Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two. Worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 486 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.
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The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
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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.
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What Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles59 certified filings for “Systems/Software Engineer III” (Software Developers) in CA: $149k–$206k, median $183k.
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Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
Details and sources
- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 486 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. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-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 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 59 certified filings for “Systems/Software Engineer III” (Software Developers) in CA: $149k–$206k, median $183k. Most were filed at wage level II (43%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
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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About the role
Software Engineer - Embedded Platform Software Development
This role has been designed as ‘’Onsite’ with an expectation that you will primarily work from an HPE office.
Who We Are:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives on finding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you. Open up opportunities with HPE.
Job Description:
Who We Are:
HPE Networking, including Juniper Networks, is building the next generation of routing and switching platforms for cloud, AI, enterprise, and service provider networks.
Our Fabric Platforms team develops the foundational software that enables networking hardware platforms to operate reliably at scale. We work at the intersection of hardware and software, building platform infrastructure for high-performance routing and switching systems based on custom networking ASICs/NPUs, PHYs, and chassis architectures.
Career Level:
This position may be filled at multiple career levels depending on the candidate’s experience, technical depth, demonstrated capabilities, and interview results. We welcome candidates who may not yet meet every expectation but demonstrate strong software fundamentals, creativity, coachability, ownership, and a willingness to learn. Scope, title, and leadership expectations will be calibrated to the level at which the candidate is hired.
Description:
You'll help develop the software foundation for future Juniper networking platforms, working directly with hardware architects, ASIC designers, and software engineers to deliver high-performance routing and switching products used by cloud providers, enterprises, and service providers. We are looking for a hands-on Software Engineer with experience and proficiency in C/C++, as well as the ability to work close to the hardware layer. This role combines systems software development, hardware enablement, platform bring-up, and cross-functional problem solving.
Responsibilities:
• Design, develop, test, and maintain Linux-based platform software for high-performance routing and switching platforms.
• Develop platform infrastructure for hardware discovery, initialization, inventory management, environmental monitoring, interface management, telemetry, and chassis services.
• Contribute to software bring-up of next-generation networking platforms based on custom ASICs/NPUs and merchant silicon.
• Develop hardware abstraction layers and software interfaces that support multiple hardware generations and platform variants.
• Develop and maintain low-level platform software, device drivers, and hardware-management services.
• Work closely with ASIC, hardware, systems, manufacturing, and software teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Debug and resolve complex platform and hardware/software integration issues using systematic root-cause analysis.
• Contribute to platform resiliency, reliability, serviceability, and observability initiatives.
• Participate in all phases of development, from requirements and design through implementation, validation, deployment, and sustaining engineering.
• For more senior candidates, influence architecture, lead complex cross-functional initiatives, mentor engineers, and provide technical leadership across projects and teams.
Minimum Qualifications:
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