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Hardware Engineer roles qualify for employment-based green card sponsorship under EB-2 or EB-3, depending on your degree level and the position's requirements. Your employer files a PERM labor certification with the DOL before petitioning USCIS, permanently sponsoring you rather than renewing a temporary visa each cycle.
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Overview
Our Engineering team at GSSI is growing and we need people that want to help us grow even faster. Here’s some reasons why Engineers like working at GSSI:
- Industry leading technology and innovation
- Fast paced environment with exposure to all aspects of product development and support
- A stable, but small enough company that you can still make a big difference
- Everything, from concept to product manufacturing, done right here in Nashua NH
- We work hard, but we respect your life outside work hours
We are looking for a Principal Hardware Engineer that will be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting complex hardware solutions for GSSI ground penetrating radar products. As a key member of our team, the right candidate is expected to make experience-based decisions and recommendations that best support current and future products. An in-depth understanding of all aspects of hardware design, implementation and support from concept to production launch is required.
Responsibilities
- Develop and invent new high-quality product concepts for GSSI GPR products
- Help to evaluate and make hardware technology decisions and roadmaps based on experience
- Hands on electrical hardware development and support from concept to production launch including circuit design, schematic design, PCB design, testing and documentation
- Evaluate complex systems and components by designing and conducting research and development programs when appropriate
- Work directly with Production staff to help support products throughout their entire product life cycle
- Work independently and within groups to meet multiple goals simultaneously
- Design test methods and test equipment for finished products to ensure hardware meets and maintains stated system-level and quality requirements
- Communicate progress and challenges during development with functional and project management
- Maintain product and company reputation by complying with federal and state regulations
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
Required
- Minimum of a Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering or equivalent engineering degree.
- 15+ years of related Electrical Engineering experience
- Proven ability to deliver high-quality complex solutions on time and on budget both as a team lead and a team member
- Significant experience in both complex digital and analog PCB designs
- Experience with FPGA based designs and hardware description languages including VHDL and Verilog
- Proven experience with high-speed circuit design
- Full product lifecycle experience from concept through to manufacturing
- Must be able to work both independently and within varying sized groups
- Familiar with quality assurance principles and root cause analysis related to electronic and mechanical fabrication and assembly
- Experience and interest in mentoring other engineers
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with the following:
- RF system design
- Embedded systems design
- Radar systems and related technologies
- Altium Designer schematic capture and layout
- Use of simulation tools for analog and digital circuit design
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk, hear, and use fine motor skills. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use fine motor skills, and reach. The employee is occasionally required to bend, kneel, squat, climb, and lift. The employee must occasionally lift or carry a maximum of 50 lbs.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Hardware Engineer
Align your credentials before PERM begins
PERM requires your degree and experience to match the job's minimum requirements exactly. If your role requires a bachelor's in electrical engineering, a computer science degree may cause a denial, so document field overlap proactively before your employer posts the job.
Target employers with active EB-3 PERM filings
Search the DOL's PERM disclosure data to find companies that have filed hardware engineering PERM applications recently. Past filings signal an established sponsorship process, not just a willingness to sponsor in theory when you ask.
Search green card sponsoring jobs on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters hardware engineer roles by employers actively sponsoring employment-based green cards, so you're not cold-applying to companies that have never run a PERM. Start your search there before reaching out to recruiters.
Request the prevailing wage determination early
Your employer must submit a prevailing wage request to the OFLC before advertising the role. Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the wage level yourself first. A Level I wage can delay or complicate a senior hardware engineer petition.
Understand how your O*NET code affects PERM requirements
DOL cross-references your job duties against your O*NET occupation profile to verify the minimum education requirement is standard for the role. If your employer writes a job description that deviates from O*NET norms, expect a PERM audit.
Clarify whether EB-2 or EB-3 applies to your offer
If the role requires only a bachelor's degree, your employer will likely file under EB-3. If you hold a master's or the position genuinely requires one, EB-2 may be available. The distinction affects your priority date and wait time, not just the petition type.
Green Card Hardware Engineer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a hardware engineer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most hardware engineer positions qualify for EB-3 when the minimum requirement is a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field. EB-2 applies when the role genuinely requires an advanced degree or when you have a master's and the employer structures the position accordingly. Your employer's attorney determines the category based on the actual job requirements, not your personal credentials alone.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for hardware engineers?
An H-1B visa is a temporary work visa requiring renewal and tied to a single employer, with annual cap constraints affecting many candidates. EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency with no recurring visa renewal. There's no annual cap lottery at the EB-3 petition stage, though visa number backlogs affect nationals from high-demand countries like India and China.
How long does the PERM process take for a hardware engineering role?
PERM labor certification alone currently takes several months to over a year depending on DOL processing times, and that's before your employer files the I-140 petition with USCIS. From PERM filing to receiving your green card, the full timeline often runs two to four years for candidates from countries without a visa backlog, and significantly longer for Indian or Chinese nationals due to per-country limits.
Where can I find hardware engineer jobs with green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for hardware engineer roles at employers with documented green card sponsorship activity, so you're not sorting through generic job listings and guessing who sponsors. Filtering by sponsorship history upfront saves significant time compared to asking about sponsorship late in an interview process.
Can I switch employers after my hardware engineer PERM is filed?
Changing employers resets the PERM process because the labor certification is tied to the specific employer and job. However, if your I-140 has been approved and your priority date is current or your application has been pending for 180 days, portability rules under AC21 may allow you to move to a similar hardware engineering role without losing your place in the queue.