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- vote Apple Hardware vs Google Hardware Need help deciding between Google Hardware in Chicago and Apple Hardware in Austin. (RF/Wireless). Received verbal offers from both companies and need to make a decision soon. I am really confused about three main points. From what I read on Blind, the WLB at Google is better than Apple. Is this t
- Hardware TC 2021-2022 Starting this thread to understand where the hardware market is at. Base Bonus RSU per year Yoe TC Location
- Apple Hardware offer I got offer in design validation (DFT). Apple: San diego: 220k + 600k + bonus Recruiter told it is ICT5. How to confirm this level? Looks offer letter doesn’t show level. YoE:16
- Legacy Hardware when shifting to SDN(Softwaredefined Networking) Have a quick question. When an org. shifts its networking system from legacy to SDN, the exisiting legacy hardwares can still be used or should all be replaced to the ones fit for SDN? Thanks in advance #IT #Hardware #SDN #cisco
- FB L6 Offer (Hardware) L6 Hardware Eng role offer 215K base 650k RSU over 4 years 75k sign-on 11yoe Bay area MPK Thoughts? Is this at the low end or high end of L6?#offer #tech
- Hardware position offer evaluation current tc: 250k yoe: 7.5 yrs Location: bay area Have got final offers from three companies - amd (L7): base- 210k stocks- 120k/4yr signing- 35k tc- 250k nvidia (ICT4): base- 215k stocks- 360k/4yr signing bonus- 50k tc- 305k startup (sr position): base- 230k
- Google hardware offer Hi All! Got into Google Hardware team. I have a compensation negotiation call with the recuiter soon. How much can I expect? Current TC: 180k Yoe: MS+ 5y Location : Bay area No initial TC yet Updated offer: TC 295k yr 1; 280k yr 2 TC breakdown 165k + 275k + 40k signon yr 2 comp includes 15% target
- Meta fb hardware Offer Evaluation Meta hardware system design e5 final offer numbers Base 200k Bonus 15% RSU 400k over 4 years Sign on 40k Tc 330k Location sunnyvale Yoe 13 Current TC ~250k Pushed back hard on hiring at e6. This is after three rounds of negotiations. They didnt move very much from initial offer of 190/15/350/0
- Microsoft Hardware - Sr Engineer Got below Offer for L63. How does this offer look like? Any feedback is appreciated. Base: $180K project Bonus: 0-30% Sign-on: $40K RSU: $150K vested over 4 years Location: Bay Area Exp- 8yrs
- Hardware Engineer advice Hello guys, My gf want to be a hardware engineer. Any hardware engineer around here can give some advices? Job prospect, general career advices, who are the biggest employers, PHD matter? etc… We are in Seattle, Washington if that’s matter. I’m in the software side so I am unfamiliar with subject.
- vote [Hardware] #1 place to work poll Which company do you want to join the most for a hw role?
- Google hardware offer evaluation Currently with Apple, TC~330k joined 2yrs ago ICT4: base/bonus~180k/10% rest is stock with appreciation; MS+8yoe. Got an G offer as L5 with 195k base and 500k RSUs. Good? Heard refreshers are weak and I consider staying at Apple. G said final and think it’s superb haha. I respect their perspective
- Rate Apple Hardware Offer Hello Everyone! I have accepted an offer from Apple, Austin for Hardware Position. Base: 130K Stocks: 80K/4 Bonus: 15K YOE: MS + 1 Location: Austin TC: 165K How does apple stock refreshers look like? Also, whats the timeline for H1B transfer for apple? (Fragomen - Premium processing) LCA Filed
- Any well funded hardware team looking for PhDs? I currently work for an aerospace startup in the Bay Area. The work isn’t very challenging anymore and volunteer 2 months severance was recently offered. Red flag for me. I just got promoted to senior design engineer and have a PhD. Any help/ suggestions? Edit1: by hardware I meant mechanical engin
- Anduril (Hardware) Offer Final offer. Position: Senior EE Salary: 182k Equity: ~65k/yr at last valuation (Series D in 2021) Bonus/Refresher: No bonus or 401k match. First refresher at 2 years and amount is TBD Relo/Sign-on: 35k Location: LA/Seattle/Boston type of cost of living Total TC: ~250k YOE: 7 + MS Current TC: ~14
- Should I Join Google Hardware India, physical design team? Hi, I have 2.7 yoe with Intel, after Masters. I recently got an offer from Google Hardware PD team in Bangalore. They are offering 25lpa base and 60k rsu/4 years. The base is only 3lpa more than what I'm currently getting at Intel but rsu is huge in google. I'm currently satisfied with the wlb in In
- Google India Hardware profile Can someone please tell hardware profile being offered at Google for design role? What are products and divisions in which India team is working ? Is there end to end ownership or mostly support/enhancement work? Also what is compensation and level they are offering for 9+ years of experience T
- Hardware/Firmware FAANG Referral Hi all, Looking for a referral to a FAANG company in the US. I'm an electronics engineer formally but take responsibility in the design of both hardware and firmware. Much appreciated ! YOE 5 TC : 🥜
- Google Hardware L6 offer One of my interviews literally with Rick. I believe they all went well. I’m currently ICT5 at Apple and not really actively looking, Google approached me. What should I ask for in TC and breakdown? I am not willing to come for less TC than currently receiving at Apple.
