Powertrain Engineer Salary in Tacoma, Washington

How much does a Powertrain Engineer make?

As of December 01, 2024, the average annual pay of Powertrain Engineer in Tacoma, WA is $83,314. While Salary.com is seeing that Powertrain Engineer salary in Tacoma, WA can go up to $97,724 or down to $72,070, but most earn between $77,428 and $90,857. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Powertrain Engineer in the United States.

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What does a Powertrain Engineer do?

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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 Tacoma, WA

Average Base Salary

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77428

90857

83314

Average Total Cash Compensation

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79192

93861

85500

What is the average salary for Powertrain Engineer in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Powertrain Engineer in Tacoma, WA. The base salary for Powertrain Engineer ranges from $77,428 to $90,857 with the average base salary of $83,314. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $79,192 to $93,861 with the average total cash compensation of $85,500.

View Average Salary for Powertrain Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$83,314	$77,428 - $90,857
Bonus	$2,186	$1,763 - $3,004
Total Pay	$85,500	$79,192 - $93,861

* 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 Tacoma, WA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Tacoma, WA
CITY, STATE Lakewood, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $77,459 - $90,892	COMPARE TO Tacoma, WA
CITY, STATE Auburn, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $77,459 - $90,892	COMPARE TO Tacoma, WA
CITY, STATE Federal Way, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $77,459 - $90,892	COMPARE TO Tacoma, WA
CITY, STATE Lacey, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $74,939 - $87,935	COMPARE TO Tacoma, WA
CITY, STATE Renton, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $79,397 - $93,167	COMPARE TO Tacoma, WA
CITY, STATE Kent, WA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $77,305 - $90,711	COMPARE TO Tacoma, WA

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About Tacoma, Washington

Tacoma (/təˈkoʊmə/ tə-KOH-mə) is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle (of which it is the largest satellite city), 31 miles (50 km) northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and 58 miles (93 km) northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to the 2010 census. Tacoma is the second-largest city in the Puget Sound area and the third largest in the state. Tacoma also serves as the center of business activity for the South Sound re...

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