75+ Principal Engineer Jobs in California

84 open Principal Engineer roles from 55 employers in California, posted in the last 30 days. Updated November 3, 2026.

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Newest Principal Engineer openings in California

  1. Principal Engineer, Quality Engineering Analog Devices, Inc. · Milpitas, California, United States
    $160K to $232K a year
    Posted yesterday
  2. Principal Engineer - AV Simulation and Evaluation NVIDIA Corporation · Santa Clara, California, United States
    $272K to $431K a year
    Posted yesterday
  3. Principal Engineer, Fly-By-Wire Executive Recruiting Group · San Luis Obispo, California, United States
    $170K to $220K a year
    Posted yesterday
  4. Principal Engineer, AI Ecosystem Google Inc · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $307K to $427K a year
    Posted 3 days ago
  5. Principal Engineer (Console) San Francisco, California, United States Palo Alto Networks · San Francisco, California, United States
    Posted 3 days ago
  6. Principal Engineer Apex Companies, LLC. · Sacramento, California, United States
    $150K to $220K a year
    Posted 4 days ago
  7. Sr. Principal Engineer - CFD/Thermal Bloom Energy · San Jose, California, United States
    $196K to $282K a year
    Posted 5 days ago
  8. Principal Engineer, Architecture (USB Systems & IP) Lattice Semiconductor Corp. · San Jose, California, United States
    Posted 5 days ago
  9. Principal Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance Rocket Lab Corp. · Long Beach, California, United States
    $173K to $260K a year
    Posted 5 days ago
  10. Principal Engineer / Senior Engineer, MSAT South San Francisco and/or Redwood Shores, CA (onsite) Kamau Therapeutics, Inc. · South San Francisco, California, United States
    $150K to $215K a year
    Posted 5 days ago
  11. Principal Engineer (8009) TSMC · San Jose, California, United States
    $219K to $220K a year
    Posted 5 days ago
  12. Principal Engineer — Product & Application Security Haystack App Ltd · San Mateo, California, United States
    $241K to $298K a year
    Posted 5 days ago
  13. Senior Principal Engineer Renesas Electronics Corp. · San Jose, California, United States
    $239K to $299K a year
    Posted 5 days ago
  14. Principal Engineer, High-Performance Systems Amaltash · San Francisco, California, United States
    $250K to $320K a year
    Posted 5 days ago
  15. Principal Engineer (8009) TSMC · San Jose, California, United States
    $219K to $220K a year
    Posted 6 days ago
  16. AI Sr. Principal Engineer Marvell Technology · Irvine, California, United States
    $203K to $300K a year
    Posted 6 days ago
  17. Principal Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance Telemetry Today LLC · Long Beach, California, United States
    $173K to $260K a year
    Posted 6 days ago
  18. Sr. Principal Engineer - FoundationDB Apple, Inc. · Cupertino, California, United States
    Posted 6 days ago
  19. Principal Engineer, Agentic AI Platforms, Ads Google Inc · Mountain View, California, United States
    $307K to $427K a year
    Posted 6 days ago
  20. Principal Engineer, Cloud Data Infrastructure San Jose, California, United States of America + 1 more Software Engineering Venmo, LLC · San Jose, California, United States
    $218K to $324K a year
    Posted 6 days ago
  21. Principal Engineer - Content Lifecycle & Studio The Briefed · San Mateo, California, United States
    $295K to $345K a year
    Posted 7 days ago
  22. Privacy Architect Apple, Inc. · Cupertino, California, United States
    Posted 10 days ago
  23. Test Principal Engineer- Networking background is a must SonicWall · Milpitas, California, United States
    Posted 10 days ago
  24. Principal Engineer - Product Testing MiniMed Group · Los Angeles, California, United States
    $121K to $205K a year
    Posted 10 days ago
  25. Principal Engineer, Power Design Celestica · San Jose, California, United States
    Posted 11 days ago
  26. Principal Engineer – Authentication & Authorization (Hybrid) CrowdStrike Inc. · Sunnyvale, California, United States
    $195K to $290K a year
    Posted 11 days ago
  27. Principal Engineer, Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) Amazon · Cupertino, California, United States
    $200K to $311K a year
    Posted 11 days ago
  28. Principal Engineer, Pharma CMC Manufacturing & Tech Transfer Telemetry Today LLC · El Segundo, California, United States
    $187K to $239K a year
    Posted 11 days ago
  29. Principal Engineer Wood Rodgers, Inc. · San Diego, California, United States
    $129K to $162K a year
    Posted 11 days ago
  30. Senior Principal Engineer, Data & Machine Learning PlayStation · San Mateo, California, United States
    $304K to $456K a year
    Posted 11 days ago

Showing the 30 newest of 84 open roles; more on the next pages. Search above to filter by pay, seniority or schedule in plain English.

What these postings look like

Across the 73 postings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $176,130 at the 25th percentile, $219,450 at the median and $275,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

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  1. SiTime Corp.: 7 roles
  2. Amazon: 5 roles
  3. Google Inc: 5 roles
  4. TSMC: 4 roles
  5. Provostandpritchard: 3 roles
  6. Telemetry Today LLC: 3 roles
  7. Apple, Inc.: 2 roles
  8. Bloom Energy: 2 roles
  9. F5, Inc.: 2 roles
  10. Marvell Technology: 2 roles

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