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Principal Engineer Jobs in California.

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Paragon Cyber Solutions
Principal Electrical Engineer, Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)
Paragon Cyber Solutions
⚡ Apply early Oxnard, California, United Sta... Onsite
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K2 Space
Principal Electrical Manufacturing Engineer
K2 Space
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles, CA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
K2 Space
Principal Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer
K2 Space
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles, CA Onsite
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SN
Principal Frontend AI Engineer - Cortex Code
Snowflake
⚡ Apply early US-CA-Menlo Park Hybrid $264,000–$379,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Blue Origin
Principal DSP Engineer - Terawave
Blue Origin
⚡ Apply early Cupertino, CA Onsite $230,398–$322,557
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Teledyne FLIR
Principal Electronic Engineer
Teledyne FLIR
⚡ Apply early US - San Diego, CA Onsite $141,900–$189,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Northrop Grumman
Sr. Principal Aeronautical Engineer–Subsystem Design Engineer
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-El Se... Onsite $142,200–$213,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
CrowdStrike
Principal Software Engineer, Sensor - Mac, Linux, or Windows (Hybrid)
CrowdStrike
⚡ Apply early USA - Redmond, WA Onsite CA$210,000–CA$320,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Astera Institute
Principal Software Engineer
Astera Institute
⚡ Apply early Emeryville HQ Onsite $300,000–$600,000 🛂 Visa sponsorship
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
ASML
Principal Engineer, Thermal & Fluids Systems
ASML
⚡ Apply early San Diego, CA, USA Onsite $160,400–$220,550
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Motorola Solutions
Principal Embedded Software Engineer
Motorola Solutions
⚡ Apply early Irvine, CA Onsite $180,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
BD
Principal Engineer, Software Quality
BD
⚡ Apply early USA CA - Irvine Laguna Canyon Onsite $129,600–$207,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Northrop Grumman
Modeling Simulation & Analysis Engineer (Principal or Sr. Principal Level)
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-El Se... Onsite $95,300–$165,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
DIRECTV
Principal, IT Software Engineer 1
DIRECTV
⚡ Apply early El Segundo, CA Onsite $134,363–$244,036
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
DIRECTV
Principal, IT Software Engineer 2
DIRECTV
⚡ Apply early El Segundo, CA Onsite $147,830–$268,307
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal/Sr Principal Flight Test Engineer - Fuel
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Edwar... Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal / Senior Principal Flight Test Engineer - Air Data / Performance
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Edwar... Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Epirus
Principal Harness Design Engineer
Epirus
⚡ Apply early Torrance, California, United S... Onsite $154,100–$179,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
SN
Principal Software Engineer - Performance Engineering (Cloud Infrastructure)
Snowflake
⚡ Apply early US-CA-Menlo Park Onsite $264,000–$379,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Mainspringenergy
Principal Electrical Engineer - Power Plant Integration Lead
Mainspringenergy
⚡ Apply early Menlo Park, CA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Equinix
Senior Principal Engineer, Enterprise Networking Architecture, Automation and AI
Equinix
⚡ Apply early Dallas Infomart Office DAI Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
AeroVironment
Principal Mechanical Engineer
AeroVironment
⚡ Apply early Moorpark, CA Onsite $147,000–$224,250
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Cadence Design Systems
Senior Principal Digital Design Engineer
Cadence Design Systems
⚡ Apply early SAN JOSE Onsite $154,000–$286,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
RTX
Principal Software Security Engineer, Onsite
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-CA-EL SEGUNDO-E01 ~ 2000 E... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Snap Inc.
Principal Software Engineer, Ads Format
Snap Inc.
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto, California Onsite $276,000–$414,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago

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