- Microsoft Hardware Culture Hello All, Can you guys comment on what you think of Microsoft's growing hardware culture ? Seems like they are investing in newer generations of CPU/SOCs. They have opened up hardware divisions at multiple US locations now. Please comment on your thoughts on their work culture, wlb, compensation,
- Hardware pay? I absolutely love hacking on hardware as a hobby. And yet for work I do backend server work primarily. Hardware (PCB design, lower level hardware coding) is so much more interesting though. I’ve considered switching so many times. But whenever I look at the salaries/TCs of people in the hardware sp
- What to expect in an NVIDIA offer? (Hardware) Hey all, First time posting here. Just curious to understand from the community what can I expect in an offer from NVIDIA (Santa Clara)? The job is purely Hardware related. YOE: ~9 Years (+PhD) Current TC@Intel (OR) ~200k, (with ~145k Base/42k RSUs/Rest Bonus+SPP. Note: New scale) Thank you folks
- Hardware roles at Snap What hardware / mechanical / product design role does Snap have? Anyone working at Snap on their VR or other hardware products? Any input on hiring status / availability? TC: 220k YOE: 4 #Tech #HW #hardware #hiring #jobopening #recruiting #snap #snapchat #productdesign
- Highest paying hardware positions Just curious what the top paying positions in Hardware are. EDIT: I am also looking for breakdown by specialization. Such as Analog designer versus digital versus mixed signals... or are they all the same?
- Microsoft Hardware Team Interview I recently got interviewed for Hardware Validation Engineer role at Microsoft by Azure Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering team. I haven’t received any response yet. How long does Microsoft take for hiring decision ? I have 5 YOE in hardware. What is the job level at Microsoft that I can e
- Tier 1 Hardware salaries Now that almost every tier 1 company has some hardware efforts (google pixel/TPU, Amazon lab126, Apple, Facebook FRL, Microsoft Hololens etc, it will be great to compare who is paying for hardware engineers best. Please share your TC, YOE and level.
- Hardware vs Software Do hardware engineers make less than software engineers in MAANG? Why?
- Google Hardware L5 Offer Recently got a Google Hardware L5 offer (after negotiation and no competing offer) Base: $210k Target bonus: $31.5k(15%) RSU: $500k/4 (front load 33,33,22,12) Sign on: $30k Target TC: 436k(yr1), 406k(yr2) Is this a strong offer? Or just a average offer? Seems like recruiter is not able to get it b
- Apple or Meta??? (Hardware) I have offers from both. Apple ICT4 and Meta E5. It’s tough decision given the stock market situation… Please share your advice! Thanks in advance! #Apple #Meta #facebook #offers
- Laptop for Apple Hardware Engineers What laptop does Apple give to their Silicon Engineers? Windows or Macs? I am at the verge of an offer and this just crossed my mind. I have never used a Mac before my whole life so I wonder how the transition will be like if they only dish out macs. MS + 2. TC 130K Oregon
- Apple Hardware Offer Bay Area Received an offer from Apple as hardware validation engineer. Base 185k Stocks 350k/4 Joining bonus 40k 10% yearly bonus Exp - 6 yoe Offer Evaluation?
