Mainspring Energy
Senior Staff Software Test & Automation Engineer
Menlo Park, CA · Staff+
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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
$4,237 more — $164,237 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 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 $164,237 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1253) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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
- The company began commercial shipments of its Mainspring Linear Generators in 2020 and today has hundreds of megawatts in advanced development and field operations for leading Fortune 500 companies, data centers, and utilities.
- The core values that ground our work, guide our decisions, and connect us together: - Pragmatic Optimism - Excellence without Ego - Proactive Collaboration Job Overview Mainspring Energy has fundamentally redefined onsite power generation.
- Our breakthrough product-the Mainspring Linear Generator (LGen)-is a completely new category of energy technology.
Skills
- Pragmatic Optimism
- Excellence without Ego
- Proactive Collaboration
Compensation
- This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
- We generally do not negotiate on salary once we have made an offer.
- The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise.
- New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.
Benefits
- Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to
- This compensation and benefits information is based on Mainspring Energy's estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
- The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise.
Equal opportunity
- In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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