AI pay
Hardware and Silicon Engineer pay
Disclosed yearly base-pay ranges in current Hardware and Silicon Engineer listings at U.S. AI companies and labs, from the employers’ own job listings. 349 of 525 current listings (66%) disclose one; 313 of those appear only in the job description. Listings last checked Oct 19, 2026.
The figures
- Listings with disclosed pay
- 349
- of 525 current listings
- Median of range midpoints
- $193K
- a year, base pay
- Middle range (25th–75th percentile)
- $164K–$227K
- half of the midpoints fall here
- Remote
- 1%
- 3 of the listings with pay
Which titles count: A listing counts when its title contains “hardware engineer”, ASIC, silicon, RTL, FPGA, “physical design”, “design verification”, or an analog, electrical, or firmware engineer. Directors and recruiters are left out. Matching is on the title only, not the job description, so listings with unusual titles may be missed.
All current Hardware and Silicon Engineer jobs, with or without pay
The listings behind these figures
| Job | Employer | Location | Yearly range | Midpoint | Pay from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Electrical Engineer - Low Voltage | Lambda | San Francisco Office (Fremont St) +1 | $349,000–$465,000 | $407K | Feed |
| Staff Electrical Engineer - Medium Voltage | Lambda | San Francisco Office (Fremont St) | $349,000–$465,000 | $407K | Feed |
| Silicon Engineer | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | $320,000–$485,000 | $403K | Description |
| Technical Program Manager, Silicon | Anthropic | San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | $365,000–$435,000 | $400K | Description |
| SoC Engineer | OpenAI | San Francisco | $287,000–$485,000 | $386K | Feed |
| Firmware Engineer, RTOS, Consumer Devices | OpenAI | San Francisco | $347,000–$385,000 | $366K | Feed |
| Data Center Electrical Engineer | Anthropic | Remote | $320,000–$405,000 | $363K | Description |
| Networking Operating System Firmware Engineer | OpenAI | San Francisco | $266,000–$445,000 | $356K | Feed |
| Physical Design Engineer | OpenAI | San Francisco | $266,000–$445,000 | $356K | Feed |
| Systems Software Engineer, Silicon Bringup | OpenAI | San Francisco | $266,000–$445,000 | $356K | Feed |
| Electrical Engineer, Robotics | OpenAI | San Francisco | $287,000–$423,000 | $355K | Feed |
| ASIC Firmware Engineer, Modeling | OpenAI | San Francisco | $226,000–$445,000 | $336K | Feed |
| Design Verification Engineer | OpenAI | San Francisco | $226,000–$445,000 | $336K | Feed |
| RTL Design Engineer – Interconnect & Network Datapath | OpenAI | San Francisco | $225,000–$445,000 | $335K | Feed |
| Principal Electrical Engineer - Compute and Sensing | Apptronik | Sunnyvale, CA | $295,000–$330,000 | $313K | Description |
| ASIC Architect | Etched | San Jose | $200,000–$400,000 | $300K | Feed |
| ASIC Network Architect | SambaNova | Remote +2 | $250,000–$350,000 | $300K | Description |
| Senior HPC Platform Hardware Engineer | Lambda | San Jose Office (Zanker) | $255,000–$340,000 | $298K | Feed |
| Principal Digital Hardware Engineer (FPGA/VHDL) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $253,000–$336,000 | $295K | Description |
| Data Center Infrastructure Electrical Engineer | OpenAI | Remote +2 | $257,000–$327,000 | $292K | Feed |
| Silicon SoC Architect | Intel | US, California, Folsom +5 | $220,920–$361,480 | $291K | Description |
| Physical Design Engineer | Etched | Austin | $200,000–$375,000 | $288K | Feed |
| Physical Design Engineer | Etched | San Jose | $200,000–$375,000 | $288K | Feed |
| Physical Design Engineer - Block Level, Subsystem Implementation | Etched | Austin | $200,000–$375,000 | $288K | Feed |
| Physical Design Engineer - Block Level, Subsystem Implementation | Etched | San Jose | $200,000–$375,000 | $288K | Feed |
| Physical Design Engineer - Flow & Methodologies | Etched | San Jose | $200,000–$375,000 | $288K | Feed |
| Physical Design Engineer - Full Chip Implementation | Etched | San Jose | $200,000–$375,000 | $288K | Feed |
| Principal DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $220,000–$355,000 | $288K | Description |
| SOC Architect | SiFive | Boston, Massachusetts, United States +4 | $254,340–$310,860 | $283K | Description |
| Principal Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $210,000–$355,000 | $283K | Description |
| Staff SoC Design Engineer | Waymo | Mountain View, CA, USA | $251,000–$310,000 | $281K | Description |
