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The official benchmark is a straight-time gross wage estimate for U.S. semiconductor and electronic-component manufacturing. It is compared with base salary only—not total compensation.

ANNUAL TOTAL COMPENSATION$170,000Base 76% · Bonus 9% · Equity 15%
Computer hardware engineers · OEWS median base-wage context$166,150

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01 / PUBLIC CONTEXT

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OccupationP10MedianPublished valueP90Evidence
Computer hardware engineersUnited States · May 2025Semiconductor & electronic component manufacturing (NAICS 334400)$102,340 / year$166,150 / year$167,600 / yearMean$222,470 / yearU.S. BLS OEWS May 2025 ↗Straight-time gross wage; excludes overtime, nonproduction bonuses and benefits.Employment estimate: 18,120 · wage RSE 0.6%
Electrical engineersUnited States · May 2025Semiconductor & electronic component manufacturing (NAICS 334400)$78,880 / year$131,920 / year$141,470 / yearMean$215,170 / yearU.S. BLS OEWS May 2025 ↗Straight-time gross wage; excludes overtime, nonproduction bonuses and benefits.Employment estimate: 7,650 · wage RSE 5.6%
Electronics engineers, except computerUnited States · May 2025Semiconductor & electronic component manufacturing (NAICS 334400)$80,670 / year$146,700 / year$151,930 / yearMean$220,720 / yearU.S. BLS OEWS May 2025 ↗Straight-time gross wage; excludes overtime, nonproduction bonuses and benefits.Employment estimate: 13,560 · wage RSE 2.9%
Industrial engineersUnited States · May 2025Semiconductor & electronic component manufacturing (NAICS 334400)$77,590 / year$108,110 / year$121,690 / yearMean$170,800 / yearU.S. BLS OEWS May 2025 ↗Straight-time gross wage; excludes overtime, nonproduction bonuses and benefits.Employment estimate: 20,060 · wage RSE 0.6%
Materials engineersUnited States · May 2025Semiconductor & electronic component manufacturing (NAICS 334400)$81,000 / year$110,620 / year$119,760 / yearMean$168,200 / yearU.S. BLS OEWS May 2025 ↗Straight-time gross wage; excludes overtime, nonproduction bonuses and benefits.Employment estimate: 700 · wage RSE 1.3%
Semiconductor processing techniciansUnited States · May 2025Semiconductor & electronic component manufacturing (NAICS 334400)$37,660 / year$52,450 / year$61,170 / yearMean$89,940 / yearU.S. BLS OEWS May 2025 ↗Straight-time gross wage; excludes overtime, nonproduction bonuses and benefits.Employment estimate: 27,820 · wage RSE 0.6%
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02 / OFFICIAL JOB POSTINGS

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21 official ranges

Apple2026-08-19

ASIC Design and Integration Engineer — Silicon Security

Cupertino, California, United States

$184,700$324,800
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; Apple states actual base pay depends on skills, qualifications, experience and location.

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Apple2026-08-26

Custom Silicon Validation Engineer — Camera Hardware

Cupertino, California, United States

$184,700$277,600
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; bonus, equity and benefits are separate and eligibility-dependent.

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Apple2026-07-30

Analog Mixed Signal IP Post Silicon Validation

San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States

$184,700$324,800
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range for the listed work location; it is not a market median or guaranteed offer.

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Apple2026-07-09

SoC Physical Design Engineer — Power Delivery

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States · multiple work locations

$165,800$292,400
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Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; the posting lists multiple work locations and says actual pay depends on location and qualifications.

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Apple2026-07-28

ASIC Design Engineer — IP Integration & Implementation

Sunnyvale, California, United States

$184,700$324,800
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; total compensation may also include discretionary equity, bonus and benefits.

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Apple2026-01-09

Silicon Validation Software Engineer — High Speed IO Validation

Cupertino, California, United States

$113,506$190,900
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Annualized
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed annualized base-pay range; the posting states hiring spans junior through senior levels.

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Synopsys2026-08-26

Silicon Validation Engineer

Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

$108,000$162,000
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Base salary
Period
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Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed U.S.-wide base-salary range; annual bonus, equity and other discretionary compensation are separate.

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Synopsys2026-08-13

ASIC Digital Design Engineer — HPC IP

Austin, Texas, United States

$114,000$170,000
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed U.S.-wide base-salary range; actual compensation depends on location, skills, experience and education.

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Synopsys2026-08-23

Principal Applications Engineer — DFT

Sunnyvale, California, United States

$184,000$276,000
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed U.S.-wide base-salary range for a customer-facing DFT applications role.

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Synopsys2026-08-26

R&D Engineering, Principal Engineer — Static Timing Analysis

Sunnyvale, California, United States

$191,000$286,000
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed U.S.-wide base-salary range for an EDA/STA principal-engineer role.

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Synopsys2026-08-27

Advanced Packaging, Distinguished Architect

United States · off-site

$218,000$328,000
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed U.S.-wide base-salary range for a remote-eligible distinguished-architect role.

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Synopsys2026-08-17

Application Engineer — Staff Engineer

Austin, Texas, United States

$112,000$168,000
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed U.S.-wide base-salary range for ASIC/SoC interface-IP application engineering.

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Apple2026-05-27

PMU Silicon Validation Engineer

Cupertino, California, United States

$147,400$272,100
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; Apple states the role covers varied seniority and actual pay depends on skills, experience and location.

