Yubico
Senior Hardware Engineer
Santa Clara, CA · Senior
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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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$5,294 more — $180,294 — moves this role to Level II and 2 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 $180,294 would place this position at wage Level II. 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
- In this role, you will be part of the team that brings new ideas from prototypes to the mass-producible hardware.
Responsibilities
- Electronic Design from concept to implementation and hand-over to manufacturing at scale
- Testing prototypes, HW/FW troubleshooting, solving design and manufacturing issues
- Collaborating with FW/SW/Test/Mfg teams to deliver compatible, reliable products
- Overseeing the manufacturing process of electrical components/assemblies to ensure they meet the design specifications
- Through close collaborations with technical partners like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as newer frontiers like OpenAI, we continue to shape a safer digital world while donating security keys to protect vulnerable communities, journalists, and humanitarian groups worldwide through our Secure it Forward program.
- We work to ensure that our employees have an open space to have their voices amplified to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong.
- In support of this, our employees have created some pretty cool Employee Resource Groups that foster inclusion, help build community and connection across Yubico which all employees are welcome to join.
- designed for your overall well-being:
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience designing embedded hardware systems, using EDA/PCB design software (Altium or Allegro/Cadence ) Schematic Capture, Layout / Routing and DFM/DFA
- Experience with Bus communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe, RS232/RS485, PCIe, 10/100/1000 Ethernet, CAN)
- Experience with Microcontrollers, preferably STM, TI, Freescale, NXP, and relevant software stacks
- Additionally, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations in need all over the world (you can read more about our work here ).
Nice to have
- Designing software architectures for scalability, reliability, and performance
- Wireless technologies (NFC, Bluetooth, BLE, BLE Mesh, ZigBee )
- Hardware (PCB, JTAG, UART, SPI, ROM, microcode, custom ASIC/FPGA) x86 and/or ARM chipset and firmware security (TPM, UEFI, TrustZone, secure boot)
- Experience with mechanical fixtures and automation
- PLM tools experience ( Arena or Agile )
- Collaboration Tools experience (JIRA/Confluence)
- We pay 100% of your premium and 85% for your family.
- We love welcoming new family members to our YubiTeam!
Compensation
- This role has the annual salary range as defined below for a salary pay range for a candidate located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Benefits
- We've got you covered with top of the line health plans, including dental and vision.
- Our retirement plan includes a 401K dollar per dollar match up to 6% with a cap of $6K/year.
- We offer $1,200.00 in wellness earnings (prorated based on start date) that you can use on your gym membership, a massage, or your favorite online fitness classes.
- This is a taxable benefit if you choose to participate.
- Learning and development.
- We encourage your professional growth and offer a yearly development stipend of $3,000 and mentorship program.
- We offer a total of 15 vacation days plus 10 holidays, and 7 sick days a year.
- All parents receive 8 weeks of paid leave.
- Birthing parents receive an additional 8 weeks of paid leave (16 weeks total).
Company info
- Yubico is a global leader in identity security and creator of the YubiKey, the original hardware-backed passkey.
- We are publicly traded on Nasdaq Stockholm; our global footprint includes headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, Silicon Valley, California; and Singapore.
- Why Join Our Mission?
- At Yubico, we are guided by a shared belief that your work matters.
- We operate under a cultural philosophy of Speed with Integrity, pushing the boundaries of technology to secure the AI frontier-protecting both human and agentic AI interactions-and leading the transition to post-quantum cryptography.
- In everything we do, we live by our core values:
- Battle Friction:
- We constantly look for new ways to simplify our products, our work, and the user experience.
- Inspire Higher:
- We think big, champion the open internet, and strive to do the right thing even when it is difficult.
- We are open, responsive, and collaborative, overcoming challenges and celebrating our successes together.
- At Yubico, we offer:
This listing is sourced directly from Yubico's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.