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Senior Hardware Engineering Program Manager
Chargepoint INC · 🇺🇸 US-CA-Campbell-254
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 16 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 14 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Chargepoint INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Senior Hardware Engineering Program Manager” (Project Management Specialists) in CA: $179k–$179k, median $179k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 16 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 14 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
About Us With electric vehicles expected to be nearly 30% of new vehicle sales by 2025 and more than 50% by 2040, electric mobility is becoming a reality. ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) is at the center of this revolution, powering one of the world’s leading EV charging networks and a comprehensive set of hardware, software and mobile solutions for every charging need across North America and Europe. We bring together drivers, businesses, automakers, policymakers, utilities and other stakeholders to make e-mobility a global reality. Since our founding in 2007, ChargePoint has focused solely on making the transition to electric easy for businesses, fleets and drivers. ChargePoint offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an all-electric future and a trillion-dollar market. At ChargePoint, we foster a positive and productive work environment by committing to live our values of Be Courageous, Charge Together, Love our Customers, Operate with Openness, and Relentlessly Pursue Awesome. These values guide how we show up every day, align, and work together to build a brighter future for all of us. Join the team that is building the EV charging industry and make your mark on how people and goods will get everywhere they need to go, in any context, for generations to come. Reports To Sr. Manager, Program Management What You Will Be Doing ChargePoint is seeking a Senior Program Manager for Hardware Engineering to lead initiatives related to our EV charging hardware products. You will engage with cross-functional teams to drive planning and execution of engineering activities, including scheduling, deliverables, tooling/fabs, testing, and validation. In this role, you will support the electrical and mechanical engineering teams in the product execution process. You will work with the system program management, product management, operations, engineering, reliability, and regulatory teams to ensure product deliverables are met on time and meet requirements. The Hardware EPM will coordinate and plan all engineering milestones, development builds, and change requests, ensuring the timely release of assemblies, components, and systems to procurement. The ideal engineer is an enthusiastic problem solver who can identify issues before they become problems and is able to build and implement effective processes where they are lacking. What You Will Bring to ChargePoint • EPMs are responsible for the daily management through the life cycle. Must be able to define product life cycle steps and drive projects through design and development, as well as manufacturing execution • Plan the overall program and monitor progress to make sure that milestones are being met across the various projects, and EPMs should work with Product Management to drive the closure of product requirements via a PRD • EPMs need to develop a program schedule with identified key dependencies and get cross-functional agreement to drive the schedule from concept to OK2 ship • EPMs manage the risks and issues that might and do arise over the course of the program life cycle, as well as take measures to correct them when they occur • Coordinate the projects and their interdependencies between the various tasks of the projects • Drive deliverables and align across projects in the program • Drive all project design and manufacturing issues via JIRA • EPMs manage the program budget and help drive the project budget at project launch • Manage and use resources across the various projects to support the program • EPMs should communicate program status regularly to the stakeholders Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent work experience • 5-8 years’ experience leading complex hardware technology projects with aggressive schedules