Automotive Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Automotive Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$188,750
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$159.6k – $217.7k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
41.9%
44 of 105 roles
Live roles
105
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Actuator Design Engineer
Principal Engineer, Hardware
Staff Software Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, Feature Platform
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Infrastructure
Senior Software Engineer - Flight Software
Staff Product Design Engineer
Senior Software Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Unity Technologies
|
$198,550 | 9 |
|
Astranis
|
$170,000 | 8 |
Kodiak
|
$222,500 | 5 |
DoorDash USA
|
$197,400 | 5 |
|
AeroVect
|
$168,500 | 4 |
Astro Mechanica
|
$187,500 | 3 |
Neuralink
|
$140,250 | 3 |
|
Hayden AI
|
$247,811 | 2 |
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How much do Automotive Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Automotive Engineer roles in San Francisco is $188,750 per year. Most pay falls between $159,625 (25th percentile) and $217,738 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $138,538 to $244,935.
These figures are computed live from 105 active Automotive Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 44 (41.9%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Automotive Engineer roles in San Francisco include OpenAI, AeroVect, Hayden AI and Unity Technologies.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.