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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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Semtech
Principal Engineer, Test Engineering
Semtech
⚡ Apply early USA - San Diego, CA Onsite $137,000–$196,000
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Principal Software Engineer - Embedded (RIS)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale, California, United... Hybrid $172,000–$349,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Cadence Design Systems
Sr. Principal Technical Quality Engineer
Cadence Design Systems
⚡ Apply early SAN JOSE Onsite $154,000–$286,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
FormFactor
Sr. Principal QA Engineer
FormFactor
⚡ Apply early Livermore, CA Onsite $136,200–$178,815
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Abbott
Principal Quality Engineer
Abbott
⚡ Apply early United States - California - A... Onsite $114,000–$228,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Principal PreSales Systems Engineer - HPE Networking (Southern California)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
⚡ Apply early All, California, United States... Onsite $199,000–$411,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
NVIDIA
Principal Linux Kernel Engineer – NVIDIA CPU Server Platforms
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, CA, Santa Clara Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Lumentum
Principal Firmware Engineer
Lumentum
⚡ Apply early USA - CA - San Jose (Ridder) Onsite $134,750–$192,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal Software Engineer
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Woodl... Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Northrop Grumman
Senior Principal Flight Test Engineer- Gulfstream IV Flying Test Bed
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Mojav... Onsite $129,300–$193,900
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Northrop Grumman
Engineer/Principal Engineer - Survivability (California)
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Palmd... Onsite $101,000–$151,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
RTX
Principal Systems Engineer - Algorithms (ONSITE)
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-CA-FULLERTON-676 ~ 1801 Hug... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Bloom Energy
Principal Software Engineer, Edge Compute
Bloom Energy
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California Onsite $155,800–$224,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal Engineer Ground Systems Hardware Installation/Sr Principal Engineer Ground Systems Hardware Installation
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Manha... Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Alcon
Principal FPGA Engineer II
Alcon
⚡ Apply early Goleta, California Onsite 🛂 Visa sponsorship
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Aptiv
Principal Radar Software Engineer
Aptiv
⚡ Apply early Agoura Hills, CA - USA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Terran Orbital Corporation
Staff/Principal Flight Software Engineer (IV/V)
Terran Orbital Corporation
⚡ Apply early Irvine, CA (Open to Hybrid or... Hybrid $150,000–$210,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
BD
Principal Engineer – Applied ML/AI Algorithms R&D for Advanced Patient Monitoring
BD
⚡ Apply early USA CA - Irvine Laguna Canyon Onsite $129,600–$207,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Northrop Grumman
Sr. Principal Embedded Payload Electronics Engineer
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-San D... Onsite $142,200–$213,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Mastercard
Principal AI Platform Engineer - AI Center of Excellence
Mastercard
⚡ Apply early Arlington, Virginia Onsite $195,000–$323,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
RTX
Senior Principal Thermal Engineer
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-CA-EL SEGUNDO-E01 ~ 2000 E... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
BD
Senior Principal Engineer – Applied ML/AI Algorithms R&D for Advanced Patient Monitoring
BD
⚡ Apply early USA CA - Irvine Laguna Canyon Onsite $129,600–$207,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Northrop Grumman
Senior Principal Aeronautical Engineer - Hardware Avionics
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-San D... Onsite $142,200–$213,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Cisco
Principal Software Engineer (Security & Policy Platform) (Remote)
Cisco
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, US Onsite $250,600–$362,600
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago
Alcon
Principal, Software Engineer
Alcon
⚡ Apply early Lake Forest, California Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2mos ago

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