| Internal Acceleration, Engineer (ASIC) | Etched | San Jose | $150,000–$400,000 | $275K | Feed |
| Internal Acceleration, Research Engineer (ASIC) | Etched | San Jose | $150,000–$400,000 | $275K | Feed |
| Principal DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $210,000–$340,000 | $275K | Description |
| Principal RFIC Engineer (Starshield Silicon) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $210,000–$340,000 | $275K | Description |
| Principal RFIC Engineer (Starshield Silicon) | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $210,000–$340,000 | $275K | Description |
| Senior Staff Design Verification Engineer | Cerebras | Sunnyvale, CA | $250,000–$300,000 | $275K | Description |
| Principal Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $210,000–$335,000 | $273K | Description |
| Principal Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $210,000–$335,000 | $273K | Description |
| Senior Business Development Manager, Silicon Photonics | Intel | US, California, Folsom +2 | $221,810–$313,140 | $267K | Description |
| Neuromorphic Front-End Silicon Lead | Intel | US, Arizona, Phoenix +4 | $220,920–$311,890 | $266K | Description |
| Senior Formal Verification Engineer – AI SoC Development | Intel | US, California, Folsom +3 | $220,920–$311,890 | $266K | Description |
| Staff Perception Hardware Engineer | Apptronik | Sunnyvale, CA | $240,000–$288,000 | $264K | Description |
| RTL Design Engineer | Etched | San Jose | $150,000–$370,000 | $260K | Feed |
| Principal Design Verification Engineer – CPU Coherent Interconnect | SiFive | Austin, Texas, United States +2 | $231,444–$282,876 | $257K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer - Sensor FPGA | Apptronik | Sunnyvale, CA | $244,000–$270,000 | $257K | Description |
| Staff Embedded Engineer, EW | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $220,000–$292,000 | $256K | Description |
| Staff FPGA Engineer - RF Comm Systems/Simulink | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $220,000–$292,000 | $256K | Description |
| Staff FPGA Engineer, EW | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $220,000–$292,000 | $256K | Description |
| Staff Firmware Engineer | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $220,000–$292,000 | $256K | Description |
| Post-Silicon Validation Engineer | Etched | San Jose | $160,000–$350,000 | $255K | Feed |
| Staff Digital Hardware Engineer | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $220,000–$290,000 | $255K | Description |
| Design Verification Engineer - Interface IP | Etched | Austin | $150,000–$350,000 | $250K | Feed |
| Design Verification Engineer - Interface IP | Etched | San Jose | $150,000–$350,000 | $250K | Feed |
| Design Verification Engineer - Internal IP | Etched | Austin | $150,000–$350,000 | $250K | Feed |
| Design Verification Engineer - Internal IP | Etched | San Jose | $150,000–$350,000 | $250K | Feed |
| Design Verification Engineer - SoC | Etched | Austin | $150,000–$350,000 | $250K | Feed |
| Design Verification Engineer - SoC | Etched | San Jose | $150,000–$350,000 | $250K | Feed |
| Electrical Engineer, Hardware Systems | Etched | San Jose | $150,000–$350,000 | $250K | Feed |
| Lead RTL Design Engineer | Cerebras | Sunnyvale, CA | $200,000–$299,000 | $250K | Description |
| Staff Design Verification Engineer | Cerebras | Sunnyvale, CA | $225,000–$270,000 | $248K | Description |
| Senior ASIC RTL Design Engineer, AI Hardware | Cerebras | Sunnyvale, CA | $200,000–$290,000 | $245K | Description |
| Sr. Staff Physical Design Engineer | Lightmatter | Mountain View, CA | $220,000–$270,000 | $245K | Description |
| Sr. Staff Physical Design Timing Engineer (STA) | Lightmatter | Mountain View, CA | $220,000–$270,000 | $245K | Description |
| Principal ASIC Design Engineer (Starshield) | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $200,000–$285,000 | $243K | Description |
| Sr. Staff Physical Design Engineer | Lightmatter | Boston, MA | $217,000–$267,000 | $242K | Description |
| Sr. Staff Physical Design Timing Engineer (STA) | Lightmatter | Boston, MA | $217,000–$267,000 | $242K | Description |
| Principal Electrical Engineer | Crusoe | Arvada, Co - Us | $225,000–$255,000 | $240K | Description |
| Principal Electrical Engineer, Satellites (Starlink) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $190,000–$290,000 | $240K | Description |
