CAE Engineer Salary in Des Moines, Iowa

How much does a CAE Engineer make in Des Moines, IA?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a CAE Engineer in Des Moines, IA is $67,337. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $58,684 to $78,886, with most professionals earning between $50,806 and $89,401.

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Design experience in consumer products, automotive or other comparable industry.

October 26, 2022

Assistin developing new CAE techniques by developing, evaluating and customizing newsimulation tools, software, and procedures related to modeling, solverparameters and material characterization.

November 19, 2022

Provides guidance and technical advice to design engineers and designers regarding thermal, venting, and structural design and analysis needs for new lighting projects.

January 16, 2023

Collaborate with broader engineering team forstructured design integration, new proposals, problem solving, and systemoptimization.

January 16, 2023

Participate in design review meetings at early product development state to access design and manufacturing risks and provide design guidelines.

February 04, 2023

Lead APQP system ensuring parts are developed, launched, manufactured, and can be maintained to the specified requirements.

April 07, 2023

Performs Computer Aided Engineering simulations to evaluate full vehicle crashworthiness performance for high speed Frontal, Side, Rear impacts or low speed Front and Rear load cases, etc.

April 14, 2023

Develop, validate, maintain and execute models required for fuel cell stack performance and degradation, through developing new fuel cell models, incorporating existing fuel cell models and utilizing commercially available fuel cell stack performance model software.

April 30, 2023

Understanding of engineering theory and principles of automotive energy storage systems, powertrain and mechanical/electrical hardware.

May 19, 2023

Support business development in building a pipeline of work that involves the structural integrity team.

May 21, 2023

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Average Salary Range for CAE Engineer in Des Moines, IA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

58684

78886

67337

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

59862

81027

68720

What is the average salary for CAE Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of CAE Engineer in Des Moines, IA. The base salary for CAE Engineer ranges from $58,684 to $78,886 with the average base salary of $67,337. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $59,862 to $81,027 with the average total cash compensation of $68,720.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$67,337	$58,684 - $78,886
Bonus	$1,383	$1,178 - $2,141
Total Pay	$68,720	$59,862 - $81,027

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

CAE Engineer Salary Near Des Moines, IA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Ankeny, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $58,425 - $78,538	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Urbandale, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $58,425 - $78,538	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Ames, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $57,881 - $77,806	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Cedar Falls, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $54,544 - $73,321	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Waterloo, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $55,012 - $73,949	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Cedar Rapids, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $57,886 - $77,812	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA

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About Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines (/dɪˈmɔɪn/ (listen)) is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small part of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines, which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857. It is on and named after the Des Moines River, which likely was adapted from the early French name, Rivière des Moines, meaning "River of the Monks". The city's population was 217,521 as of the 2017 population estimate. The five-county metropolitan area is ranked 89th in terms of population in ...

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