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Principal Engineer Jobs in California.

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Air Liquide
Principal Applications Engineer
Air Liquide
⚡ Apply early Long Beach, CA - Management -... Onsite $165,000–$185,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5mos ago
ResMed
Principal Engineer - Identity
ResMed
⚡ Apply early San Diego, CA, United States Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5mos ago
Marvell
Principal Test Engineer
Marvell
⚡ Apply early Santa Clara, CA Onsite ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6mos ago
Cadence Design Systems
Principal EDA Software Engineer (C++, Characterization)
Cadence Design Systems
⚡ Apply early SAN JOSE Onsite $136,500–$253,500 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6mos ago
RTX
Principal Systems Engineer - Electronic Warfare
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-CA-GOLETA-H01 ~ 6380 Hollis... Hybrid ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6mos ago
DI
Principal Software Engineer
Disney
⚡ Apply early Santa Monica, CA, USA Onsite $193,100–$258,900 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6mos ago
CI
Distinguished Software Engineer
Circle
⚡ Apply early San Francisco - remote first i... · location restricted $285,000–$352,500 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6mos ago
CS
Cloud Principal Engineer
Centric Software
⚡ Apply early Campbell, CA Onsite ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6mos ago
Motorola Solutions
Principal System Integration and Test Engineer
Motorola Solutions
⚡ Apply early Irvine, CA Onsite $180,000–$220,000 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6mos ago
Northrop Grumman
Test Engineer / Principal Test Engineer
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Sunny... Onsite $91,800–$137,600 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6mos ago
MKS Instruments
Principal Optical Engineer
MKS Instruments
⚡ Apply early Irvine, CA Onsite $175,000–$195,000 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6mos ago
AVEVA
Principal Electrical Engineer
AVEVA
⚡ Apply early Irvine, California, United Sta... Hybrid $125,000–$195,000 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7mos ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal Engineer Embedded Software
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-San D... Onsite $114,000–$171,000 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7mos ago
NVIDIA
Principal Datacenter HSIO Engineer
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, CA, Santa Clara Onsite ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7mos ago
NVIDIA
Principal System Software Engineer - Data Center MODS
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, CA, Santa Clara Onsite ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7mos ago
General Motors
Principal Engineer, Body Control Subsystem Integration – Compliance & Regulations
General Motors
⚡ Apply early Warren, Michigan, United State... Onsite ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7mos ago
NVIDIA
Lead Principal Engineer, Enterprise Agentic AI Platform
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, CA, Santa Clara Onsite ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7mos ago
General Motors
Principal AI / ML Engineer - Embodied AI
General Motors
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California, Uni... Onsite $296,300–$453,900 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7mos ago
NVIDIA
Global Connectivity Distinguished Engineer
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, CA, Santa Clara Onsite ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7mos ago
Silvus Technologies
Principal R&D Engineer
Silvus Technologies
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles Hybrid $180,000–$250,000 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 8mos ago
PA
Principal Electrical Engineer - Traction Power
Parsons
⚡ Apply early US - CA, Oakland Onsite $100,900–$176,600 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 8mos ago
PA
Principal Civil Engineer - Transportation Infrastructure
Parsons
⚡ Apply early US - CA, Irvine Hybrid $100,900–$176,600 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 9mos ago
NVIDIA
Principal Software Engineer – Large-Scale LLM Memory and Storage Systems
NVIDIA
⚡ Apply early US, CA, Santa Clara Onsite ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 9mos ago
Barry-Wehmiller
Principal Controls Engineer- Data Center
Barry-Wehmiller
⚡ Apply early Sacramento, CA Onsite $150,000–$220,000 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 9mos ago
Teledyne FLIR
Senior Principal MMIC Design Engineer
Teledyne FLIR
⚡ Apply early US - Mountain View, CA Onsite $161,300–$215,100 ⚠ 6mo+ old
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10mos ago

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