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Product, Programs, & Systems in Transportation Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for product, programs, & systems roles at transportation companies.

191 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$178k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$137k–$222k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

191

88% of 217 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 Safety Case Engineer

Wayve · Sunnyvale, CA · Staff / Principal

$290k–$426k
2
Head of Systems Engineering (Sr. Director)

Nuro · Mountain View, CA · Director

$284k–$426k
3$332k–$415k
4
Head of Product

Nuro · Mountain View, CA · Director

$235k–$352k
5
Lead Technical Program Manager, Simulation

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Senior

$272k–$336k
6
Senior Staff Regulatory and Compliance Systems Engineer

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Staff / Principal

$272k–$336k
7
Lead Systems Engineer, New Product Initiatives

Waymo · Mountain View, CA · Senior

$272k–$336k
8
NPI Engineer

Wayve · Sunnyvale, CA · Senior

$246k–$333k
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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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