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Principal Engineer Jobs in California.

California is the largest state economy in the United States, home to Silicon Valley technology, Hollywood entertainment, aerospace, agriculture, and a vast healthcare and services sector. Its job market stretches from the Bay Area to Los Angeles and San Diego. Browse jobs in California from companies hiring across every field.

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OpenAI
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early US - Remote · location restricted $401,000–$510,000
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OpenAI
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early US - Remote · location restricted $401,000–$510,000
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Invenergy
Principal Engineer, SCADA Engineering (BESS)
Invenergy
⚡ Apply early Chicago, IL Onsite $155,000–$180,000
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GEICO
Distinguished Engineer, AI Applications
GEICO
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto, CA Onsite $210,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
DI
Principal Product Software Engineer - Java
Disney
⚡ Apply early Glendale, CA, USA Onsite $184,300–$247,100
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Edwards Lifesciences
Distinguished Engineer, Manufacturing, Heart Failure Sensors
Edwards Lifesciences
⚡ Apply early USA - California – Irvine Onsite $159,000–$226,000
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BMO
Principal Cloud Engineer Azure
BMO
⚡ Apply early Virtual, IL, USA · location restricted $100,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal Systems Engineer - Global Hawk LTC Integration
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-San D... Onsite $114,000–$171,000
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Northrop Grumman
Software Engineer / Principal Software Engineer (TS Clearance) (AHT)
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Manha... Onsite $91,800–$137,600
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Cadence Design Systems
Principal Product Engineer – Virtuoso Backend Flows
Cadence Design Systems
⚡ Apply early SAN JOSE Onsite $136,500–$253,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Workday
Principal Distributed Systems Engineer - Observability
Workday
⚡ Apply early USA, CA, Pleasanton Onsite $222,900–$222,900
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Northrop Grumman
Sr. Principal Systems Engineer - Co-CLS SW Sustainment Integration Lead
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-San D... Onsite $142,200–$213,400
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NVIDIA
Distinguished Engineer, Production Engineering, Data Center Automation
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, CA, Santa Clara Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
PA
Principal Engineer, Cloud Data Infrastructure
PayPal
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Hybrid $198,000–$294,250
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
RTX
Principal Hardware Engineer - Electrical (Onsite)
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-CA-FULLERTON-676 ~ 1801 Hug... Hybrid
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Edwards Lifesciences
Senior Distinguished Engineer, Manufacturing, Heart Failure Systems
Edwards Lifesciences
⚡ Apply early USA - California – Irvine Onsite $191,000–$271,000
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Armada
Distinguished Engineer / Technical Fellow
Armada
⚡ Apply early United States (Remote) · location restricted $231,600–$289,500
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Armada
Distinguished Engineer / Technical Fellow
Armada
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California Offi... Onsite $231,600–$289,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Armada
Distinguished Engineer / Technical Fellow
Armada
⚡ Apply early Bellevue Office, Sunset Corpor... Onsite $231,600–$289,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Rocket Lab Corporation
Principal Electric Propulsion Engineer
Rocket Lab Corporation
⚡ Apply early Long Beach, CA Onsite $212,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Northrop Grumman
Engineer / Principal Engineer - Navigation
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-San D... Onsite $91,800–$137,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Northrop Grumman
Engineer or Principal Engineer Structural Design 4/10 1st Shift
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Palmd... Onsite $91,800–$137,600
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Cisco
Distinguished Machine Learning Engineer, AISWP (Hybrid)
Cisco
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, US Hybrid $342,700–$433,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Systems - Radiometric
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Azusa Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago
Happen Bank
Principal IAM Engineer
Happen Bank
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1mo ago

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