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Total jobs
165
positions indexed
New today
2
last 24 hours
Companies
33
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere

How many Principal Engineer jobs in San Jose are there right now?

There are 165 open Principal Engineer jobs in San Jose on JobsRadar right now, from 33 companies hiring directly. 141 of them disclose pay, with a median of $220,000 a year and most offers between $200,000 and $271,000. 2 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on October 20, 2026 at 01:41 UTC.

Principal Engineer salary range in San Jose

$200k 25th
$220k Median
$271k 75th
$175.3k
$306.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $120k – $433.4k · outliers off-axis
Based on 141 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 20, 2026 from live listings
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Extremenetworks
Principal Engineer – Cloud Platform (10395, 10448)
Extremenetworks
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
Samsung Semiconductor
Principal Engineer, Hardware Emulation
Samsung Semiconductor
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $219,000–$351,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 7h ago
DiDi Labs
Staff/Principal AI Transformation Engineer
DiDi Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, CA Onsite $255,000–$351,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
AL
Principal Product Applications Engineer – Scorpio
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $207,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Verification Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
AE| Principal Product Application Engineer (Scorpio)
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Digital Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$185,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Digital Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$185,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Engineer - Validation Engineering
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal SerDes Bring-up Validation Engineer 
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Digital Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$185,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Senior Principal Test Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $205,000–$205,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Emulation Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $207,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
(Sr.) Principal Engineer - Field Applications
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $205,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Sr. Principal Product Applications Engineer – Custom Solutions
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $205,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Design Verification Engineer- SerDes/PHY IP
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $207,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Analog Mixed-Signal Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $207,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Physical Design Engineer, STA
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $209,000–$209,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Physical Design Engineer, Methodology
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $185,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Product Applications Engineer – Memory & CXL
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $175,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal Product Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Senior Principal Digital Design Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, CA Onsite $205,000–$255,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
AL
Principal ATE Test Engineer
Astera Labs
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite $209,000–$209,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Altera
Principal/Senior Principal Engineer - Physical Design Implementation and Signoff Methodology
Altera
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California, United S... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
AD
Principal AI/ML Engineer, Deep Agentic Reasoning Engineer (Lorenz Labs)
Analog Devices
⚡ Apply early US, CA, San Jose, Rio Robles Onsite $230,000–$316,250
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Principal Engineer jobs in San Jose are open right now?
165 Principal Engineer jobs in San Jose are open across 33 companies, as of October 20, 2026.
What do Principal Engineer jobs in San Jose pay?
Across the 141 Principal Engineer jobs in San Jose that disclose pay, the median is $220,000 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $200,000 and $271,000.
Which companies are hiring Principal Engineer jobs in San Jose?
Extremenetworks, Samsung Semiconductor, DiDi Labs, Astera Labs and Altera are among the 33 companies currently hiring Principal Engineer jobs in San Jose.
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 20, 2026 at 01:41 UTC.

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