Hardware Architect Salary in San Jose, CA

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How much does a Hardware Architect make in San Jose, CA? The average Hardware Architect salary in San Jose, CA is $144,123 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $132,653 and $156,522. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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What is a Hardware Architect?

(In the automation and engineering environments, the hardware engineer or architect encompasses the electronic engineering and electrical engineering fields, with subspecialities in analog, digital, or electromechanical systems.) The hardware systems architect or Hardware Architect is responsible for: Interfacing with a systems architect or client stakeholders. It is extraordinarily rare nowadays for sufficiently large and/or complex hardware systems that require a Hardware Architect not to require substantial software and a systems architect. The Hardware Architect will therefore normally ...

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Sr Principal Hardware Architect (AI2318)

SiMa Technologies - San Jose , CA

As a Sr. Principal Hardware Architect, you will drive our MLSoC™ architecture definition which includes but not limited to IP selection, performance and power considerations and possibly ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 8 days ago

Audio Hardware Architect

Bose Professional - Framingham , MA

The Hardware Architect will work closely with our product team and our electrical, mechanical, acoustical, and software engineers to design, prototype, test, and optimize world-class audio products ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 34 days ago

Networking Hardware Architect

Celestica - San Jose , CA

Detailed Description The Networking Hardware Architect will serve as the Lead in the hardware design, implementation, and management of the Networking systems. Primary responsibilities will be to ...

LinkedIn - 86 days ago

Senior/Lead Engineer - EE Hardware Architecture

Thintronics® - Berkeley , CA

SENIOR/LEAD ENGINEER - EE HARDWARE ARCHITECTURE About Thintronics More Data. Faster. Global data volume traffic has been growing exponentially. The onset of AI applications is expected to make this ...

LinkedIn - 59 days ago

RF Hardware Design Architect

TPS Talent - Santa Clara , CA

TITLE: Architect - RF Hardware Design DIRECT HIRE LOCATION: MUST BE LOCATED IN Santa Clara, CA (Bay Area) - IN OFFICE JOB - NO REMOTE OR HYBRID OFFICE HOURS: Health Benefits: Medical (Cigna and ...

ZipRecruiter - 13 days ago

Multi-Cloud Solution Architect-AWS, Azure, GCP, On-premise, Software/ Hardware development Enviro...

Mudrasys - Mountain View , CA

The Solution Architect role is a 12-month with a client for the Mountain View, CA location(3 days ... Hardware development Environment. Candidate will be Single POC for various projects, will be ...

LinkedIn - 1 day ago

What does a Hardware Architect do?

Common responsibilities of a Hardware Architect

Understand the entire software/hardware architecture and propose areas to modify, enhance, refactor, rewrite or re-architect.

January 25, 2023

Interact with senior technical persons in other parts of the organization to identify opportunities for collaboration.

February 15, 2023

Develop production quality surfaces using surfacing tools from a variety of design/engineering inputs for product development, tooling and manufacturing.

March 25, 2023

Participate in defining and executing the Company's vision and strategy in the Artificial Intelligence business.

March 31, 2023

Provides required documentation and participates in architecture reviews to ensure that the solutions comply with standards and use approved technologies.

April 17, 2023

Contribute to the elaboration of Hardware (Hw) specification & architecture, in collaboration with the Product architect.

April 20, 2023

Support development of the Technical response to quote which outlines our technical solution highlighting any exceptions, constraints or assumptions against requirements.

April 23, 2023

Hands-on experience in design, development and launch of high volume IC designs in consumer products.

May 02, 2023

Design new hardware features for next generation consumer robotics.

May 18, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Hardware Architect in San Jose, CA

Average Base Salary

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132653

156522

144123

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

138570

165097

152100

What is the average salary for Hardware Architect in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Hardware Architect in San Jose, CA. The base salary for Hardware Architect ranges from $132,653 to $156,522 with the average base salary of $144,123. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $138,570 to $165,097 with the average total cash compensation of $152,100.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$144,123	$132,653 - $156,522
Bonus	$7,977	$5,917 - $8,575
Total Pay	$152,100	$138,570 - $165,097

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Hardware Architect Salary Near San Jose, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Santa Clara, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $132,653 - $156,522	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Santa Cruz, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $117,569 - $138,725	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Fremont, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $132,399 - $156,223	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Hayward, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $128,742 - $151,907	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Oakland, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $128,953 - $152,157	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Daly City, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $132,124 - $155,898	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA

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About San Jose, California

San Jose is located at 37°20′07″N 121°53′31″W / 37.335278°N 121.891944°W / 37.335278; -121.891944. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 180.0 sq mi (466 km2), of which 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km2) (1.91%) is water, making it the fourth-largest California city by land area (after Los Angeles, San Diego and California City). San Jose lies between the San Andreas Fault, the source of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and the Calaveras Fault. San Jose is shaken by moderate earthquakes on average one or two times a year. These quakes originate just east of the city on...

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About San Jose, California San Jose is located at 37°20′07″N 121°53′31″W / 37.335278°N 121.891944°W / 37.335278; -121.891944. According to the United States Census Bureau, th....More

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