Tech jobs › Hardware Engineering Jobs › Principal Hardware Engineering Jobs in California Principal Hardware Engineering Jobs in California 144 open Principal Hardware Engineering jobs in California at 55 companies, including Cisco, Microsoft and Palo Alto Networks. Updated daily from company career pages.
Cisco Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
Principal ASIC Engineer (Reliability & Hardware Validation) Hybrid San Jose, California Distinguished Hardware Security Engineer Hybrid/Remote San Jose, California (Remote) · $252,300.00 - $321,200.00 USD Principal Hardware Engineer Santa Monica, California · $220,900.00 - $380,000.00 Principal Engineering, Hardware Project & Program Management San Jose, California · $233,900.00 - $380,000.00 USD Principal Hardware Architect – ASIC & System Integration, Cisco Silicon One (Hybrid) San Jose, California · $233,900.00 - $380,000.00 USD 1 more open roles at Cisco
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an edge-to-cloud company that uses comprehensive solutions to accelerate business outcomes.
Principal Mechanical Engineer – Networking Systems Sunnyvale, California · $140,500 - $285,000 USD Senior Principal Hardware Engineer Sunnyvale, California · $181,000 - $367,000 USD Senior Principal Power/Hardware Engineer Sunnyvale, California · $181,000 - $367,000 USD Sr. Principal Hardware Engineer Sunnyvale, California · $181,000 - $367,000 USD Senior Principal Power Hardware Engineer Sunnyvale, California · $181,000 - $367,000 USD 13 more open roles at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Oura Oura is a health technology company that makes and designs wellness wearable rings to track and improve sleep and performance.
Qualcomm Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
4 more open roles at Qualcomm
Midjourney Midjourney is a non-profit research lab that is investigating new thought mediums to improve the human species' inventive abilities.
Micron Technology Micron Technology is a semiconductor company that produces DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, SSD and CMOS image sensing chips.
Sr Principal CAD & HPC Workflow San Jose, California · $197,000.00 - $346,000.00 USD Principal ASIC Design Engineer Folsom, California · $186,000.00 - $407,000.00 USD HBM Hardware Emulation Architect - SMTS Folsom, California · $177,000.00 - $334,000.00 USD Principal Engineer, ASIC Design San Jose, California · $198,000.00 - $336,000.00 USD Staff/Principal Hardware System Design Engineer San Jose, California · $202,000.00 - $344,000.00 USD Anduril Industries Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance.
Principal RF Engineer, EW Costa Mesa, California · $220,000 - $292,000 USD Principal Digital Hardware Engineer (FPGA/VHDL) Costa Mesa, California · $253,000 - $336,000 USD Lead Electrical Architect - Expeditionary AI/HPC Data Centers Costa Mesa, California · $146,000 - $183,000 USD Equinix Equinix is an internet company that provides data center services for companies, businesses, and organizations.
Marvell Principal Test Hardware Engineer Santa Clara, California · $150,680 - $225,700 USD Principal Validation and Hardware Design Engineer (SerDes) Santa Clara, California · $150,680 - $225,700 USD Principal Engineer, Silicon Photonics Assembly Westlake Village, California · $168400 - $249310 USD Senior Principal Engineer – Hardware Chip Lead, Connectivity BU Santa Clara, California · $182,360 - $273,200 USD Principal Analog/Mixed Signal CAD Engineer Santa Clara, California · $150,680 - $225,700 USD Blue Origin Blue Origin is an aerospace company that focuses on lowering the cost of spaceflight and helping to explore the solar system.
Sr. Principal Hardware Systems Architect – User Terminal Cupertino, California · $264,103.00 - $369,743.85 USD Principal Electrical Power Engineer, RF Payloads - TeraWave Cupertino, California · $156,802.00 - $219,522.45 USD Principal Structural Loads Engineer - New Glenn Los Angeles, California · $169,624.00 - $237,473.25 USD Principal Avionics Hardware Engineer Los Angeles, California · $173,466.00 - $242,851.35 USD Principal Electrical Power Subsystem Architect Los Angeles, California · $169,624.00 - $237,473.25 USD 1 more open roles at Blue Origin
Agility Robotics Agility Robotics builds highly efficient, agile, and robust legged platforms for real world applications.
Astera Labs Astera Labs is a semiconductor company that provides connectivity solutions for intelligent systems.
Principal Analog Mixed-Signal Design Engineer San Jose, California · $207,000 - $230,000 USD Principal Electrical Engineer – Smart Cable Modules San Jose, California · $185,000 - $240,000 USD Principal Hardware Validation Engineer San Jose, California · $160,000 - $200,000 USD Principal Silicon Validation Engineer, SerDes/PAM4 San Jose, California · $185,000 - $240,000 USD Principal Silicon Validation Engineer San Jose, California · $205,000 - $260,000 USD PsiQuantum PsiQuantum focuses on building a large-scale, general-purpose silicon photonic quantum computer with at least 1 million physical qubits.
Lightmatter Lightmatter changes chip architecture, powering faster, energy-efficient computing with photonic processors for sustainable AI advancement.
True Anomaly True Anomaly develops space security technologies using AI, software, and spacecraft to enhance global security and sustainability.
Principal Space RF Engineer, Antenna & Full-Wave EM Modeling Long Beach, California · $190,000 - $275,000 USD Principal Electrical Engineer, Radio Frequency (RF) Long Beach, California · $190,000 - $275,000 USD Electrical Engineer (Principal), Power Systems Long Beach, California · $190,000 - $275,000 USD Mechanical CAD Drafter (Staff or Principal) Long Beach, California · $43.50 - $72.00 USD Principal Electrical Engineer, Radio Frequency (RF) Long Beach, California · $190,000 - $275,000 USD Epirus Epirus builds directed energy and power management systems to solve some of the world’s most complex problems.
Terran Orbital Terran Orbital is a manufacturer of small satellites primarily serving the United States and Allied aerospace and defense industries.
Etched.ai Etched.ai designing specialized chips for language model inference.
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