Optimization Engineer Salary in San Diego, CA

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As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for an Optimization Engineer in San Diego, CA is $85,510. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $80,023 to $92,172, with most professionals earning between $75,027 and $98,236.

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Building on our core values, we aspire to sustain a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels respected and valued, from our employees to our customers and partners.

December 10, 2022

Design, develop, test, troubleshoot, triage, debug, deploy, maintain, document and deliver large-scale, highly distributed, real-time systems that are core to effectively managing the supply chain business.

December 12, 2022

Leads efforts to optimize cost, minimize risk, increase cash, and eliminating waste at the program and commodity level.

February 28, 2023

Demonstrated ability to concisely frame complex product & business scenarios, including development of succinct recommendations.

March 14, 2023

Understands the impact of strategic considerations and technical functionality on business decisions.

March 25, 2023

Manage the testing roadmap to keep product and marketing teams informed on upcoming tests and priority shifts in upcoming tests.

April 09, 2023

Create modeling framework for various networking problems such as cross-layer optimization under constraints such as latency/availability, demand uncertainty, risk assessment, and data center optimization.

April 30, 2023

Develop innovative cross-functional solutions that deliver the vehicle targets for cost, weight and performance and meet the customer needs and expectations.

May 09, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Optimization Engineer in San Diego, CA

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What is the average salary for Optimization Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Optimization Engineer in San Diego, CA. The base salary for Optimization Engineer ranges from $80,023 to $92,172 with the average base salary of $85,510. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $82,089 to $94,965 with the average total cash compensation of $88,305.

View Average Salary for Optimization Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$85,510	$80,023 - $92,172
Bonus	$2,795	$2,066 - $2,794
Total Pay	$88,305	$82,089 - $94,965

* 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.

Optimization Engineer Salary Near San Diego, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE El Cajon, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $79,786 - $91,899	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Chula Vista, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $80,023 - $92,172	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Escondido, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $79,579 - $91,661	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Oceanside, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $79,838 - $91,959	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Carlsbad, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $79,579 - $91,661	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA
CITY, STATE Murrieta, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $79,454 - $91,516	COMPARE TO San Diego, CA

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