Lead Hardware Engineer Salary in Wilmington, NC

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As of December 01, 2024, the average annual pay of Lead Hardware Engineer in Wilmington, NC is $132,022. While Salary.com is seeing that Lead Hardware Engineer salary in Wilmington, NC can go up to $151,935 or down to $112,258, but most earn between $121,677 and $142,445. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lead Hardware Engineer in the United States.

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Provides technical input to Project or Engineering Management in linking project-related strategy to achieve business goals.

May 05, 2023

Understands and performs design and development in such areas as mechanical, thermal, hydraulic, thermodynamic, or heat transfer for production, transmission, measurement, and use of mechanical and/or electromechanical systems, instruments, controls, engines and/or machines.

May 17, 2023

Design and development of mixed signal systems with MCUs, MPUs, FPGAs, DSPs, SoCs, sensors, power electronics, analog front-end (ADC, DAC), RF front end, high speed memory (DDR3/4), high speed serial communication (SGMII, Aurora, PCIe Gen 3, USB 3.

January 14, 2023

Develop criteria to evaluate and qualify components and technologies for inclusion in product development.

March 23, 2023

Manage and/or coordinate with a diverse set of cross-site technical contributors, including internal teams, the factory, sub-contractors and vendors to successfully transition the system into high volume manufacturing.

March 25, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Lead Hardware Engineer in Wilmington, NC

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What is the average salary for Lead Hardware Engineer in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lead Hardware Engineer in Wilmington, NC. The base salary for Lead Hardware Engineer ranges from $121,677 to $142,445 with the average base salary of $132,022. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $127,654 to $153,199 with the average total cash compensation of $138,823.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$132,022	$121,677 - $142,445
Bonus	$6,801	$5,978 - $10,754
Total Pay	$138,823	$127,654 - $153,199

* 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.

Lead Hardware Engineer Salary Near Wilmington, NC

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Wilmington, NC
CITY, STATE Jacksonville, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $121,424 - $142,149	COMPARE TO Wilmington, NC
CITY, STATE Myrtle Beach, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $120,116 - $140,618	COMPARE TO Wilmington, NC
CITY, STATE Fayetteville, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $121,889 - $142,694	COMPARE TO Wilmington, NC
CITY, STATE Greenville, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $128,544 - $150,485	COMPARE TO Wilmington, NC
CITY, STATE Florence, SC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $119,737 - $140,175	COMPARE TO Wilmington, NC
CITY, STATE Wilson, NC	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $128,544 - $150,485	COMPARE TO Wilmington, NC

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About Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States. With a population of 119,045 in 2017, it is the eighth most populous city in the state. Wilmington is the principal city of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that includes New Hanover and Pender counties in southeastern North Carolina, which has a population of 263,429 as of the 2012 Census Estimate. Wilmington was settled by the English along the Cape Fear River. The city was named after Spencer Compton who was the Earl of Wilmington. Its ...

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