, 2019 |
| SEAGATE US LLC | Principal Engineer | CUPERTINO, CA | $180000 - $190000 | Green Card | Oct 31, 2018 |
| Yubico Inc | PRINCIPAL ENGINEER | Palo Alto, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Sep 18, 2018 |
| Moogsoft Inc | Team Lead - Principal Engineer | San Francisco, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Jul 13, 2017 |
| CALIX, INC. | Principal Engineer | PETALUMA, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Apr 29, 2015 |
| Raytheon Company | Senior Principal Engineer | Waltham, MA | $180000 | Green Card | Dec 18, 2015 |
| NOKIA USA INC. | Principal Engineer | SUNNYVALE, CA | $180000 | Green Card | Dec 9, 2015 |
| AUTODESK, INC. | Principal Engineer, Cloud Platform Services | San Francisco, CA | $179919 - $189919 | Green Card | Jan 21, 2021 |
| GENENTECH INC. | Principal Engineer IT - Cloud Engineer | South San Francisco, CA | $179904 | Green Card | May 12, 2021 |
| Audi of America, LLC | Principal Engineer – Embedded Platforms | $179858 | Green Card | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| EMC CORPORATION | Software Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $179500 | Green Card | Jul 15, 2021 |
| Autodesk, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Sr. (#E2-953034) | $178800 - $210000 | Green Card | Sep 19, 2023 | |
| SECUREWORKS, INC. | Software Senior Principal Engineer | Round Rock, TX | $178500 | Green Card | Aug 16, 2021 |
| MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR INC | Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $178000 - $198000 | Green Card | May 9, 2023 |
| SEMTECH CORPORATION | Principal Engineer, Applications | San Jose, CA | $178000 - $195000 | Green Card | Dec 6, 2022 |
| SK HYNIX MEMORY SOLUTIONS INC. | Principal Engineer (Firmware) | SAN JOSE, CA | $178000 | Green Card | May 17, 2018 |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Senior Principal Engineer | $177914 - $279500 | Green Card | May 16, 2025 | |
| Palo Alto Networks, Inc. | Principal Engineer SQA | $177914 - $233200 | Green Card | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| SECUREWORKS, INC. | Software Senior Principal Engineer | Round Rock, TX | $177650 | Green Card | Dec 20, 2022 |
| Ruckus Wireless, Inc. | Principal Engineer | $177387 - $216700 | Green Card | Oct 23, 2023 | |
| Uptima, Inc. | Principal Engineer - Technical Architecture | $177000 | Green Card | Aug 22, 2023 | |
| MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC | Principal Engineer - MTX Design | Allen, TX | $177000 - $197000 | Green Card | Nov 9, 2021 |
| RSA Security LLC | Software Principal Engineer | $176047 | Green Card | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| GIZMODO MEDIA GROUP LLC | Principal Engineer | New York, NY | $175990 - $185000 | Green Card | Feb 14, 2021 |
| T-Mobile USA, Inc. | Principal Engineer, Systems Architecture | Frisco, TX | $175865 | H-1B | 2025 |
| STMICROELECTRONICS,INC | Product Marketing Principal Engineer | $175237 - $220800 | Green Card | Nov 27, 2024 | |
| Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, LLC | Principal Engineer, Automotive Manufacturer | $175000 | Green Card | Oct 24, 2024 | |
| XERO Inc. | Principal Engineer | $175000 | Green Card | Aug 4, 2023 | |
| MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR INC | Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $175000 - $215000 | Green Card | Sep 29, 2022 |
| Tandem AI US LLC | Sr. Principal Engineer | Lexington, MA | $175000 | H-1B | Apr 19, 2023 |
| Syncari Inc | Principal Engineer | Newark, CA | $175000 | Green Card | Apr 20, 2022 |
| SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. | Principal Engineer | San Jose, CA | $175000 | Green Card | Feb 18, 2022 |
| PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC. | Principal Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | $175000 | Green Card | Aug 13, 2021 |
| WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Principal Engineer, R&D Engineering | Milpitas, CA | $175000 | Green Card | Aug 24, 2021 |
| INNOVIUM, INC | Principal Engineer - FAE | San Jose, CA | $175000 - $190000 | Green Card | May 16, 2020 |
| DELL PRODUCTS LP | Software Senior Principal Engineer | Austin, TX | $175000 | Green Card | Aug 31, 2020 |
| INNOVIUM, INC | Principal Engineer | San Jose, CA | $175000 - $205000 | Green Card | Nov 24, 2020 |
| AUTODESK, INC. | Principal Engineer - DevOps | SAN RAFAEL, CA | $175000 - $180000 | Green Card | Jan 31, 2018 |
| UPGRADE, INC. | Principal Engineer | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $175000 | Green Card | Apr 30, 2018 |
| INPHI CORPORATION | Principal Engineer, Digital Design | WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA | $175000 - $195000 | Green Card | Jul 10, 2017 |
| INPHI CORPORATION | Principal Engineer, Analog Design | WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA | $175000 - $195000 | Green Card | Jun 1, 2018 |
| NOKIA USA INC. | Principal Engineer | SUNNYVALE, CA | $175000 | Green Card | Mar 1, 2016 |
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | Acoustic Senior Principal Engineer | San Jose, CA | $174845 | Green Card | Apr 5, 2022 |
| Verizon Communications, Inc. and all it… | Principal Engineer-System Architecture | $174250 | Green Card | May 9, 2025 | |
| IMAGINEA TECHNOLOGIES | Principal Engineer | Mountain View, CA | $174117 | Green Card | Sep 17, 2019 |
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