50+ Principal Engineer Jobs in California

63 open Principal Engineer roles from 37 employers in California, posted in the last 21 days. Updated September 18, 2026.

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Newest Principal Engineer openings in California

  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 (TRMC/ CAM Lead) Northrop Grumman · San Diego, California, United States
    Posted 2 days ago
  6. Principal Engineer, NPD-Quality Edwards · Irvine, California, United States
    $121K to $171K a year
    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. Sr. Principal Engineer (TRMC/ CAM Lead) Northrop Grumman · San Diego, California, United States
    $129K to $194K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
  13. Principal Engineer, Product Pika · Palo Alto, California, United States
    Posted 3 days ago
  14. Sr Principal Engineer (Firebee 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, Process Development (Lasers & Optics) Edwards · Irvine, California, United States
    $121K to $171K a year
    Posted 8 days ago
  25. Principal/Sr Principal Engineer Aeronautical - Propulsion Northrop Grumman · Edwards AFB, California, United States
    $114K to $213K 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 Engineer / Group Manager Century Engineering Inc · Fresno, California, United States
    $133K to $228K 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, Electrical (R5909) Shield · San Diego, California, United States
    $210K to $310K a year
    Posted 9 days ago

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What these postings look like

Across the 58 postings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $163,700 at the 25th percentile, $214,500 at the median and $269,481 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

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Who is hiring

  1. Northrop Grumman: 10 roles
  2. Google Inc: 8 roles
  3. Northrop Grumman Corp.: 4 roles
  4. Edwards: 2 roles
  5. Ensurge Inc.: 2 roles
  6. Marvell Technology: 2 roles
  7. Micron Technology, Inc.: 2 roles
  8. QUALCOMM, Inc.: 2 roles
  9. Samsung Electronics Co.: 2 roles
  10. Analog Devices, Inc.: 1 role

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