Principal Engineer Jobs in California.

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AE| Principal Product Application Engineer (Scorpio)
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite
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Principal Digital Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$185,000
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Principal Digital Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$185,000
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Principal Engineer - Validation Engineering
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$240,000
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Principal SerDes Bring-up Validation Engineer 
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$240,000
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Principal Mixed Analog Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early Irvine, California, United Sta... Onsite $170,000–$210,000
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Principal Digital Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$185,000
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Senior Principal Test Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $205,000–$205,000
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Principal Emulation Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $207,000–$230,000
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(Sr.) Principal Engineer - Field Applications
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $205,000–$260,000
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Sr. Principal Product Applications Engineer – Custom Solutions
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $205,000–$260,000
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Principal Design Verification Engineer- SerDes/PHY IP
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $207,000–$230,000
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Principal Analog Mixed-Signal Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $207,000–$230,000
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Principal Physical Design Engineer, STA
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $209,000–$209,000
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Principal Physical Design Engineer, Methodology
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$240,000
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Principal Product Applications Engineer – Memory & CXL
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $175,000–$230,000
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Principal Product Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite
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Senior Principal Digital Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, CA Onsite $205,000–$255,000
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Principal ATE Test Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $209,000–$209,000
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Principal Clinical Engineer – AI Performance & Investigations
Heartflow
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California Onsite $188,000–$240,000
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Shieldai
Principal Engineer, Edge Applications & Mission Systems (R6245)
Shieldai
⚡ Apply early San Diego, California Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Relativity Space
Principal Mechanical Engineer, Factory Automation
Relativity Space
⚡ Apply early Long Beach, California Onsite $185,000–$277,000
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Relativity Space
Principal Mechanical Design & Analysis Engineer, Tooling
Relativity Space
⚡ Apply early Long Beach, California Onsite $185,000–$277,000
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Relativity Space
Principal Mechanical Engineer, Tooling
Relativity Space
⚡ Apply early Long Beach, California Onsite $185,000–$277,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
GDIT
Mechanical Engineer Principal
GDIT
⚡ Apply early USA MD California Onsite $97,968–$126,500
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