200+ Principal Engineer Jobs in the United States

Newest Principal Engineer openings

1. Principal Engineer Philips · Fremont, California, United States
   $131K to $150K a year
   Posted yesterday
2. Principal Engineer FUJIFILM Corporation · Santa Clara, California, United States
   $160K to $200K a year
   Posted yesterday
3. Principal Engineer, Memory Technology Development Sandisk · Milpitas, California, United States
   $202K to $344K a year
   Posted 2 days ago
4. Network Infrastructure Software Development- Principal Engineer Arrcus · San Jose, California, United States
   $200K to $225K a year
   Posted 2 days ago
5. Principal Engineer, NPD-Quality Edwards · Irvine, California, United States
   $121K to $171K a year
   Posted 2 days ago
6. Principal Engineer (TRMC/ CAM Lead) Northrop Grumman · San Diego, California, United States
   Posted 2 days ago
7. Sr. Principal Engineer: Silicon Photonics-Hybrid Integration Lumentum Holdings Inc. · San Jose, California, United States
   $150K to $214K a year
   Posted 2 days ago
8. Principal Engineer, Resource Optimization and Fleet Logic Google Inc · Sunnyvale, California, United States
   $307K to $427K a year
   Posted 2 days ago
9. Principal Engineer, Google Compute Platform Security Google Inc · Sunnyvale, California, United States
   $307K to $427K a year
   Posted 3 days ago
10. Test Principal Engineer SonicWall, Inc. · Milpitas, California, United States
    Posted 3 days ago
11. Principal Engineer, Architecture & Performance Research Engineer for Data Center and Agentic AI CPU Samsung Electronics Co. · San Jose, California, United States
    $219K to $351K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
12. Principal Engineer, Product Pika · Palo Alto, California, United States
    Posted 3 days ago
13. Sr Principal Engineer (Firebee CAM Lead) Northrop Grumman · San Diego, California, United States
    $129K to $194K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
14. Sr. Principal Engineer (TRMC/ CAM Lead) Northrop Grumman · San Diego, California, United States
    $129K to $194K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
15. Sr Principal Engineer (CLS CAM Lead) Northrop Grumman · San Diego, California, United States
    $129K to $194K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
16. Principal Engineer, Test Solutions Engineering (West Coast US) Marvell Technology · Santa Clara, California, United States
    $185K to $278K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
17. Principal Engineer, Cloud Capacity Planning Google Inc · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $307K to $427K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
18. Principal Engineer, Distributed Systems Kinzaa · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $227K to $303K a year
    Posted 4 days ago
19. San Jose Principal Engineer, Reliability Ayar Labs, Inc. · San Jose, California, United States
    $200K to $260K a year
    Posted 5 days ago
20. Principal Engineer , Software/Firmware - CXL/PCIe Marvell Technology · Santa Clara, California, United States
    $155K to $232K a year
    Posted 7 days ago
21. Principal Engineer, AI Systems Knowledge and Intelligence Engine Google Inc · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $307K to $427K a year
    Posted 8 days ago
22. Principal Engineer, Cloud Surfaces Google Inc · San Francisco, California, United States
    $307K to $427K a year
    Posted 8 days ago
23. Sr. Principal Engineer — Platform Rafay · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    Posted 8 days ago
24. Principal Engineer / Group Manager Century Engineering Inc · Fresno, California, United States
    $133K to $228K a year
    Posted 8 days ago
25. Principal Engineer, Process Development (Lasers & Optics) Edwards · Irvine, California, United States
    $121K to $171K a year
    Posted 8 days ago
26. Principal Engineer - AI /ML Platform Target Corp · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $168K to $356K a year
    Posted 8 days ago
27. Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Aeronautical - Propulsion Northrop Grumman · Edwards AFB, California, United States
    $114K to $213K a year
    Posted 8 days ago
28. Principal Engineer, Storage Product Standards Samsung Electronics Co. · San Jose, California, United States
    $219K to $351K a year
    Posted 9 days ago
29. IR Camera Systems Principal Engineer Safran Group · Camarillo, California, United States
    $180K to $240K a year
    Posted 9 days ago
30. Principal Engineer Systems Northrop Grumman Corp. · Palmdale, California, United States
    $114K to $171K a year
    Posted 9 days ago

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Principal Engineer jobs by state

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What these postings look like

Across the 180 postings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $156,000 at the 25th percentile, $174,600 at the median and $220,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Seniority

• Lead: 168
• Senior: 56
• Executive: 12
• Director: 2

Work arrangement

• On-site: 173
• Hybrid: 48
• Remote: 13

Where the openings are

• San Diego: 12
• San Jose: 10
• Sunnyvale: 8
• Aiken: 5
• Charlotte: 5
• Boise: 4

Who is hiring

1. Northrop Grumman: 14 roles
2. Wells Fargo Company: 10 roles
3. Dell Inc.: 9 roles
4. Google Inc: 8 roles
5. Micron Technology, Inc.: 8 roles
6. Northrop Grumman Corp.: 8 roles
7. RTX: 8 roles
8. RTX Corp.: 6 roles
9. AbbVie Inc.: 5 roles
10. Microchip Technology Inc.: 4 roles