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How many Principal Engineer jobs are there right now?

There are 6,502 open Principal Engineer jobs on JobsRadar right now, from 1,108 companies hiring directly. 3,123 of them disclose pay, with a median of $168,150 a year and most offers between $133,645 and $215,000. 53 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on September 20, 2026 at 19:06 UTC.

Principal Engineer salary range

$133.6k 25th
$168.2k Median
$215k 75th
$111.8k
$275k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $13.8k – $626.6k · outliers off-axis
Based on 3,123 disclosed live listings
Updated Sep 20, 2026 from live listings
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Principal Reverse Engineering/Vulnerability Research Engineer
Clarity Innovations
⚡ Apply early Herndon, VA Onsite $113,000–$338,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 8h ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal/Senior Principal Systems Engineer - Fault Management & System Autonomy (AHT)
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-Virginia-Dulles Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal/Senior Principal Mission Engineer (AHT)
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-Virginia-Dulles Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Northrop Grumman
Senior Principal Systems Engineer- IPT Lead
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-Virginia-Dulles Onsite $142,200–$213,400
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Northrop Grumman
Senior Principal Engineer Systems (AHT)
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-Virginia-Dulles Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal/Senior Principal Mission Engineer (AHT)
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-Virginia-Dulles Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Northrop Grumman
Principal/Senior Principal Systems Engineer (AHT)
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-Virginia-Fairfax Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 10h ago
Solera
Principal Software Engineer
Solera
⚡ Apply early Bangalore Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
Kraft Heinz
Principal Engineer, R&D - Packaging Materials & Performance
Kraft Heinz
⚡ Apply early Glenview, IL Hybrid $104,200–$130,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
RTX
Customer Technical Services - Mechanical Systems & Externals Principal Engineer - Onsite
RTX
⚡ Apply early US-CT-EAST HARTFORD-OBG ~ 400... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 11h ago
Roblox
Distinguished Machine Learning Engineer - Safety
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $399,420–$457,970
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Distinguished Engineer, Machine Learning Systems – Economy
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $397,460–$455,720
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer, Ads & Discovery
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer, WebRTC
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Data Engineer - Economy
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$354,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Embodied AI and Smart NPCs
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $345,040–$399,420
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer - Content Lifecycle
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Network Engineer
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Network Engineer, Backbone/Edge Network
Roblox
⚡ Apply early Ashburn, Virginia, United Stat... Onsite $265,730–$320,890
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Hybrid $295,250–$345,040
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Software Engineer - Creator Distributed Systems & Storage
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $345,040–$399,420
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Security Software Engineer, Enterprise Security
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $385,050–$443,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Security Software Engineer, Application Security
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $326,060–$385,050
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago
Roblox
Principal Engineer, Studio Builder Tools
Roblox
⚡ Apply early San Mateo, CA, United States Onsite $345,040–$399,420
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 12h ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Principal Engineer jobs are open right now?
6,502 Principal Engineer jobs are open across 1,108 companies, as of September 20, 2026.
What do Principal Engineer jobs pay?
Across the 3,123 Principal Engineer jobs that disclose pay, the median is $168,150 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $133,645 and $215,000.
Are any Principal Engineer jobs remote?
7 of these Principal Engineer jobs (0.1%) are open to candidates anywhere in the world.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs?
Clarity Innovations, Northrop Grumman, Solera, Kraft Heinz and RTX are among the 1,108 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs.
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 September 20, 2026 at 19:06 UTC.

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