Powertrain Engineer Salary in Des Moines, Iowa

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As of February 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Powertrain Engineer in Des Moines, IA is $75,784. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $70,671 to $82,160, with most professionals earning between $66,016 and $87,965.

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Drive change within both plant manufacturing and component suppliers to resolve component issues, drive warranty reduction, and oversee continuous improvement efforts.

January 23, 2023

Demonstrated experience with developing cost models for automotive electronic component including tooling requirements and manufacturing/assembly process mapping for clusters, radios, body control, etc.

March 19, 2023

Create test plans and actively lead or guide subsystem level testing.

March 21, 2023

Provide technical direction to support personnel, by performing root cause analysis and error correction of system level problems relating to calibration, controls, hardware, software, and architecture.

March 30, 2023

Participate in Incident review team, current product improvement team and warranty reduction initiatives by applying problem solving methodologies in the analytical and test environment, analyzing field data and field return hardware to resolve root cause of failure.

March 30, 2023

Leads test setups, verifies that test equipment and instrumentation equipment meets specified requirements and performs preliminary software and data checks.

March 31, 2023

Support Test Engineering by providing appropriate pre-test and post-test measurement list, required parameters for data collection, analyzing data and assessing hardware at end of test to determine pass or fail.

April 14, 2023

Controls Validation Engineer - The Powertrain Controls Validation Team is responsible for the validation of production powertrain control modules, including validation of hardware, software, and calibrations.

April 17, 2023

Develop, test and correlate high-fidelity physics-based models for high/low voltage Lithium ion batteries for electrified and hybrid powertrains (equivalent circuit, electrochemical, coupled with thermal models etc.

May 19, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Powertrain Engineer in Des Moines, IA

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

70671

82160

75784

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

72245

84925

77746

What is the average salary for Powertrain Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Powertrain Engineer in Des Moines, IA. The base salary for Powertrain Engineer ranges from $70,671 to $82,160 with the average base salary of $75,784. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $72,245 to $84,925 with the average total cash compensation of $77,746.

View Average Salary for Powertrain Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$75,784	$70,671 - $82,160
Bonus	$1,962	$1,574 - $2,765
Total Pay	$77,746	$72,245 - $84,925

* 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.

Powertrain Engineer Salary Near Des Moines, IA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Ankeny, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $70,359 - $81,798	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Urbandale, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $70,359 - $81,798	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Ames, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $69,704 - $81,035	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Cedar Falls, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $65,686 - $76,364	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Waterloo, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $66,249 - $77,019	COMPARE TO Des Moines, IA
CITY, STATE Cedar Rapids, IA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $69,710 - $81,042	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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