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Engineering jobs in California, United States
14,631 open roles read nightly from companies’ own hiring pages. Each one links to the original ad.
Engineering jobs in California at a glance
- Open roles
- 14,631
- Remote
- 6%
- Posted in the last 30 days
- 3,203
- Advertised pay, middle half
- $180K – $275Kmedian $222K
From the 12,672 engineering jobs here that state yearly pay in USD: the top of each advertised range. Updated nightly.
Hiring most here
- Anduril Industries 1,020
- SpaceX 459
- OpenAI 235
- Relativity Space 211
- Anthropic 146
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4,921–4,940 of 14,631 jobs
Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems
6 weeks agoSaildrone · Alameda, California, United States
$210K – $300K a yearEngineeringSaildrone is building autonomous maritime systems that must perceive, reason about, and respond to the physical world without continuous human intervention. As a Software Engineer, Autonomous Systems, you will develop the software that turns autonomy algorithms into reliable…
Perception Engineer
6 weeks agoSaildrone · Alameda, California, United States
$144.5K – $300K a yearEngineeringSaildrone's autonomous vehicles rely on perception systems to understand their surroundings and estimate their position and motion. As a Perception Engineer, you will develop and deploy the perception and estimation capabilities that turn raw sensor data into rich, accurate…
Technical Program Manager, Software
6 weeks agoMind Robotics · Palo Alto, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeSeniorEngineeringProgram Management at Mind is an operational catalyst. We own outcomes, drive the trade-offs that keep engineering moving, and set the metabolic rate of the teams we partner with — clearing roadblocks, closing stalled decisions, carrying risk upward, and protecting the focus…
Antora Energy · San Jose, California, United States
Senior$142K – $190K a yearEngineeringAntora is scaling production of our thermal batteries, which store renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and deliver it to industrial customers as zero-carbon heat and power, while designing the next generation of the product and the gigafactory that will build it.
Lab Automation Software Engineer
6 weeks agoPlasmidsaurus · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull-timeMid level$175K – $235K a yearEngineeringOur automation team plays a pivotal role in delivering top quality data to our customers at unbeatable speeds. We are looking for a lab automation software engineer to join us on our mission to sequence everything. You will:
Senior Engineering Manager
6 weeks agoImprint · New York, United States +1
HybridFull-timeManager$220K – $235K a yearEngineeringBring structure to complex, ambiguous domains: Imprint's products sit at the intersection of payments, credit, compliance, and brand strategy. You'll lead a team through problems that aren't fully scoped, where the right answer requires synthesizing technical constraints with…
Design Verification Tech Lead- SerDes/PHY IP
6 weeks agoAstera Labs · San Jose, California, United States
Lead / staff$160K – $200K a yearEngineeringAstera Labs is hiring a Principal Design Verification Engineer to own functional verification of our high-speed SerDes/PHY IP — the connectivity engine powering rack-scale AI infrastructure. You will architect verification environments, drive coverage closure, and ensure…
MatX · Mountain View, California, United States
HybridFull-time$160K – $275K a yearEngineeringDevelop and extend board management firmware built on open-source firmware stacks; Enhance and maintain embedded firmware running on ARM microcontrollers, including code delivered by silicon partners; Own platform capabilities end to end: sensor monitoring, power and thermal…
Staff Engineer, Enterprise Externalization
6 weeks agoLila Sciences · San Francisco, California, United States
Lead / staff$192K – $288K a yearEngineeringLila Sciences is building the infrastructure for autonomous science — AI systems that design experiments, run them in physical labs, and close the loop across life sciences, chemistry, and materials science. Our platform enables this to operate reliably at scale for external…
Software Engineer, Plugin Ecosystem
6 weeks agoOpenAI · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull-time$185K – $490K a yearEngineeringThe Plugin Ecosystem team builds the platform and product experiences that let people extend ChatGPT and Codex. We work on plugins, skills, connectors, interactive apps, and open standards like the Model Context Protocol (MCP). We make plugins easy to discover, install, and…
Senior Software Engineer - Traffic Proxy
6 weeks agoRoblox · San Mateo, California, United States
Full-timeSenior$243.3K – $295.3K a yearEngineeringEvery day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
Anduril Industries · Huntsville, Alabama, United States +1
Full-timeLead / staff$166K – $220K a yearEngineeringAnduril's Air Defense team builds autonomous robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. This team is the nexus of premier Anduril-built products such as Roadrunner, Sentry, Anvil, Pulsar, and Wisp integrated into a software-enabled Air Defense family of…
Project Engineer
6 weeks agoStrategic Growth Partners · San Diego, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$55.00 – $65.00 an hourEngineeringStrategic Growth Partners provides both operations & strategic support to tribal 8(a) & commercial organizations. Our client we are supporting is a premier provider of complex design and engineering services to the aerospace and defense industry. Additionally, they also…
Space Datacenter Architect
6 weeks agoCowboy Space Corp. · San Carlos, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$240K – $340K a yearEngineeringCowboy Space Corp. is building the infrastructure to power and connect the orbital economy. Our satellites operate in low Earth orbit to collect sunlight and enable a new class of capabilities—from powering on-orbit compute and transmitting energy via infrared lasers to…
Anduril Industries · Irvine, California, United States
Full-timeSeniorEngineeringThe Sentry Tower Software team develops robotic systems that provide force protection capabilities, monitoring the perimeter of secure areas, land or sea, for approaching people, vehicles, and vessels. We live in a world where security officers are increasingly overwhelmed by…
Cloudflare · Austin, Texas, United States +2
HybridManager$161K – $221K a yearEngineeringCloudflare is looking for a Strategy Manager to join the Developer GTM Strategy & Incubation team, focused on Technical Programs. This person will help Solutions Architects, Forward Deployed Engineers, Professional Services, and Developer GTM leadership identify the right…
Staff Engineering Laboratory Manager
6 weeks agoCHAOS Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
Full-timeLead / staff$163K – $224K a yearEngineeringCHAOS is seeking a Staff Engineering Laboratory Manager to own the day-to-day operation, readiness, security, and continuous improvement of the company’s engineering laboratories. These laboratories support the development, integration, verification, and fielding of advanced…
Cloudflare · Austin, Texas, United States +2
HybridLead / staffEngineeringIntegrated Network Strategy is where Cloudflare's foundational infrastructure planning, network design, and capacity roadmaps are shaped. We own the systems and processes that enable our global network to scale across 337+ cities in 125+ countries while maintaining…
Staff Mechanical Engineer
6 weeks agoCHAOS Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
Full-timeLead / staff$167K – $209K a yearEngineeringCHAOS is seeking a hands-on Staff Mechanical Design Engineer to lead the design and integration of air-launched and ground-launched aerospace vehicles and associated hardware, from early concept development through flight test and production support. This is a build-and-fly…
Staff Mechanical Engineer
6 weeks agoCHAOS Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
Full-timeLead / staff$233K – $321K a yearEngineeringCHAOS is seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer to lead the hands-on mechanical design, packaging, integration, and qualification of 3U and 6U VPX electronic cards, chassis, backplanes, and related ruggedized electronics for dual-use aerospace and defense applications. The ideal…
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.