| Hardware Engineer, Test | OpenAI | San Francisco | $177,000–$300,000 | $239K | Feed |
| Microarchitecture and Design Engineer - AI SoC | Intel | US, California, Folsom +1 | $164,470–$311,890 | $238K | Description |
| Senior CPU RTL Design Engineer | Intel | US, Oregon, Hillsboro +1 | $164,470–$311,890 | $238K | Description |
| Senior Design Verification Engineer | Intel | US, California, Santa Clara | $164,470–$311,890 | $238K | Description |
| Silicon Packaging Design Architect | Intel | US, Arizona, Phoenix | $164,470–$311,890 | $238K | Description |
| Senior Robotic Firmware Engineer | Anduril Industries | Irvine, California, United States | $182,000–$292,000 | $237K | Description |
| Staff Firmware Engineer | Agility Robotics | Hybrid- Fremont, CA | $205,000–$265,000 | $235K | Description |
| Senior Formal Verification Engineer | Waymo | Mountain View, CA, USA | $204,000–$259,000 | $232K | Description |
| Physical Design Engineer | Cerebras | Sunnyvale, CA | $180,000–$280,000 | $230K | Description |
| Senior CPU Silicon Analysis Engineer | Intel | US, Oregon, Hillsboro | $190,610–$269,100 | $230K | Description |
| Sr. ASIC DFT Engineer (Silicon) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $175,000–$280,000 | $228K | Description |
| Sr. ASIC Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $175,000–$280,000 | $228K | Description |
| Sr. ASIC Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $175,000–$280,000 | $228K | Description |
| Sr. DSP Systems Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $175,000–$280,000 | $228K | Description |
| Sr. Full Chip Physical Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $175,000–$280,000 | $228K | Description |
| Sr. SOC/ASIC Physical Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $175,000–$280,000 | $228K | Description |
| Sr. Silicon Photonics Design Engineer (RFIC Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $175,000–$280,000 | $228K | Description |
| Sr. Technical Project Lead (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $175,000–$280,000 | $228K | Description |
| Staff/Sr. Staff Design Verification | Lightmatter | Mountain View, CA | $196,000–$257,000 | $227K | Description |
| Senior Staff Electrical Engineer | Cerebras | Sunnyvale, CA | $210,000–$240,000 | $225K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer | Agility Robotics | Hybrid- Fremont, CA | $194,000–$253,000 | $224K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer - Compute | Apptronik | Sunnyvale, Ca | $210,000–$235,000 | $223K | Description |
| Lead Electrical Engineer, Maneuver Dominance | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Lead Hardware Engineer | Anduril Industries | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Embedded Engineer | Anduril Industries | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Embedded Engineer, EW | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior FPGA Verification Engineer | Anduril Industries | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior FPGA Verification Engineer | Anduril Industries | Goleta, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer | Anduril Industries | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer (Bare-Metal) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer (RTOS) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer - ESAD | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer, Connected Warfare | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer, Embedded Systems | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer, Motor Controls | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer, Space Embedded Systems | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer, Wireless | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Software Engineer (AOSP/Qualcomm SoC Connectivity) | Anduril Industries | Bellevue, Washington, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Senior Test Firmware Engineer, Electrical Test | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Design Verification Test Engineer | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer (Circuit Design) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer (Power & Mixed-Signal) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer (Sensors) | Anduril Industries | Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer (Sensors) | Anduril Industries | Bellevue, Washington, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer (Sensors) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer (Weapons Systems) | Anduril Industries | Fort Collins, Colorado, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer (Weapons Systems) | Anduril Industries | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer (Weapons Systems) | Anduril Industries | Bellevue, Washington, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff Electrical Engineer, Space | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $191,000–$253,000 | $222K | Description |