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Apple2026-04-14

CPU Implementation Silicon Correlation Engineer

Santa Clara, California, United States

$181,100$318,400
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; actual pay depends on work location and qualifications.

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Apple2026-01-06

Silicon Validation Software Engineer — CPU and Memory Hierarchy

Cupertino, California, United States

$150,400$277,600
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; it is not a guaranteed offer or a market median.

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Apple2026-04-24

Silicon Validation Software Engineer — Embedded and Low-level Programming

Cupertino, California, United States · multiple work locations

$147,400$272,100
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; the posting lists multiple work locations and actual pay is location-dependent.

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Apple2026-02-19

Digital Design Engineer Lead — Custom Silicon Management

Cupertino, California, United States

$175,500$311,700
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range for a senior digital-design lead role; bonus, equity and benefits are separate.

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Apple2026-04-28

Silicon Validation Software Engineer — GPU IP Validation and Integration

Cupertino, California, United States

$126,800$190,900
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; the posting does not publish a separate canonical career level.

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Apple2025-11-17

Silicon Validation Software Engineer — IO and Thermal Control Validation

Cupertino, California, United States

$126,800$190,900
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed base-pay range; the posting states hiring spans junior through senior levels.

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Synopsys2026-06-07

Senior Staff RTL Design Engineer

Boxborough, Massachusetts, United States

$138,000$208,000
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed U.S.-wide base-salary range for a Senior Staff LPDDR PHY RTL role.

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Synopsys2026-01-29

Analog Design — Senior Staff Engineer

Boxborough, Massachusetts, United States

$136,000$204,000
Pay type
Base salary
Period
Not stated
Currency
USD

Employer-disclosed U.S.-wide base-salary range for a Senior Staff high-speed connectivity analog-design role.

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Each card reproduces only the employer-disclosed base range and its stated scope. It is not converted into a market estimate, annualized unless the posting says so, or combined with bonus/equity.

03 / ROLE TAXONOMY

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01

Physical Design

Implementation, timing closure, power and physical signoff roles.

STAPlace & RoutePhysical Verification
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02

Design Verification

Simulation, UVM, formal, coverage and verification infrastructure roles.

UVMFormalEmulation
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03

Analog / Mixed Signal

Circuit design, simulation, layout collaboration and silicon debug roles.

AnalogRFMixed Signal
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04

Process Integration

Module integration, yield learning, process control and manufacturing interface roles.

ProcessYieldManufacturing
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05

RTL Design

Digital logic specification and RTL implementation.

VerilogSystemVerilogMicroarchitecture
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06

Microarchitecture

Architecture-to-RTL definition and performance trade-off work.

RTLPerformance modelingComputer architecture
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07

Logic Synthesis

RTL-to-gate implementation and constraint-oriented flow work.

ConstraintsNetlistsEDA
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08

Static Timing Analysis

Timing constraints, analysis and closure work.

Timing closureSDCPhysical Design
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09

Place & Route

Physical implementation from floorplan through routing.

FloorplanningCTSRouting
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10

Physical Verification

Layout verification and signoff rule checking.

DRCLVSSignoff
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11

Formal Verification

Property-based and equivalence verification work.

Model checkingEquivalenceAssertions
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12

Emulation & Prototyping

Hardware-assisted pre-silicon validation work.

FPGAEmulationBring-up
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13

DFT / DFX

Design-for-test and testability architecture work.

ATPGScanYield
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14

Analog IC Design

Analog circuit design, simulation and debug work.

SPICECircuit designMixed signal
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15

RF IC Design

Radio-frequency integrated-circuit design work.

RFMatchingRF simulation
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16

Custom Layout

Custom analog and mixed-signal layout work.

LayoutDRCLVS
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17

Firmware Engineering

Embedded software and hardware-interface development.

Embedded CDriversBring-up
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18

Silicon Validation

Post-silicon validation, characterization and debug.

Bring-upLab validationDebug
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19

Product Engineering

Product lifecycle, characterization and manufacturing interface work.

QualificationYieldTest
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20

Test Engineering

Test development and automated-test interface work.

ATECharacterizationYield
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21

Yield Engineering

Yield learning, defect analysis and improvement work.

SPCFailure analysisManufacturing
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22

Process Engineering

Wafer-fab process development and control work.

Process controlIntegrationSPC
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23

Technical Program Management

Cross-functional semiconductor development planning and delivery work.

RoadmapsRisk managementCross-functional delivery
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24

Equipment Engineering

Manufacturing-equipment engineering, uptime and qualification work.

FacilitiesMaintenanceQualification
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25

Failure Analysis

Device and package failure isolation and root-cause analysis.

ReliabilityMaterialsLab analysis
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26

Reliability Engineering

Qualification, reliability testing and risk analysis.

QualificationQualityFailure analysis
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27

Semiconductor Packaging

Package design, assembly interface and qualification work.

AssemblyThermalQualification
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28

Applications Engineering

Customer-facing technical enablement and system-level support.

Customer supportSystemsDebug
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29

EDA Engineering

Electronic-design-automation software and flow development.

AlgorithmsCADSoftware
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04 / SOURCES

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21 official job postings and 10 public wage records retain a direct source link, date, currency, location and stated boundary.

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