GlobalFoundries hardware engineering salaries

Across 26 open hardware engineering postings at GlobalFoundries that state a range, the middle half pays $116k–$209k a year, with a median of $153k. The lowest posted floor is $78k and the highest ceiling $325k. This is base pay as posted by GlobalFoundries, converted to US dollars; equity and bonus are not included.

From pay ranges in open postingsRebuilt 19 Oct 2026

The range

Lowest floor$78k
25th percentile$116k
Median$153k
75th percentile$209k
Highest ceiling$325k

Postings by the midpoint of the posted range, in steps of $20k

Middle halfMedian bucket

Median by team at GlobalFoundries

Engineering leadership$215k
Sales$209k
Hardware engineering$153k
Management$147k
Backend engineering$133k
Industrial engineering$116k
Operations$60k
Field and service$57k

Postings with a stated range: Engineering leadership 7 · Sales 5 · Hardware engineering 26 · Management 5 · Backend engineering 5 · Industrial engineering 61 · Operations 9 · Field and service 39

Hardware engineering pay by level

LevelPostingsMedianMiddle half
Senior9$137k$116k–$150k
Staff and principal6$209k$199k–$218k
Lead8$116k$116k–$142k

Best-paid open hardware engineering roles

Sr Principal Engineer AI/ML
Austin · Santa ClaraLead
$171k–$325kSep 18
$167k–$319kOct 7
Signal Integrity Engineer
RichardsonStaff and principal
$153k–$296kSep 22
PMTS ASIC Digital Design IP ENGINEERING
Santa ClaraStaff and principal
$167k–$275kAug 10
$167k–$275kSep 1

56 hardware engineering roles open at GlobalFoundries now

26 of them show the pay range on the posting.

Questions

How much does GlobalFoundries pay for hardware engineering roles?

The median of the 26 posted ranges is $153k a year; the middle half sits between $116k and $209k.

Is this base salary or total compensation?

Base salary as written in the posting. Many US employers post ranges under state pay transparency laws (California, New York, Washington, Colorado and others); equity and bonus are not part of these figures.

Why posted ranges and not self-reported salaries?

A posted range is what the employer commits to for a role it has open today. It is fresher than a survey and cannot be inflated by respondents. Each posting counts once, at the midpoint of its range.

Which level pays most?

Staff and principal roles have the highest median here: $209k a year across 6 postings.

Source: the pay ranges of 26 open postings on GlobalFoundries's careers board; the midpoint of each rangeUpdated 19 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0