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Hardware Engineer · California

$185,000

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$185,000 $185,000

$156.6k 25th

$185k Median

$211.4k 75th

$137.5k

$225k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $120k – $500k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 72.4%
Live roles: 76

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Highest-paying jobs

SOC Emulation Engineer - Hardware Emulation Infrastructure

Tenstorrent · Austin, Texas, United States; Santa Clara, California, United States

$100,000 – $500,000

Principal Hardware Engineer

Everpure · Santa Clara, California

$217,000 – $359,000

Principal Engineer, AI System Architect (Hardware)

Samsung Semiconductor · San Jose, California, United States

$219,000 – $351,000

Principal Engineer, AI System Architect (Hardware)

Samsung Semiconductor · San Jose, California, United States

$219,000 – $351,000

Hardware Validation - Electrical Engineer

Skild AI · San Mateo, California

$100,000 – $300,000

Principal Digital Hardware Engineer (PCBs/FPGAs/HDL)

Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States

$220,000 – $292,000

Senior Staff Vehicle Hardware Verification and Validation Engineer Lead

Aurora Innovation · Mountain View, California

$189,000 – $274,000

Hardware Debug and Validation Engineer

Everpure · Santa Clara, California

$180,000 – $270,000

Senior Hardware Design Engineer

Everpure · Santa Clara, California

$175,000 – $263,000

Staff Avionics Hardware Engineer

Relativity Space · Long Beach, California

$175,000 – $263,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
Relativity Space	$185,000	12
Everpure	$219,000	6
Anduril Industries	$181,500	6
Aurora Innovation	$221,500	4
Samsung Semiconductor	$285,000	3
CHAOS Industries	$182,500	2
Mill	$181,250	2
PsiQuantum	$172,250	2