Cariad
Principal Hardware Engineer
Mountain View, Santa Clara County · Principal · full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$13,767 more — $208,437 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $208,437 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Computer Hardware Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Computer Hardware Engineers (17-2061) · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- We are CARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles
- per year. We're looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we'll build ou…
Responsibilities
- We're looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world.
- Together with you, we'll build ou…
Compensation
- To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year.
Company info
- We are CARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group.
- Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun.
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