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Electrical & Firmware in Transportation Salaries

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

146 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$188k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$149k–$217k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

146

90% of 163 live openings

Companies disclosing

13

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Principal Engineer, Embedded Vehicle Software

Wayve · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$348k–$458k
2
Principal Vehicle Integration Lead

Wayve · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$315k–$408k
3
Principal Software Engineer, Robot Software

Wayve · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$296k–$375k
4
Embedded Software Technical Lead & Manager, Simulation

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Manager

$281k–$356k
5
Principal Engineer, DDR & NOC Architecture

Rivian · Remote · Staff / Principal

$218k–$312k
6
Principal NPU Microarchitect

Rivian · Palo Alto, CA · Staff / Principal

$218k–$312k
7
Staff Embedded Security Engineer

Wayve · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$276k–$311k
8
SoC Architect

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$251k–$310k
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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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