| Staff/Sr. Staff Design Verification | Lightmatter | Boston, MA | $206,000–$236,000 | $221K | Description |
| Sr. Staff Design Verification Engineer | d-Matrix | Santa Clara | $175,000–$265,000 | $220K | Feed |
| Staff Electrical Design Engineer | Lightmatter | Mountain View, CA | $186,000–$250,000 | $218K | Description |
| Staff/Sr Staff Electrical Design Engineer | Lightmatter | Mountain View, CA | $186,000–$250,000 | $218K | Description |
| Manager, ASIC Design Engineering (Starshield Silicon) | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $190,000–$245,000 | $218K | Description |
| Physical Design Methodology & Flow Engineer | SambaNova | San Jose, California, United States | $180,000–$255,000 | $218K | Description |
| Principal Design Verification Engineer | SambaNova | San Jose, California, United States | $180,000–$255,000 | $218K | Description |
| Principal Post-Silicon Validation Engineer | SambaNova | San Jose, California, United States | $180,000–$255,000 | $218K | Description |
| Principal RTL Design Engineer | SambaNova | Austin, Texas, United States +1 | $180,000–$255,000 | $218K | Description |
| Sr. ASIC Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $165,000–$270,000 | $218K | Description |
| Sr. RF Silicon Software Engineer (RFIC Engineering) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $165,000–$270,000 | $218K | Description |
| Sr. Silicon Photonics Design Engineer (RFIC Engineering) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $165,000–$270,000 | $218K | Description |
| Data Center SoC Power Architect | Intel | US, California, Santa Clara | $164,470–$269,100 | $217K | Description |
| Sr. ASIC Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $165,000–$265,000 | $215K | Description |
| Sr. DSP Systems Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $165,000–$265,000 | $215K | Description |
| Sr. ASIC DFT Engineer (Silicon) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $165,000–$260,000 | $213K | Description |
| Sr. ASIC Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $165,000–$260,000 | $213K | Description |
| Sr. ASIC Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $165,000–$260,000 | $213K | Description |
| Sr. Full Chip Physical Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $165,000–$260,000 | $213K | Description |
| Sr. SOC/ASIC Physical Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $165,000–$260,000 | $213K | Description |
| Sr. Technical Project Lead (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Irvine, CA | $165,000–$260,000 | $213K | Description |
| Sr. Technical Project Lead (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $165,000–$260,000 | $213K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer, FPGA | CoreWeave | New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA | $182,000–$242,000 | $212K | Description |
| Design Verification Engineer | Cerebras | Sunnyvale, CA | $190,000–$230,000 | $210K | Description |
| Electrical Design Engineer | Crusoe | Bellevue, Wa - Us +4 | $195,000–$225,000 | $210K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | Skild AI | San Mateo | $180,000–$240,000 | $210K | Description |
| EDA Tools Hardware Engineer | Intel | US, California, Folsom +3 | $141,910–$269,100 | $206K | Description |
| GPU Design Verification Engineer | Intel | US, California, Folsom +1 | $141,910–$269,100 | $206K | Description |
| Qubit Control Physical Design Engineer | Intel | US, Oregon, Hillsboro | $141,910–$269,100 | $206K | Description |
| Senior Analog Design Engineer | Intel | US, California, Santa Clara | $141,910–$269,100 | $206K | Description |
| Senior EDA Tools Hardware Engineer | Intel | US, California, Folsom +3 | $141,910–$269,100 | $206K | Description |
| Silicon Photonics Component Design Engineer | Intel | US, New Mexico, Albuquerque | $141,910–$269,100 | $206K | Description |