- Dallas hardware salary Hi, Long story short: MS+10 yoe.. TC 155k.. SMTS position in legacy Maxim and now part of ADI due to merger. I want to figure out what the hardware salaries are in Dallas.. just post your number Long story long: I am restless for few months about my TC. Am I way too underpaid when compared to oth
- Meta hardware roles Want to get some insight as to how the compensation is for mechanical design verification engineer roles at Meta. There seem to be quite a few openings and position is fully remote as well. Any help would he great! I have done similar roles in auto industry and think i fit the job description quite
- Highest Paying Hardware Companies What are the highest paying companies for hardware roles? Which companies notoriously underpay? Would help a lot for job search purposes! Thanks in advanced!
- chipdev.io - Leetcode for hardware My friend and I built https://chipdev.io for practicing Verilog interview questions (think of Leetcode for hardware), and we think it can help a lot of people here. My friend and I both went through hardware interviews in the past, and always wished something like this existed back when we were prep
- vote AI hardware startup offer evaluation Hi, I have an offer for AI hardware startup for senior engineering manager (AI software) role. Base: 225K Sign on: 25K Stock options: 55K (~330K based on last valuation) My current TC is 250K with Intel and with pay adjustment and likely promotion it will be around 300K starting 2022. The start
- FB E5 hardware offer Hi community, Is an offer for Sunnyvale at E5 with base: 195k signon:50k stocks: 380k/4 years good? This is for their oculus hardware engineering position. I have 12 YOE/MSEE Current TCO:300k #FB #META #hardware
- hardware salary thread Since there is no or very little data available about salaries for folks working in hardware, I wanted set something up here for reference. You can bookmark and reference it for offer negotiations, annual reviews, and to promote a better package in general for hw engineers. Please share some inpu
- Hardware Interview How do you guys prepare for hardware/analog/power electronics interviews? Is there anything like leetcode for HW, any favorite sources/methods? YOE2+ TC 120k#engineer #interview #hardware
- Bachelors for hardware Is PCB level design/integration basically the deepest one can go with only a Bachelors in EE? Most analog and ASIC positions I’ve seen require Masters/PhDs with ~5+ YoE #hardware #interview #semiconductor #pcb #integration #newgrad
- Autonomous Startup Offer: Hardware Role Senior Staff HW Base: 250k Sign-on: 50k (Split over two years) Equity ISO (options): 2000/4 (value: 130k/4) Target IPO: 2026 equity Equity details: Options: 2000 2022 Strike Price: $30 (super inflated?) 2026 Price/share: $95 Increase in stock option price: $65 Stock option value (ISO): 65/s
- Hardware Seems like the definition of hardware has become synonymous with EE things (chip design, fab, firmware...parson my ignorance). Don't hear anything around product design or mechanical engineering ? Is this due to the Blind demographic or people feel the meaning of the word has evolved more broadly.
- Semiconductor/Hardware startups Which semiconductor startups are worth interviewing for? Blind tax - 240K, 6 years yoe
- FB hardware offer eval #hardware #engineer #interview Would like to understand is it good e6/e7 offer. Base - $230k-> new 235k Rsu- $500k-> new 650k Bonus -20% Rsu- refresher - $125k Sign on- 100k Yoe - 10 Update
- career switch hardware to software AMA I actually got a lot of questions lately about this. So thought why not expose info to larger audience. I had both of my bachelor's and master's degree in EE, specifically VLSI design. I worked on physical design at various company including Apple for 5 years before switching over to software. Befo
- Seattle Hardware Companies Interested in talking about available hardware job opportunities and companies in the Seattle area.
- Hardware Engineering Mock Interview Wondering if there is any platform to sign up for mock interviews in Hardware Engineering especially for Architecture domain? I have come across a few which are mainly for software/coding.
- Ict 4 hardware at Apple I have received an offer from Apple as silicon defination / system engineer for camera group, Base 175k Stocks 250k/4 Joining bonus 30k 10% yearly bonus Exp - 6 years in usa and 4 years in india How is the offer ? Any chances to increase the tc. Can i.ask for.ict5? Thanks #hardware #semiconduc
- Highest hardware offer ? #hardware #asic What's the highest hardware offer you have seen fo very senior leads/managers ? Meta, Nvidia seem to be the top employers in terms of compensation , but I could not see anything above 460k in this forum unlike software. Levels seem to indicate the top range is 550k for high e6/e7
- Hardware Engineering Salaries Compared to software engineering, there is less salary and level comparison data for hardware engineering. Could you help some hardware people sharing some info regarding years of experience, your graduate degree, your level at your company, location and Tc? It can also be helpful to tell which engi