Hardware Engineer salary
Typical advertised pay for Hardware Engineer roles, from real job postings on FindRole.
Median advertised base salary
$167,300
Most postings fall between $149,388 and $190,450.
Based on 32 postings across 11 companies. Updated October 11, 2026.
As of October 2026, the median advertised base salary for Hardware Engineer roles is $167,300, based on 32 live job postings from 11 employers tracked by FindRole.
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Skills employers ask for
Share of Hardware Engineer postings that name each skill.
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Oscilloscopes 38% · 12 of 32
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Python 31% · 10 of 32
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FPGA 28% · 9 of 32
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Logic Analyzers 25% · 8 of 32
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PCB Layout 25% · 8 of 32
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PCIe 25% · 8 of 32
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Signal Integrity 25% · 8 of 32
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Ethernet 22% · 7 of 32
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Firmware 22% · 7 of 32
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Power Integrity 22% · 7 of 32
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Allegro 19% · 6 of 32
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Hardware Engineering 19% · 6 of 32
Counted once per posting across 32 Hardware Engineer postings with an extracted skill list, as of October 2026. Spellings are folded to one name (K8s → Kubernetes) — see methodology.
Related roles
Titles whose postings ask for many of the same skills.
- Electrical Engineer shares Oscilloscopes, Python, FPGA median $151,000
- Firmware Engineer shares Oscilloscopes, Python, FPGA median $205,750
Top companies hiring Hardware Engineers
- Cisco 9 postings · median $167,300
- Dell Technologies 4 postings · median $209,000
- Microsoft 3 postings · median $177,250
- Anduril Industries 3 postings · median $191,500
- Qualcomm 3 postings · median $132,500
- General Motors (GM) 3 postings · median $172,000
- Broadcom 2 postings · median $163,650
- General Dynamics 2 postings · median $140,850
Open Hardware Engineer roles right now
The postings these numbers come from — see all Hardware Engineer jobs.
- Hardware Senior Principal Engineer, System Development Dell Technologies · Santa Clara, CA View →
- Hardware Engineer Leidos · Oklahoma City, OK View →
- Principal Hardware Engineer Broadcom · San Jose, CA View →
- Senior Hardware Engineer Microsoft · Redmond, WA View →
- Staff Hardware Engineer, ECU Requirements & Specifications General Motors (GM) · Warren, MI View →
- Hardware Engineer Cisco · Maynard, MA View →
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Create a free accountThese figures are the midpoint of the advertised salary range on real Hardware Engineer job postings indexed by FindRole — employer-stated base pay, not total compensation (they exclude equity and bonuses), and they reflect the roles we index rather than the whole market. A guide, not a guarantee.