| Sr. Wireless Firmware Engineer (Starlink Mobile) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $170,000–$235,000 | $203K | Description |
| Staff Analog Design Engineer | d-Matrix | Santa Clara | $155,000–$250,000 | $203K | Feed |
| Staff Analog Design Engineer, SerDes Clocking | d-Matrix | Santa Clara | $155,000–$250,000 | $203K | Feed |
| Staff Analog Design Engineer, TX/RX Datapath | d-Matrix | Santa Clara | $155,000–$250,000 | $203K | Feed |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | Agility Robotics | Hybrid- Fremont, CA | $174,000–$226,000 | $200K | Description |
| Software Engineer - FPGA-Accelerated RTL Simulation | SiFive | Berkeley, California, United States | $178,848–$218,592 | $199K | Description |
| Staff RTL Design Engineer - CPU LS/PF/MMU | SiFive | Austin, Texas, United States +1 | $178,848–$218,592 | $199K | Description |
| Platform Hardware Design Engineer | Intel | US, Oregon, Hillsboro | $164,470–$232,190 | $198K | Description |
| Senior GPU Physical Design Engineer | Intel | US, California, Folsom +2 | $164,470–$232,190 | $198K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer | CoreWeave | New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA | $153,000–$242,000 | $198K | Description |
| Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Satellites Payload (Starlink) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $150,000–$245,000 | $198K | Description |
| Sr. Hardware Design Engineer - Electrical, Satellites Payload (Starlink) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $150,000–$245,000 | $198K | Description |
| Silicon Photonics Wafer Test Automation Development Engineer | Intel | US, California, Santa Clara | $149,600–$245,160 | $197K | Description |
| ASIC Design Verification Engineer | Waymo | Mountain View, CA, USA | $175,000–$215,000 | $195K | Description |
| Silicon Emulation Engineer | Waymo | Mountain View, CA, USA +1 | $175,000–$215,000 | $195K | Description |
| Embedded Firmware Engineer | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Embedded Firmware Engineer, Connected Warfare | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Firmware Engineer | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Firmware Engineer, Embedded Systems | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Firmware Engineer, Space Embedded Systems | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Senior FPGA Engineer, EW | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Senior FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems | Anduril Industries | Reston, Virginia, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Senior FPGA Verification Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $166,000–$220,000 | $193K | Description |
| Sr. ASIC Design Engineer (Starshield) | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $160,000–$225,000 | $193K | Description |
| Sr. Wireless Firmware Engineer (Starlink Mobile) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $160,000–$225,000 | $193K | Description |
| Lead Hardware Engineer | Anduril Industries | Boulder, Colorado, United States | $165,000–$218,000 | $192K | Description |
| Senior FPGA Verification Engineer | Anduril Industries | Boulder, Colorado, United States | $165,000–$218,000 | $192K | Description |
| Senior Firmware Engineer, Space | Anduril Industries | Boulder, Colorado, United States | $165,000–$218,000 | $192K | Description |
| Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Satellites (Starlink) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $140,000–$235,000 | $188K | Description |
| CPU Physical Design Engineer | Intel | US, Texas, Austin | $141,910–$232,190 | $187K | Description |
| GPU Design Verification Engineer | Intel | US, California, Folsom +2 | $141,910–$232,190 | $187K | Description |
| ASIC Implementation Engineer | Broadcom | USA-CA San Jose Innovation Drive | $143,800–$230,000 | $187K | Description |
| Design Verification Engineer | Broadcom | USA-CA San Jose Innovation Drive | $143,800–$230,000 | $187K | Description |
| Design Verification Engineer | Broadcom | USA-CA San Jose Innovation Drive | $143,800–$230,000 | $187K | Description |
| Lead ASIC Design Engineer | Broadcom | USA-California-San Jose-1320 Ridder Park Drive | $143,800–$230,000 | $187K | Description |
| Senior Custom ASIC Engineering Lead | Broadcom | USA-CA Irvine Alton Parkway Bldg 1 +2 | $143,800–$230,000 | $187K | Description |
