Cognizant Senior Design Engineer Salaries by 20+ Employees (Updated 2025)

2 - 13 years exp.

₹5 Lakhs - ₹20.4 Lakhs

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32% more than the average Senior Design Engineer Salary in IT Services & Consulting Companies for 2 - 13 years of experience

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Engineering - Software & QA Senior Design Engineer Salary 4 - 13 years exp. (12 salaries)	Unlock ₹6.4 L/yr - ₹20.4 L/yr
Research & Development Senior Design Engineer Salary 3 - 9 years exp. (8 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.5 L/yr - ₹15.2 L/yr
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Customer Success, Service & Operations Senior Design Engineer Salary 2 - 4 years exp. (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹6.1 L/yr - ₹14.9 L/yr
Production, Manufacturing & Engineering Senior Design Engineer Salary 9 - 10 years exp. (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹8.2 L/yr - ₹13.9 L/yr

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Senior Design Engineer salary at Cognizant ranges between ₹5 Lakhs to ₹20.4 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 2 years to 13 years. Salary estimates are based on 28 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.

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Experience wise Cognizant Senior Design Engineer salaries

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2 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹3.8 L/yr - ₹13.5 L/yr
3 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹5 L/yr - ₹15 L/yr
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4 years (3 salaries)	Unlock ₹3.8 L/yr - ₹16.4 L/yr
5 years (4 salaries)	Unlock ₹4.5 L/yr - ₹11 L/yr
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7 years (3 salaries)	Unlock ₹7.7 L/yr - ₹14.7 L/yr
8 years (3 salaries)	Unlock ₹7.7 L/yr - ₹14.7 L/yr
9 years (4 salaries)	Unlock ₹9.5 L/yr - ₹13.9 L/yr
10 years (3 salaries)	Unlock ₹13.9 L/yr - ₹20.4 L/yr
11 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹5.9 L/yr - ₹19.5 L/yr
12 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹14 L/yr - ₹17.9 L/yr
13 years (AmbitionBox Estimate)	Unlock ₹6.5 L/yr - ₹19.5 L/yr

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Salary related reviews for Cognizant

2.0

Rated by 2 employees for salary & benefits

Technical Lead in Pune

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

3.0

• posted on 08 Oct 2024

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

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Nothing much, it's average service type company with decent salary. But leaves are good. 30 leaves per year in a service company is really commendable.

Salary - Good

Dislikes

1. They hire based on prospective projects, and often the projects don't land. And then they have very limited time on bench, hence job security is an issue. 2. Work from office schedule is very strict, there should be some flexibility. 3. No proper employee benefits such as outings or lunches or parties, all they care about is billing. 4. Little too much of micro-management

Job security - Bad

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Technical Lead in Kolkata

Full Time

IT & Information Security Department

5.0

• posted on 27 Jan 2024

5.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Very employee centric company, good pay and perfect for 1-3 years experience people to join. Personally Cognizant has given me a lot. Knowledge, Skills,Culture and helped me to grow

Salary - Excellent

+6 more

Dislikes

Not much that I have found. Some employees or managers might be little biased but thats completely project wise. Company wise I have no complains.

Technical Lead in Chennai

Full Time

Engineering - Software & QA Department

5.0

• posted on 10 Feb 2024

2.0

for Salary and Benefits

Likes

Work life balance, company culture ,senior support in projects , learning.

Skill development - Good

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Dislikes

Salary and hike is not like other companies.even for new joiners will give good salary but for people who working long time is not promoted and salary also will not be revised even they are well talented.

Salary - Poor

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Technical Lead in Bangalore Rural

Full Time

IT & Information Security Department

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• posted on 25 Sep 2023

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1. Salary hike is better than others in the same domain. 2. They invest a lot in providing learning materials so that's a big plus. 3. Communication from upper management is pretty good. 4. Offices are very good.

Skill development - Good

Dislikes

1. Management is really bad, there is regional preference. 2. Management is mostly very toxic. 3. Middle tier management is really bad.

