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Total jobs
407
positions indexed
New today
1
last 24 hours
Companies
129
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

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

There are 407 open Principal Engineer jobs in Texas on JobsRadar right now, from 129 companies hiring directly. 150 of them disclose pay, with a median of $196,968 a year and most offers between $164,813 and $250,500. 1 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 27, 2026 at 04:27 UTC.

Principal Engineer salary range in Texas

$164.8k 25th
$197k Median
$250.5k 75th
$143k
$295.1k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $106.3k – $433.4k · outliers off-axis
Based on 150 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 27, 2026 from live listings
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Cadence Design Systems
Sr. Principal Software Engineer
Cadence Design Systems
⚡ Apply early AUSTIN Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 19h ago
Alcon
Principal, Process Engineer
Alcon
⚡ Apply early Fort Worth, Texas Onsite $119,000–$154,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Cerence AI
Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Cerence AI
⚡ Apply early Remote – California Bay Area · location restricted $192,500–$290,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Fidelity Investments
Principal Software Quality Engineer (Rest Assured or Karate)
Fidelity Investments
⚡ Apply early Westlake, TX Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
AT
Principal Enterprise Systems Engineer
AT&T
⚡ Apply early USA:TX:Dallas / Three AT&T Pla... Onsite $116,700–$196,100
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Principal AI & Machine Learning Engineer
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
⚡ Apply early Spring, Texas, United States o... Onsite $178,000–$361,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
RTX
Principal Radar Cross Section (RCS) Engineer
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-TX-MCKINNEY-513WM ~ 2501 W... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Cloudflare
Principal Software Engineer, Workers Deploy & Config
Cloudflare
⚡ Apply early In-Office Hybrid $194,000–$266,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Jabil
Senior Principal Structural Engineer - Data Center Infrastructure (FE)
Jabil
⚡ Apply early Remote - USA · location restricted $156,400–$281,500
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Conga
Principal Software Engineer
Conga
⚡ Apply early Remote Canada; US - Boston, MA... · location restricted $163,380–$261,410
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
SpaceX
Principal Construction Project Engineer (Starship Infrastructure - Louisiana)
SpaceX
⚡ Apply early Pecan Island, LA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Cesium Astro
Principal Communications System Test Engineer - Verification and Validation
Cesium Astro
⚡ Apply early Austin, TX Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
DigitalOcean
Principal Engineer, AI/ML Security
DigitalOcean
⚡ Apply early Austin Onsite $230,400–$288,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
Graphcore
Principal UEFI Firmware Engineer
Graphcore
⚡ Apply early Austin, Texas, United States Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
ON.energy
Principal Battery Systems Engineer
ON.energy
⚡ Apply early Houston, Texas, United States;... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
ON.energy
Principal Electrical Engineer
ON.energy
⚡ Apply early Houston, Texas, United States;... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 3d ago
CrowdStrike
Distinguished Software Engineer, Sensor (Remote)
CrowdStrike
⚡ Apply early USA - Remote, TX · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
RTX
Principal Software Engineer - Embedded (Onsite)
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-TX-PLANO-465 ~ 465 Independ... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
CSAA Insurance Group
Principal Software Engineer - Emerging Technology & AI - Remote
CSAA Insurance Group
⚡ Apply early Arizona - Home Teleworkers Onsite $177,525–$197,250
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
KBR
Principal Pipeline Engineer
KBR
⚡ Apply early Houston, Texas Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
NXP Semiconductors
Principal SoC Verification Engineer
NXP Semiconductors
⚡ Apply early Austin (Oakhill, Office) Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Apollo Global Management
Principal Engineer
Apollo Global Management
⚡ Apply early Austin, Texas Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Sierra Nevada Corporation
Principal Software Engineer (Architecture/Design Development)
Sierra Nevada Corporation
⚡ Apply early Plano, TX Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
PNC
Software Engineer Principal -Data and Automation (Sagemaker, AWS CDK, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Python, Pyspark)
PNC
⚡ Apply early PA - Pittsburgh (15219) Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Cloudflare
Principal Software Engineer - Fintech
Cloudflare
⚡ Apply early Hybrid Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Principal Engineer jobs in Texas are open right now?
407 Principal Engineer jobs in Texas are open across 129 companies, as of October 27, 2026.
What do Principal Engineer jobs in Texas pay?
Across the 150 Principal Engineer jobs in Texas that disclose pay, the median is $196,968 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $164,813 and $250,500.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Texas?
Cadence Design Systems, Alcon, Cerence AI, Fidelity Investments and AT&T are among the 129 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs in Texas.
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 27, 2026 at 04:27 UTC.

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