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AI & Autonomy in Compute & Semiconductors Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for ai & autonomy roles at compute & semiconductors companies.

117 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Median base salary

$236k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$216k–$270k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

117

53% of 221 live openings

Companies disclosing

14

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Director

$320k–$489k / year · USD
2
Director, Engineering - Autonomous Vehicles

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Director

$320k–$489k / year · USD
3
Senior Manager, Interactive World Model Platforms

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Manager

$272k–$489k / year · USD
4
Principal Software Engineer, Mapping - Autonomous Vehicles

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Staff / Principal

$272k–$431k / year · USD
5
Principal Research Scientist, Synthetic Data Generation

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Staff / Principal

$272k–$431k / year · USD
6
ML and Agentic Systems Engineer

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Mid-Level

$272k–$431k / year · USD
7$272k–$431k / year · USD
8
Engagement Tech Lead, Agentic AI

Nvidia · Santa Clara, CA · Senior

$224k–$431k / year · USD
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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Most groups require at least 30 salaried openings; featured company benchmarks require at least eight.

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