Promotions - Poor

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Lead Engineer in Gurgaon / Gurugram

Full Time

Production, Manufacturing & Engineering Department

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• posted on 14 Sep 2023

4.0

for Salary and Benefits

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There is no company level interaction. They will hire you, once you in no one will interact with you from cognizant side. Full time you have to work with client. No manager interaction , no one is there with you if something happens to you. There is concept of Home manager and business manager, both are there for no reason. They will not help in any case. If you have problem they will hear you once you ping them and no action.What ever you perform in client side even you are best or worst hike will happen on average. No impact of working hard or best performance, your hike will be very average. I prefer NOT TO JOIN THIS COMPANY. They will offer 2-3 lakh extra from market and due to those 2-3 lakh you have to suffer allot. NO JOB SECURITY any time they put you on BENCH and from bench you yourself have to search the project and if not you are fired. To join this company was my worst experience and decision. Please dont join for the sake of extra 2-3 lakh of ctc…

Salary - Good

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...ant to say DO NOT join this company. You will have to switch again in 1 year. They will give you 2-3 lakh extra and joining bonus also and joining bonus will have 1 year bond. So you will wait for 1 year to leave this company. I want to talk more about this but please stay away. They will not consider your tech stack whole assigning you a project. I was java angular react developer with microservice exp also. If client need you to work on linux or python developer you have to work because you are tagged to client and cognizant will not help you here.

Skill development - Bad

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What is the salary of Senior Design Engineer at Cognizant?

Senior Design Engineer salary at Cognizant in India ranges between ₹5.0 Lakhs to ₹20.4 Lakhs for experience between 2 years to 13 years. According to our estimates it is 32% more than the average Senior Design Engineer Salary in India. Salary estimates are based on 28 latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant India.

How does the salary of a Senior Design Engineer at Cognizant India compare with the average salary range for this job?

The average salary of a Senior Design Engineer at Cognizant is 32% more than the average salary of a Senior Design Engineer in India. To know exact salary insights, login to view.

Which similar companies are paying more than Cognizant to a Senior Design Engineer in India?

IBM Senior Design Engineer Salary - ₹9.4 Lakhs to ₹18.8 Lakhs per year
Societe Generale Global Solution Centre Senior Design Engineer Salary - ₹12.0 Lakhs to ₹22.0 Lakhs per year

What is the salary of a Senior Design Engineer in companies similar to Cognizant in India?

Wipro Senior Design Engineer Salary - ₹4.8 Lakhs to ₹20.0 Lakhs per year
TCS Senior Design Engineer Salary - ₹4.6 Lakhs to ₹17.7 Lakhs per year
Capgemini Senior Design Engineer Salary - ₹5.1 Lakhs to ₹16.0 Lakhs per year
DXC Technology Senior Design Engineer Salary - ₹5.3 Lakhs to ₹16.6 Lakhs per year
LTIMindtree Senior Design Engineer Salary - ₹4.2 Lakhs to ₹17.4 Lakhs per year

What is the estimated take home salary of a Senior Design Engineer at Cognizant in India?

The estimated take-home salary of a Senior Design Engineer at Cognizant ranges between ₹84,857 per month to ₹87,077 per month in India. The take-home salary calculation is based on the average Cognizant Senior Design Engineer salary in India which ranges between ₹5.0 Lakhs to ₹20.4 Lakhs per year for employees with experience between 2 years to 13 years. Check how did we calculate take home salary?

What is the notice period for Senior Design Engineer at Cognizant?

According to AmbitionBox, 50% of the Cognizant Senior Design Engineers reported a notice period of 2 Months, 25% reported a notice period of 15 days or less and the remaining reported other notice period durations. This is based on 8 responses on AmbitionBox in last 2 years.

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Cognizant Senior Design Engineer salary in India ranges between ₹5 Lakhs to ₹20.4 Lakhs with an average annual salary of ₹. Salary estimates are based on 28 Cognizant latest salaries received from various employees of Cognizant.