- Google (Silicon Engineering L3)
CTC ~84L
Base + performance bonus + Retirals ~34L INR
Joining bonus: 3L
Relocation: 3L
Equity vested over 4 years (38%, 32%, 20%, 10%): ~$47.5k USD
First year comp ~56L
- Texas Instruments (Digital)
CTC ~41L
Base + performance bonus ~26L
Joining bonus: 3L
Relocation: ~75k
Year-end bonus: ~2L
Remaining compensation in RSUs
First Year comp ~31L
- Qualcomm (Hardware entry level)
CTC ~33L
Base ~16L
joining bonus ~3L
Rest in RSUs
First year comp ~25L
What I care about (roughly in order):
Career growth and optionality (technical depth vs future opportunities)
Compensation (important, but not the only factor)
Quality of mentorship/team culture
WLB (not expecting chill, just sustainable)
Was not sure about Google Silicon as it is relatively new and might not be stable, but the pay is amazingly good , even better than Google SWE. Mostly going ahead with Google but just wanted inputs from everyone regarding google silicon.