| Senior Custom ASIC Engineering Lead | Broadcom | USA-CA Irvine Alton Parkway Bldg 1 +2 | $143,800–$230,000 | $187K | Description |
| Electrical Engineer, Actuator Systems | Figure | San Jose, CA | $120,000–$250,000 | $185K | Description |
| Electrical Engineer, Torso | Figure | San Jose, CA | $120,000–$250,000 | $185K | Description |
| Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Laser Powder Bed Fusion Printers (Raptor) | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $140,000–$230,000 | $185K | Description |
| Sr. Electrical Design Engineer, Raptor 3D Printers | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $140,000–$230,000 | $185K | Description |
| Electrical Engineer - Radio Frequency/Microwave | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Livermore, CA, United States | $146,340–$222,564 | $184K | Description |
| Electrical Engineer - Space Systems | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Livermore, CA, United States | $146,340–$222,564 | $184K | Description |
| Nuclear Facility Cognizant System Electrical Engineer | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Livermore, CA, United States | $146,340–$222,564 | $184K | Description |
| Pulsed Power Electrical Engineer - Laser and Experimental Systems | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Livermore, CA, United States | $146,340–$222,564 | $184K | Description |
| Senior Data Center Electrical Engineer | CoreWeave | Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Francisco, CA / Bellevue, WA | $157,000–$210,000 | $184K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Omen | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$220,000 | $183K | Description |
| Hardware Engineer - Liquid Cooling | CoreWeave | New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA | $120,000–$242,000 | $181K | Description |
| Senior Staff Firmware Engineer | Boston Dynamics | Waltham, MA | $160,000–$200,000 | $180K | Description |
| Electrical Design Engineer | Lightmatter | Mountain View, CA | $149,000–$206,000 | $178K | Description |
| Hardware Engineer, LIDAR Performance Validation | Waymo | Mountain View, CA, USA | $159,000–$196,000 | $178K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Intelligence Systems | Anduril Industries | Reston, Virginia, United States | $142,000–$213,000 | $178K | Description |
| GPU Design Verification Engineer | Intel | US, California, Folsom +2 | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| Hardware Engineer | Intel | US, California, Santa Clara | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| IA Core Post Silicon Validation Engineer | Intel | US, Texas, Austin | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| Mid-level Physical Design Engineer CPU | Intel | US, Oregon, Hillsboro | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| Senior Analog Design Engineer | Intel | US, California, Santa Clara | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| Senior Design Verification Engineer - Neuromorphic Computing | Intel | US, Arizona, Phoenix +4 | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| Senior Silicon Photonics Reliability Engineer | Intel | US, California, Santa Clara +2 | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| Senior SoC Physical Layout & Full-Chip Integration Engineer | Intel | US, Arizona, Phoenix +2 | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| Silicon Photonics Test Engineer | Intel | US, California, Santa Clara | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| • AI/ML CAD Engineer, RTL & Design Verification | Intel | US, Oregon, Hillsboro +1 | $122,440–$232,190 | $177K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $140,000–$213,000 | $177K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Sensor Systems | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $140,000–$213,000 | $177K | Description |
| Design Verification Infrastructure Engineer - Platform | SiFive | Austin, Texas, United States +3 | $158,760–$194,040 | $176K | Description |
| Senior RTL Design Engineer - CPU Frontend | SiFive | Cambridge, England, United Kingdom +2 | $158,760–$194,040 | $176K | Description |
| ASIC Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $135,000–$210,000 | $173K | Description |
| ASIC/SOC DFT Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $135,000–$210,000 | $173K | Description |
| Design Verification Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $135,000–$210,000 | $173K | Description |
