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How many Principal Engineer jobs in Cambridge are there right now?

There are 78 open Principal Engineer jobs in Cambridge on JobsRadar right now, from 17 companies hiring directly. 60 of them disclose pay, with a median of $175,000 a year and most offers between $170,000 and $199,500. The board was last refreshed on October 26, 2026 at 14:04 UTC.

Principal Engineer salary range in Cambridge

$170k 25th
$175k Median
$199.5k 75th
$163.7k
$257k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $209k – $374k · outliers off-axis
Based on 60 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 26, 2026 from live listings
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Draper
Distinguished System Requirements Engineer
Draper
⚡ Apply early Clearfield, UT Onsite $100,000–$275,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Flagship Pioneering, Inc.
Senior / Principal Data Infrastructure Engineer
Flagship Pioneering, Inc.
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA Onsite $165,000–$209,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Draper
Principal Mission Critical Software Engineer
Draper
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $95,000–$245,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Staff / Principal Research Engineer, AI Safety Mitigations
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK;... Onsite $224,000–$336,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Staff / Principal Security Engineer, AI Safety and Security
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; London, UK;... Onsite $192,000–$306,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Principal Engineer, AI Security
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA Onsite $252,000–$374,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Applied AI
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $252,000–$336,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Principal Network Engineer
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA Onsite $204,000–$272,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Principal Software Engineer, App
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $204,000–$348,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Principal Software Engineer, Instrument Simulations
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA Onsite $204,000–$272,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Staff/ Principal Software Engineer, Scientific System of Record
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $204,000–$310,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Staff / Principal Automated Systems Engineer
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA Onsite $163,400–$228,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
LS
Principal Software Engineer, Applied AI
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $204,000–$310,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Draper
Principal Hardware Instrument Engineer
Draper
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $95,000–$245,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Draper
Principal Test Development Engineer
Draper
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $95,000–$245,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Draper
Principal Power Electronics Engineer
Draper
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $82,300–$245,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Graphcore
Principal Hardware System Test Engineer
Graphcore
⚡ Apply early Bristol, UK; Cambridge, UK Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Draper
Principal Digital ASIC Design Engineer
Draper
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $95,000–$275,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
GV
Principal AI Software Engineer
GE Vernova
⚡ Apply early Niskayuna Onsite $145,400–$242,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
RTX
Principal Signal Processing / Controls Engineer
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-MA-CAMBRIDGE-BBN01 ~ 10 & 5... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Draper
Principal Hardware Electronic Engineer
Draper
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $95,000–$245,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
CM
Principal Analytics Engineer
Cambridge Mobile Telematics
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $169,700–$212,100
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
CM
Principal Machine Learning Engineer
Cambridge Mobile Telematics
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $198,300–$247,900
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
CM
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Foundation Models
Cambridge Mobile Telematics
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA Onsite $198,300–$247,900
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
AVEVA
Principal Cloud Software Engineer
AVEVA
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, United Kingdom Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Principal Engineer jobs in Cambridge are open right now?
78 Principal Engineer jobs in Cambridge are open across 17 companies, as of October 26, 2026.
What do Principal Engineer jobs in Cambridge pay?
Across the 60 Principal Engineer jobs in Cambridge that disclose pay, the median is $175,000 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $170,000 and $199,500.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Cambridge?
Draper, Flagship Pioneering, Inc., Lila Sciences, Graphcore and GE Vernova are among the 17 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Cambridge.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on October 26, 2026 at 14:04 UTC.

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