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Aeva Salary

Aeva Salary

Aeva pays a median of $165K ($156K–$182K) across 33 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $156K–$182K salary range

Median: $165K  ·  Based on 33 public Aeva job postings  ·  Updated September 15, 2026


This Aeva salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect the posted-range midpoint (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Aeva · pay benchmark · updated September 15, 2026
$165K
inc. eng · sales · ops
All-role median
$156K–$182K
Typical range
$307K view JD
Highest base · Director, Silicon Photonics Design
33
Open roles
~5 yrs
Typical exp.
+5
17 last 90d
New last 30d
ⓘ Base salary only — 30% of roles mention equity · options
IC salary by seniority
Mid
$156K (6)
Senior
$182K (14)
Highest-paying skills
Python $165KLiDAR $159KMatlab $156K

Highest-paying open roles at Aeva

Aeva salary by seniority

  • Mid: $156K median · $222K top base — Software Field Applications Engineer (view JD) (6)
  • Senior: $182K median · $245K top base — Senior State Estimation and Calibration Engineer - Mountain View, CA (view JD) (14)

Aeva salary — lead & management

  • Manager: $159K median · $260K top base — Manager, IIIV Design and Characterization (view JD) (7)

Aeva salary by location

  • Remote: $159K median · $199K top base — Senior Manager of Business Development (view JD) (3 roles)

Remote work at Aeva

9% of Aeva's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly. Remote roles run a $159K median vs $177K onsite.

What Aeva looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (12) · Supply Chain (3) · R (2) · Sourcing (1) · Team Leadership (1) · Performance Management (1) · SQL (1) · Data Pipelines (1) · Project Management (1) · Agile (1).

Benefits & perks at Aeva

Commonly listed: unlimited-pto (16) · pto (16) · dental (11) · 401k (4).

About Aeva

Aeva is Public stage · 251–500 employees · founded 2017 · HQ Mountain View, CA. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Aeva

Roles typically ask for around 5 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 14 that do, Bachelor's and PhD and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 30% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Aeva hiring activity

Aeva has 33 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 33 public job postings with disclosed pay. 5 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (17 in the last 90). Mostly full-time, with 1 contract role in the mix.

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Aeva's pay with companies in the same space:

CompanyMedian payvs AevaStage
Ambient.ai$180K↑ +9%Late Stage
Zoox$223K↑ +35%Series B
Scale AI$229K↑ +38%Series F
Voyager Technologies$150K↓ -9%Public
Nuro$176K↑ +7%Series E
Field AI$165K↓ 0%Venture-backed

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Common questions

What does Aeva pay?
The median pay is $165K, with a typical range of $156K–$182K, based on 33 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Aeva?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director, Silicon Photonics Design, at $227K–$307K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 33 public Aeva job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed September 15, 2026.

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