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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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1,281–1,300 of 14,631 jobs
Value Engineer - San Francisco
11 days agoOpenAI · San Francisco, California, United States
Full-timeSenior$234K – $260K a yearEngineeringThe Value Engineer Team helps customers turn frontier AI into real business value. We accelerate adoption of OpenAI technology at scale and guide organizations from initial activation to measurable, organization-wide impact. We partner closely with Sales, Product, Solutions…
Director, Quality Engineering
11 days agoSI-BONE, Inc · San Jose, California, United States
Director$210K – $235K a yearEngineeringThe Director of Quality Engineering leads the technical quality function supporting product development, manufacturing, suppliers, and sustaining engineering. The Director manages the Quality Engineering team and partners with Research and Development, Operations, Supply Chain,…
Software Engineer, ES&D Low Voltage
11 days agoRivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies · Irvine, California, United States
HybridFull-timeMid level$107K – $147.1K a yearEngineeringThe Embedded Software Engineer at Rivian Volkswagen Technologies Group is responsible for implementing and validating embedded software for battery and energy management systems, developing features for both low and high voltage systems such as power distribution, fault…
Staff RF Systems Engineer
11 days agoRelativity Space · Long Beach, California, United States
Lead / staff$175K – $263K a yearEngineeringThe Avionics team is responsible for all aspects of the electrical design on the rocket, from electronics, interconnects, associated mechanical design, testing and initial production. This team's scope includes the flight computers, power systems, RF systems, PCB design,…
PCB Layout Engineer
11 days agoLunar Energy · Mountain View, California, United States
Senior$140K – $180K a yearEngineeringLooking for a motivated PCB layout designer to design the next generation of boards for all of Lunar Energy’s products! The PCB layout designer would be responsible for doing full layouts of all our boards as well as designing library parts for new components as they come in.…
Staff Software Engineer, Real-Time Systems
11 days agoSwarm Aero · San Francisco, California, United States
Full-timeLead / staff$200K – $310K a yearEngineeringHelp architect the backend for a C2 system directing swarms of heterogeneous aircraft; Build distributed, collaborative real-time infrastructure for controlling large numbers of aircraft simultaneously, even when comms drop; Design and build the services that ingest, process,…
Swarm Aero · San Francisco, California, United States
Full-time$170K – $220K a yearEngineeringBuild and ship features in the C2 system that directs swarms of heterogeneous aircraft; Work on systems that hold state and stay responsive when comms degrade or drop entirely; Move between the interface layer and the services behind it, following the problem rather than a job…
Principal Instrumentation & Control Engineer
11 days agoValar Atomics · Torrance, California, United States
Lead / staff$196K – $240K a yearEngineeringAs part of the Engineering organization, Instrumentations & Controls designs the systems that monitor, automate, and protect Valar's facilities and reactor technologies. The team develops reliable control architectures that enable safe and efficient operations.
Varda Space Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
On-siteLead / staff$181.9K – $262.8K a yearEngineeringAs the Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Integration) at Varda, you will be the central orchestrator of spacecraft final assembly — responsible for the processes, sequence, and documentation that bring every subsystem together into a complete, flight-ready vehicle. You will own…
iOS Engineer, Identity
11 days agoStripe · Seattle, Washington, United States +2
Mid levelEngineeringBefore Stripe, every growing internet platform needed a payments team. Today, every growing internet platform needs a way to establish trust in its users.
Varda Space Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
On-siteLead / staff$181.9K – $262.8K a yearEngineeringAs the Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Structures) at Varda, you will own the manufacturing processes for primary and secondary structural assemblies that form the backbone of our reentry capsules and spacecraft. From composite layup and cure operations to machined metallic…
Product Reliability Engineer
11 days agoDivergent · Torrance, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$96.4K – $153K a yearEngineeringProcess Improvement and Defect Reduction; Lead initiatives to improve process efficiency and reduce defects by analyzing quality and production data to identify trends, root causes, and improvement opportunities.; Implement robust process controls and standardize inspection…
Perception Engineer, Missile Defense
11 days agoTrue Anomaly · Denver, Colorado, United States +1
On-siteMid level$125K – $270K a yearEngineeringDrive the architecture for the image processing, multi-object tracking and discrimination pipelines for space-based missile defense; Design and implement multi-band EO/IR image processing in C++: non-uniformity correction, radiometric calibration, band registration, frame…
Staff Backend Engineer, Video Platform
11 days agoPatreon · San Francisco, California, United States +2
RemoteFull-timeLead / staff$257.5K – $386K a yearEngineeringThe Backend Platform team builds the foundational systems and infrastructure that power Patreon's creator platform. We own core backend services, APIs, databases, and developer tooling that help product teams ship quickly and reliably at scale. Our scope also includes live…
Varda Space Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
On-siteLead / staff$181.9K – $262.8K a yearEngineeringAs the Principal Manufacturing Engineer - Thermal Protection System (TPS) at Varda, you will own the manufacturing processes for the ablative and insulative materials that protect our reentry capsules during the most demanding phase of the mission- reentry. TPS manufacturing is…
Android Engineer, Identity
11 days agoStripe · Seattle, Washington, United States +2
Mid levelEngineeringBefore Stripe, every growing internet platform needed a payments team. Today, every growing internet platform needs a way to establish trust in its users.
Varda Space Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
On-siteLead / staff$181.9K – $262.8K a yearEngineeringAs the Principal Propulsion Manufacturing Engineer at Varda, you will have the opportunity to utilize your experience to scale manufacturing from a few bespoke vehicles to many consistent, concurrent builds. This role supports propulsion system production, including valve…
Staff Systems Safety Engineer (Compliance)
12 days agoApptronik · Sunnyvale, California, United States
Lead / staff$250K – $280K a yearEngineeringBe the person who takes a humanoid robot from a safe design to a certified, market-ready product. You will own product safety and regulatory compliance, including electrical safety, EMC/EMI (FCC), battery, and radio, and lead engagement with certification bodies.
Varda Space Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
On-siteLead / staff$181.9K – $262.8K a yearEngineeringAs the Principal Manufacturing Engineer (Avionics / Electromechanical / Harnessing) at Varda, you will play a pivotal role in scaling the production of our spacecraft's electromechanical assemblies — from wire harness fabrication and connector installation to electromechanical…
Varda Space Industries · El Segundo, California, United States
On-siteSenior$140.3K – $202.7K a yearEngineeringAs the Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Avionics / Electromechanical / Harnessing) at Varda, you will play a pivotal role in scaling the production of our spacecraft's electromechanical assemblies — from wire harness fabrication and connector installation to electromechanical…
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.