| Electro-Optic Link Hardware Engineer | Lightmatter | Mountain View, CA | $155,000–$190,000 | $173K | Description |
| Physical Design Engineer (Silicon Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $135,000–$210,000 | $173K | Description |
| Silicon Photonics Design Engineer (RFIC Engineering) | SpaceX | Palo Alto, CA | $135,000–$210,000 | $173K | Description |
| Sr. Electrical Design Engineer (Starshield) | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $140,000–$205,000 | $173K | Description |
| Sr. RFIC Layout Designer (Starshield Silicon) | SpaceX | Hawthorne, CA | $140,000–$205,000 | $173K | Description |
| Electrical Design Engineer, Hypersonic, Air Dominance and Strike | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| FPGA Engineer, EW | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| FPGA Engineer, Intelligence Systems | Anduril Industries | Reston, Virginia, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| FPGA Verification Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Global Supply Manager, Custom Silicon and Semiconductor (Starlink) | SpaceX | Redmond, WA | $135,000–$205,000 | $170K | Description |
| Lead Electrical Engineer, Maneuver Dominance | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Air Dominance and Strike | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Design Engineer, Integrated Product Team Lead | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | Anduril Industries | Goleta, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer (Avionics) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer (Hybrid-Remote/Onsite) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer (Propulsion) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer (Sensor Systems) | Anduril Industries | Waltham, Massachusetts, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer (Sensor Systems) | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Generalist | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Hardware Platform, 8+ years of experience | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Intelligence Systems | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Intelligence Systems | Anduril Industries | Santa Ana, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Manufacturing Test | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Manufacturing Test - EW | Anduril Industries | Irvine, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Maritime | Anduril Industries | Quincy, Massachusetts, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Reserve and Backup Power | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
| Senior Electrical Engineer, Space | Anduril Industries | Costa Mesa, California, United States | $146,000–$194,000 | $170K | Description |
Showing the 250 highest midpoints of 349. Every listing with pay in the Jobs directory (the directory’s “shows pay” also includes hourly and other pay).
How these figures are computed
Method. Only pay employers disclose: the yearly U.S.-dollar base range in the employer’s job feed, or, when the feed gives none, a range stated in the employer’s own job description (labelled “description”). Each listing counts once, at the midpoint of its range (a listing with several location tiers spans its lowest to its highest figure). The median and the middle range (25th to 75th percentile) are of those midpoints. Listings are the current ones in the Jobs directory’s default view: a U.S. location, or no location that can be read.
Left out. Hourly, monthly, open-ended (“up to”), and non-dollar pay; ranges the employer labels as on-target earnings (base plus commission), bonus, equity, or total compensation; ranges with a lower end under $10,000 or an upper end over $2,000,000 a year (not plausible as a yearly base). Nothing is converted, annualized, or estimated. A group is shown only with at least 10 listings with pay.
Caveats. Posted ranges are what employers advertise, not what anyone is paid; many employers (and many states) post wide ranges, and listings without pay are not represented. Sales roles often state on-target earnings (base plus commission) without labelling them, so their figures may include commission. Role groups come from title rules, not job descriptions. There is no trend yet: USASI keeps no history of listings or pay, so each figure is for the listings current when this page was built.
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