Hardware interfaces salary: $185K median
The median advertised Hardware interfaces salary is $185K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $154K to $218K: counted from 838 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $89 an hour or $15,417 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $250K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Hardware interfaces jobs
$185Kmedian advertised salary
$154K – $218Kmiddle half of roles
$189Kaverage advertised salary
838roles counted
Hardware interfaces salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $218K, 17% more than senior roles ($186K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $186K | $172K–$215K | 274 |
| Lead and above | $218K | $203K–$242K | 181 |
| No level in the title | $155K | $135K–$194K | 369 |
Hardware interfaces salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $212K | 306 |
| 🇺🇸California | $193K | 634 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $185K | 826 |
| 🇺🇸Boston, MA | $184K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $172K | 90 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $152K | 53 |
Skills that pay more for Hardware interfaces roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| High-performance computing | $214K | +$29K | 90 |
| ASIC | $210K | +$25K | 110 |
| RTOS | $197K | +$12K | 138 |
| Embedded Linux | $195K | +$10K | 166 |
| Firmware | $194K | +$9K | 354 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $362K | 3 |
| OpenAI | $355K | 18 |
| Lambda | $292K | 5 |
| Wayve | $285K | 4 |
| DensityAI | $255K | 7 |
| Sunday | $250K | 6 |
| Shield AI | $248K | 3 |
| 1X | $240K | 5 |
| Crusoe | $238K | 8 |
| Samsara | $226K | 3 |
| Apptronik | $222K | 5 |
| Waymo | $219K | 5 |
| SambaNova | $218K | 14 |
| Apex Technology | $218K | 5 |
| Samsung Research America | $212K | 3 |
| Astera Labs | $212K | 80 |
| CoreWeave | $212K | 4 |
| Pure Storage | $211K | 32 |
| Zoox | $204K | 11 |
| Muon Space | $201K | 15 |
| Nuro | $200K | 10 |
| Figure | $200K | 7 |
| Lightmatter | $197K | 13 |
| Astranis | $195K | 12 |
| Cowboyspace | $195K | 6 |
Highest-paying open Hardware interfaces roles
All Hardware interfaces jobs- Software Engineer, GPU Infrastructure - HPCOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $490KGoPythonSQL
- Hardware Systems ArchitectAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KNetwork engineeringFirmwareHigh-performance computing
- PCB Layout Engineer, RoboticsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$318K - $485KHybridHardware testingHardware interfacesPCB design
- Staff HPC Network ArchitectLambda · 🇺🇸San Jose Office (First St)$284K - $420KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningDistributed trainingNetwork engineering
- RTL Design Engineer, HardwareRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KPythonC++Verilog
- Software Engineer, River APIRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KRustC++PyTorch
- Hardware Lab ManagerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$320K - $405KLinuxNetwork engineeringDNS
- Systems Software EngineerSunday · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$200K - $400KRustC++Linux
- Lead Firmware EngineerSabi · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $400KHybridLead and aboveFirmwareHardware testingTest equipment
- Senior Software Engineer - Storage Control PlaneLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonC++
- Principal Software Engineer, Onboard InfrastructureNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$258K - $387KLead and aboveC++Machine LearningLinux
- Principal Software Engineer, PerformanceNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$258K - $387KLead and aboveC++Machine LearningLinux
- Hardware Engineering ManagerPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$217K - $359KLoad testingHardware testingStorage systems
- Hardware Engineer - ElectricalRai · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA$126K - $358KRustWi-FiFirmware
- Machine Learning Infrastructure ResearcherLightmatter · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$300K - $350KMachine LearningLLMAI
- Senior Sensor Integration Engineer (R5128)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$154K - $342KSeniorPythonMATLABSecurity clearance
- Director of ASIC Design VerificationSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$270K - $340KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningVerilog
- Principal Software EngineerCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$285K - $335KLead and aboveRustGoC++
- Principal Engineer - Perf and BenchmarkingCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$206K - $333KLead and aboveLLMPyTorchCI/CD
- Network Infrastructure ArchitectSambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$250K - $330KNetwork engineeringData centersBGP
Questions about Hardware interfaces pay
- What is the average Hardware interfaces salary?
- $189K a year on average and $185K at the median, across 838 open Hardware interfaces postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $154K to $218K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Hardware interfaces pay?
- Anthropic ($362K), OpenAI ($355K), Lambda ($292K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a hardware interfaces a high-paying job?
- The median Hardware interfaces posting advertises $185K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 6% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a hardware interfaces?
- A tenth of the postings offer $250K a year or more; the highest open Hardware interfaces role advertises up to $490K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Hardware interfaces salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $185K a year is about $89 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,417 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $74 to $105 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Hardware interfaces roles?
- Postings that ask for High-performance computing (+$29K, 90 postings), ASIC (+$25K, 110 postings), RTOS (+$12K, 138 postings) advertise more than the $185K median of all Hardware interfaces postings with pay.
- What does an entry-level hardware interfaces make?
- 14 junior and intern Hardware interfaces postings state pay, with a median of $126K a year ($61 an hour).
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Hardware interfaces roles at companies is $185K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $154K to $218K. Counted from 838 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/hardware-interfaces/
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