EV engineer salary in India: what electric vehicle freshers are offered
EV roles paid freshers more than other mechanical fields in Skill-Lync's records. Across 635 placements in EV, hybrid, model-based design and electrical roles, freshers averaged 4.0 LPA, the middle half between 3.3 LPA and 4.5 LPA, and fewer offers started below 3 LPA than in design or CAE.
Updated 16 Nov 2026 · Skill-Lync placement records: 635 placements, 609 with a disclosed salary, 2020-2026 (latest 2026-11-07) · Starting offers, not a market survey
What salary does a EV engineer fresher get in India?
In Skill-Lync's placement records (as of 16 Nov 2026), EV engineer freshers in India were offered 4.0 LPA on average (n = 382), with the middle half of offers between 3.3 LPA and 4.5 LPA. Experienced hires averaged 6.1 LPA (n = 58). About 92% of these records are from 2021 to 2023, so read them as the usual starting band, not as this year's exact figure.
What does a EV engineer do?
An EV engineer works on the parts that make an electric vehicle different: the battery pack and its management system (BMS), the motor and inverter, and the control software that ties them together. Much of the fresher work in India is model-based design (MBD): building control logic as MATLAB/Simulink models, testing it in simulation, and generating code from it.
Mechanical and electrical graduates both get these jobs. Mechanical engineers tend to go into battery packaging, thermal management and vehicle-level simulation; electrical and electronics graduates into BMS, motor control and embedded software.
Which ev engineer job titles pay more?
| Job title group | Placements | Average offer | Middle half (LPA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET / trainee | 223 | 3.8 LPA | 3.3 to 4.5 |
| Battery / EV systems engineer | 121 | 4.2 LPA | 3.5 to 4.5 |
| MBD / controls engineer | 104 | 4.0 LPA | 3.5 to 4.5 |
| Embedded / software engineer | 50 | 4.6 LPA | 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Design engineer | 30 | 3.9 LPA | 3.0 to 4.0 |
Job titles grouped by keyword (for example, any title with GET or trainee counts as GET / trainee). Groups with fewer than 20 disclosed offers are left out. Middle half = 25th to 75th percentile of offers.
Which companies hire EV engineer freshers, and what do they pay?
The biggest hirer in these records was Tata Elxsi (88 placements, 56 marked fresher). Most of the volume is at engineering services companies, which do design and simulation work for vehicle and aircraft makers. Pay differs more between employers than between cities.
| Employer | Placements | Freshers | Average offer | Middle half (LPA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Elxsi | 88 | 56 | 3.6 LPA | mostly 3.5 |
| Expleo | 79 | 56 | 4.0 LPA | 3.5 to 5.0 |
| Ola Electric | 48 | 28 | 4.1 LPA | mostly 3.3 |
| BlueBinaries | 22 | 5 | 4.7 LPA | 4.2 to 4.5 |
| Sona Comstar | 22 | 12 | 3.7 LPA | mostly 3.5 |
| Stanadyne | 21 | 21 | 3.5 LPA | mostly 3.5 |
| Tata Technologies | 19 | 10 | 5.2 LPA | 4.6 to 5.9 |
| Hinduja Tech | 13 | 10 | 4.3 LPA | mostly 4.5 |
| Tech Mahindra | 13 | 7 | 3.3 LPA | mostly 3.3 |
| Acsia Technologies | 12 | 0 | 3.3 LPA | 3.0 to 3.5 |
| Adrasti | 12 | 11 | 4.5 LPA | mostly 4.5 |
| Renault Nissan Tech Centre | 11 | 8 | 4.2 LPA | 3.9 to 4.5 |
The 12 most frequent employers with at least 10 disclosed offers, out of 210 employers. When the average is above the middle half, a few higher offers are pulling it up; the middle half is the typical offer. Employer spellings are merged; Skill-Lync's own hires are left out.
Which city pays a EV engineer more?
356 of the 635 placements name exactly one job city. Bangalore had the highest average and Chennai the lowest, a gap of 0.4 LPA.
| City | Placements | Average offer | Middle half (LPA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangalore | 170 | 4.1 LPA | 3.3 to 4.0 |
| Pune | 84 | 4.1 LPA | 3.5 to 4.6 |
| Chennai | 72 | 3.7 LPA | 3.3 to 4.5 |
City by city, with employers and courses: Bangalore, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad.
How much more do experienced EV engineers earn?
In these records, offers to experienced hires averaged 6.1 LPA against 4.0 LPA for freshers, 1.5 times as much. The middle half of experienced offers ran from 4.0 LPA to 7.4 LPA. "Experienced" means the learner already had work experience when placed; the records do not say how many years, so read it as a second or third job, not a senior salary.
394 placements are marked fresher, 62 experienced and 179 not marked.
