This is very important for me .. please advise .
I am senior engineer 8 yes exp in Qualcomm bay area .. currently evaluating offer 130k + 12% bonus , no RSU , in software engineer 3 at Cisco systems , bay area .
Should I push v.hard for software engineer 15% bonus ? They are negotiating for 3.
How is CISCO vs qualcomm ?
Should I stay back and ask for raise here ?
Currently 125k + bonus +rsu -140k.
Guys please please advise ..
You're getting paid well. I make 110k
I'm paid 98K... Dayyum
What's the staff eng. Base salary range?
I am also a senior eng (4 years of total work exp) and work on browser optimizations for QC hardware, my take home is around 140K, 110k base salary and 30K in bonus+stock grants. Fitbit is hiring in San Diego and someone who just moved their said they got 10% increase on top of this but no stock grants (little bit of equity)
Anonymous117499, Is this Bay Area or San Diego? If San Diego, it seems much higher than average SSE's in San Diego mind sharing what the breakdown is (base, bonus, stock)?
What's the point here? You are going to be an ex-employee soon
I am senior staff and my total comp is 265k
My skill set is well sought after by big employees. ..
I dont work in core qc biz
Thanks Anonymous117488 :)
I found average salary for san diegan qualcomm senior engg to be 115k on glassdoor :)
On average, most software and hardware engineers in S.D. make about 5% more than national average. Not that good considering cost of living is almost 30% more than some of the "frozen states." Title at Q doesn't matter so much as what your experience level and area of expertise is. Also, assume you are making at least 5% below market for your skill set if you are H1B.
I think $100K would be the average salary assuming you started off as an Engineer in the company. I think $120K makes sense if you are close to Staff
I know many engineers that make over 200K
Damn... who pays you 120K ??? Senior engineer here with 100k :(
Can somebody tell if I am underpaid?
overpaid for senior , watch out next week!
That said. Title doesn't really matter much. At a small company, there probably is only two or three titles. So at a smaller company, depending how many years you've been working, that might be low or might be high. There are plenty of Senior Software Engineers that I know make $95k, and there are some that make well over $200k
Not bad....It's alright for san diego. It depends on how long you've been working too.
I'm what you call a senior principal engineer somewhere else. My base currently sits at $170k/year With stock and bonus, I topped out last year roughly at $210k/year for my total compensation, not including the capital gains on ESPP, which was substantial. Still it was lower than previous years. I guess that's equivalent to what a senior staff/manager would make at the Q, except I have no direct reports to manage. I am in charge of multiple projects and am still hands on, which I guess might be a difference. Before, our compensation package was better ,but it's been getting smaller. So the Qualcomm isn't alone in that regards.
Look at the LCA postings. If u can't figure that out you ARE overpaid