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Posted salary ranges · updated 2026-09-28

Autonomy Engineer salary at AI companies, 2026

12 open Autonomy Engineer roles at 2 AI companies publish a base-salary range. The median posted range is $170k to $266k; the 90th percentile of posted maximums is $278k. From the companies' own postings, refreshed every 6 hours.

By company

The companies posting this role most often first.

CompanyRolesMedian lowMedian highMedian midpoint90th pct high
Skydio9$170k$278k$224k$278k
Kodiak2$195k$242k$219k$255k

By level

LevelRolesMedian lowMedian highMedian midpoint90th pct high
Unspecified6$170k$278k$221k$300k
Senior5$170k$240k$210k$278k

By region

RegionRolesMedian lowMedian highMedian midpoint90th pct high
Remote9$170k$278k$224k$278k
US3$190k$255k$218k$300k

Highest posted Autonomy Engineer ranges

One row per company.

CompanyRoleRangeLocation
KodiakStaff Autonomy Engineer, Perception$200k to $255kMountain View, CA
SkydioSenior Autonomy Engineer - Computer Vision$170k to $278kSan Mateo, California, United States
Shield AIAutonomy Engineer- Behavior and Motion Planning (R6007)$135k to $300kSan Diego, California

Titles are normalised (seniority words and team suffixes removed) so postings for the same role group together. All functions and companies.

New engineering roles at AI companies, every Monday. The week's openings in this function across 286 companies, plus the weekly index. Free.

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