Relocating - need advice

[AntiriadElectronics]

Hi All,

Pardon me because this is off-topic, but it is important. I have been asked
to move with my company to San Diego California, and I need some reference
point to compare what they are offering. Can anyone tell me:

- What ballpark base salary (before benefits and 401(k)) should a
Computer/Electronics engineer with about 5 years experience and detailed
product knowledge for a product support / technical sales role expect.
- What ballpark (if different from above) would a Senior Application
Engineer expect?

I have experience in FPGA/Embedded and PCB design at a systems level, with
reasonable coding ability in C and VHDL. I'm a beginner in Verilog.

Thanks for any advice you may give - I appreciate it!

(Anonymity may be required on my part, so forgive me for not stating my
name)

 

[soxmax]

AntiriadElectronics wrote:

Hi All,

Pardon me because this is off-topic, but it is important. I have been asked
to move with my company to San Diego California, and I need some reference
point to compare what they are offering. Can anyone tell me:

- What ballpark base salary (before benefits and 401(k)) should a
Computer/Electronics engineer with about 5 years experience and detailed
product knowledge for a product support / technical sales role expect.
- What ballpark (if different from above) would a Senior Application
Engineer expect?

I have experience in FPGA/Embedded and PCB design at a systems level, with
reasonable coding ability in C and VHDL. I'm a beginner in Verilog.

I would expect around 70k salary for your experience level. I just
moved from there (to Salt Lake City). I took a 12% paycut but I don't
regret my decision. I sold my 1000 square foot starter home there and
bought a 5000 sqft home here that is 12 miles away from a two ski
resorts. In San Diego I spent over two hours a day in traffic.I never
even have to get on the freeway here. I do miss the weather, beach and
open-minded office talk. But I no longer have to take a ski vacation or
go all the way to Joshua Tree for some good climbing. While I was
trying to escape San Diego I used websites like city-data.com ,
realtor.com and monster.com to get a feel for the places I was looking
to move.

Best of luck
Derek