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HARDWARE ENGINEER salaries

33,307 H-1B & PERM records for "HARDWARE ENGINEER", sourced from U.S. Department of Labor disclosures.

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$124231

Average Salary

$30000

Minimum

$945000

Maximum

Active filters: Job: HARDWARE ENGINEER
Employer Role Location Salary Program Filing Date
POSITION IMAGING INC SENIOR ENGINEER PORTSMOUTH, NH $945000 H-1B Sep 22, 2010
Altran Software US Inc. Senior Hardware Engineer Redmond, WA $930000 H-1B Jun 3, 2020
IMC DATAWORKS LLC TECHNICAL SERVICE ENGINEER NOVI, MI $696000 - $63500 H-1B Nov 4, 2014
General Motors Vice President, Global Vehicle Hardware Engineeri… Warren, MI $560000 H-1B Mar 10, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $555000 H-1B Dec 11, 2025
ZELOS TECHNOLOGY US INC Senior Architect San Jose, CA $550000 H-1B Oct 22, 2021
ZELOS TECHNOLOGY US INC Senior Architect San Jose, CA $550000 H-1B Oct 22, 2021
YO Labs, LLC Hardware Engineer Palo Alto, CA $475000 H-1B May 17, 2020
Panasonic Corporation of North America Hardware Engineer Palo Alto, CA $475000 H-1B Feb 14, 2020
Panasonic Corporation of North America Hardware Engineer Mountain View, CA $475000 H-1B Feb 6, 2020
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $460000 H-1B Dec 9, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineer) San Francisco, CA $460000 H-1B Sep 30, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $460000 H-1B Apr 14, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineer) San Francisco, CA $460000 H-1B Nov 6, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineer) San Francisco, CA $460000 H-1B Apr 14, 2025
Arc Public Benefit Corporation SVP Hardware Engineering Sunnyvale, CA $400000 H-1B May 29, 2024
Arc Public Benefit Corporation SVP Hardware Engineering Sunnyvale, CA $400000 E-3 Mar 23, 2024
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $399000 H-1B Mar 17, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $395000 H-1B Feb 20, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Jan 15, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Feb 12, 2026
Tesla, Inc. Staff Silicon Design Engineer Palo Alto, CA $380000 H-1B Apr 7, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Dec 17, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Dec 1, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Mar 23, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Jan 7, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Apr 24, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Nov 24, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Apr 28, 2026
Tesla, Inc. Staff Silicon Design Engineer Palo Alto, CA $380000 H-1B Mar 25, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineer) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Apr 22, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineer) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Aug 5, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineer) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B May 16, 2025
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineering) San Francisco, CA $380000 H-1B Jul 31, 2025
Google LLC Director, Hardware Engineering Mountain View, CA $375000 H-1B Mar 17, 2022
TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC. CONSULTANT, STRATEGIC ADVISOR LOS ALTOS, CA $374400 E-3 Aug 25, 2017
Tesla, Inc. AI Hardware Engineer Palo Alto, CA $372500 H-1B Jun 1, 2026
Maxeon Americas Inc. Senior Engineer San Jose, CA $370008 H-1B May 1, 2024
Maxeon Americas Inc. Senior Engineer San Jose, CA $370008 H-1B Sep 20, 2023
Tesla, Inc. Staff Silicon Design Engineer Palo Alto, CA $360000 H-1B Mar 3, 2026
OpenAI OpCo, LLC Member of Technical Staff (Hardware Engineer) San Francisco, CA $360000 H-1B Jan 6, 2025
Architect Silicon Inc. Member of Technical Staff - Design Verification Palo Alto, CA $350000 H-1B Jun 8, 2026
Rain Neuromorphics Inc. Senior Staff Hardware Engineer Austin, TX $350000 H-1B Aug 7, 2023
IBM Corporation Distinguished Engineer Austin, TX $348328 H-1B Mar 10, 2025
Meta Platforms, Inc AI Systems Engineer Menlo Park, CA $347576 H-1B Jun 3, 2026
Waymo LLC Silicon (Hardware) Engineer Mountain View, CA $346000 H-1B Aug 8, 2025
NVIDIA Corporation Director Senior Hardware Engineering Santa Clara, CA $340000 - $517500 H-1B May 2, 2025
Renesas Electronics America Inc. Sr. Director, Hardware Engineering San Jose, CA $339200 H-1B Nov 3, 2025
BYTEDANCE INC. Server Hardware System Architect San Jose, CA $338000 H-1B Mar 18, 2024
BYTEDANCE INC. Server Hardware System Architect Mountain View, CA $338000 H-1B Jun 22, 2023
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