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Electrical & Firmware in Robotics Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for electrical & firmware roles at robotics companies.

56 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$194k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$170k–$220k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

56

44% of 128 live openings

Companies disclosing

19

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Hardware Engineer: Electrical Engineering

Generalist AI · San Mateo, CA · Senior

$200k–$350k
2
Head of Hardware Engineering

Chef Robotics · San Francisco, CA · Director

$200k–$300k
3
Embedded Firmware Engineer - NEO

1x · San Carlos, CA · Senior

$200k–$300k
4
Chief Battery Engineer/Team Lead

Foundation · San Francisco, CA · Director

$180k–$300k
5
Electrical Engineer, Tactile/Hand Sensor

Foundation · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$180k–$300k
6
Principal Compute Architect

Foundation · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$180k–$300k
7
Electrical Engineer, Driver Design & Motor Control

Foundation · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$180k–$300k
8
Sr. Embedded Engineer, Hardware (Autonomous Vehicle Team)

Foundation · San Francisco, CA · Senior

$175k–$300k
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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. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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