Has the starting salary changed over the years?
Hiring in these records peaked in 2022 (352 placements). Only 48 are from 2024 onwards, so year-to-year changes in the later years rest on small samples.
| Year | Placements | Average offer | Middle half (LPA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 103 | 4.7 LPA | 3.4 to 4.0 |
| 2022 | 352 | 4.0 LPA | 3.3 to 4.5 |
| 2023 | 131 | 4.1 LPA | 3.0 to 4.5 |
| 2024 | 44 | 4.4 LPA | 3.0 to 4.5 |
How can a fresher get a higher starting offer?
- Learn MATLAB/Simulink properly. MBD engineer was one of the most common EV titles in these records. Interviewers ask you to walk through a Simulink model you built: a battery model, a motor controller, a vehicle-level energy model.
- Add the software side. Embedded and software EV roles averaged more than GET roles in these records. Basic C, CAN communication and an idea of AUTOSAR make a mechanical profile stand out.
- Look past the startups' headline numbers. Ola Electric's few high offers pull its average up, but most of its offers in these records were between 3.0 and 3.3 LPA. Look at the middle half, not the best case.
- Bangalore and Pune are where the jobs are. Bangalore had the most EV placements with a known job city in our records; Chennai offers averaged the lowest of the three main EV cities.
What these numbers don't tell you
EV hiring of freshers peaked in 2022 in these records and the 2024-2026 sample is small, so treat the figures as a guide to the pay band, not to how many jobs there are today. Records also lean towards engineering services companies (Tata Elxsi, Expleo) over OEM in-house teams.
They are also offers that learners reported, not payslips: the figure is usually the CTC (cost to company) on the offer letter, which includes parts you do not get as monthly take-home pay. And they say nothing about how many people did not get placed; this is not a placement rate.
Skill-Lync courses for EV engineer roles
| Course | Duration | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Post Graduate Program in Electric Vehicle Design & Development | 48 weeks | ₹2,75,000 · EMI from ₹14,375/mo |
| Post Graduate Program in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Design and Analysis | 48 weeks | ₹2,75,000 · EMI from ₹14,375/mo |
| PG Program in Embedded Systems for EV Applications | 24 weeks | ₹2,75,000 · EMI from ₹14,375/mo |
| Post Graduate Program in Battery Technology for Mechanical Engineers | 32 weeks | ₹2,75,000 · EMI from ₹14,375/mo |
Fees as listed on each course page on 16 Nov 2026. Most placements on this page came from these programs. They include career services but no job guarantee.
EV engineer salary: FAQs
What is the salary of a EV engineer fresher in India?
In Skill-Lync's placement records (as of 16 Nov 2026), EV engineer freshers in India were offered 4.0 LPA on average (n = 382), with the middle half of offers between 3.3 LPA and 4.5 LPA. Experienced hires averaged 6.1 LPA (n = 58). These are offers learners reported, mostly from 2021 to 2023.
Which companies hire EV engineer freshers?
The most frequent employers in Skill-Lync's EV engineer placements were Tata Elxsi (88), Expleo (79), Ola Electric (48), BlueBinaries (22), Sona Comstar (22). Among employers with at least 10 disclosed offers, the highest averages were at Tata Technologies (5.2 LPA), BlueBinaries (4.7 LPA), Adrasti (4.5 LPA).
Which city pays a EV engineer the most?
Of the cities with at least 20 disclosed offers in these records, Bangalore averaged 4.1 LPA, Pune averaged 4.1 LPA, Chennai averaged 3.7 LPA. The differences are small next to the differences between employers.
Can a mechanical engineer get an EV job?
Yes. Most of Skill-Lync's EV placements came from its EV and hybrid vehicle programs, which mechanical graduates take in large numbers. Mechanical engineers usually start in battery packaging, thermal systems, vehicle simulation or MBD roles; pure power electronics and BMS firmware roles favour electrical graduates.
Is EV a good field for freshers in India?
On pay, yes: EV freshers in Skill-Lync's records averaged 4.0 LPA, the highest of the mechanical fields. On volume, hiring was strongest in 2022 and the newer sample is small, so check current openings in Bangalore, Pune and Chennai before you plan around it.
How these numbers were counted
From Skill-Lync's placement records as of 16 Nov 2026 (the same records listed on recent placements): placements in the EV, HEV, MBD, Electrical domains. Salaries are offers in lakh per annum (LPA) that learners reported; values outside 0.5 to 60 LPA are dropped as entry errors. Averages and middle halves use only records with a salary, and no average is shown for a group with fewer than 20 offers (10 for a single employer). Cities count only when the job location names exactly one city. The aggregates are downloadable as CSV; cite as "Skill-Lync placement records, 16 Nov 2026, n = 609".