25 chief product engineer jobs at 18 companies in California

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Chief Engineer Product Support & Sustainment
El Segundo, California, United States
$193k-$289k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Designs and manufactures advanced aerospace and defense systems.
9+ YOE4+ MgmtSTEM degree with 9–14+ years relevant experience, 4 years technical/programmatic management, ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance, sustainment/product support expertise across aircraft systems, and leadership/communication skills.
Computer-aided Design (CAD), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
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Chief Engineer Product Support & Sustainment
El Segundo, California, United States
$193k-$289k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
14+ YOEBachelor/Master/PhD in STEM with 14/12/9 years, DoD Secret clearance, program management experience, and aircraft systems knowledge.
CAD, Product Lifecycle Management, ITAR
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Chief Engineering Lead - Sr Director ASIC Product Development
San Jose or Austin
OnsiteFull Time
AMD
AMDNASDAQ: AMD: Designs and manufactures computer processors and graphics technology.
15+ YOEBS/MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, 15 years ASIC/SoC experience, proven program and people leadership, strong SoC/product development, analytical and communication skills.
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Chief Engineer - AHS
Sunnyvale or Washington or San Diego or Fort Walton Beach or Ann Arbor or London or Stuttgart or Munich or Stockholm or Bangalore or Seoul or Tokyo
$200k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition: Developing software and simulation infrastructure for autonomous vehicles.
5+ YOERequires 5+ years leading complex cross-functional technical programs in automotive, industrial, or robotics domains, formal NPI experience, production-scale customer delivery, and strong alignment skills.
Applied Intuition, AHS, NPI
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Chief Mechanical Engineer
Austin or San Jose
OnsiteFull Time
Allen Control Systems
Allen Control Systems: Develops autonomous robotic weapon systems for drone defense.
12+ YOE12+ years mechanical engineering experience with electromechanical systems; Bachelor's (required) or Master's in Mechanical Engineering; proven senior technical leadership; experience with ruggedized, mission-critical products; strong communication and project instincts.
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Chief Engineer (Principal Engineer)
San Francisco, California, United States
$335k-$375k/yr OnsiteFull Time
interface.ai
interface.ai: AI-powered automation platform for banks and credit unions.
Principal-level engineer with strong production systems experience, deep AI/agent fluency, 0→1 and scale experience, BS/BA in Computer Science required (MS/PhD preferred), San Francisco onsite commitment.
Claude Code, Cursor
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ECD Chief Program Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$150k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Knightscope
KnightscopeNASDAQ: KSCP: Manufactures autonomous robots and communication devices for physical security.
10+ YOEBachelor's in engineering, 10+ years leading product development of outdoor electromechanical or telecommunications systems, hands-on hardware integration experience, strong leadership and problem-solving; US citizenship required.
Knightscope Signals, VoIP, PoE
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Chief Technology Officer
United States or San Francisco or New York City or Texas
$285k-$329k/yr RemoteFull Time
BTC Inc
BTC IncNASDAQ: NAKA: Media and event platform for the digital asset industry.
10+ YOE3+ Mgmt10+ years software engineering, built and shipped a data platform powering revenue products, experience with modern data stack and engineering leadership, Bitcoin literacy preferred.
BigQuery, Snowflake, dbt, Fivetran, Airbyte, Airflow, Dagster, Looker, Hex, Metabase
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Chief Technology Officer
San Francisco or United States or India
HybridFull Time
Foodsmart
Foodsmart: Personalized telenutrition and food benefits management platform.
15+ YOETypically 15+ years of relevant experience leading engineering organizations, setting technical vision, scaling consumer products, building teams, and applying AI across product and development.
AI, HIPAA, SOC 2
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Chief of Staff, Devices HW Product Development
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$207k-$280k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Amazon
AmazonNASDAQ: AMZN: Global online retail and cloud computing technology provider.
6+ YOE6+ years technical product or program management with engineering teams; owning roadmaps, end-to-end product delivery, feature tradeoffs, and using large datasets to inform strategy, KPIs, and operational planning.
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Chief of Staff
San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull Time
Lydian
Lydian: Producing carbon-neutral aviation fuels from captured CO2.
6+ YOERequires 6+ years in operations, engineering, product, strategy, or similar roles in hardware, deep tech, industrial technology, manufacturing, or energy; bachelor's degree; analytical, writing, Python, Excel, and AI skills.
Python, Microsoft Excel
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Chief Technology Officer
United States or California or Connecticut or District of Columbia or Florida or Georgia or Hawaii or Illinois or Iowa or Louisiana or Maryland or Massachusetts or Minnesota or New Jersey or New York or North Carolina or Ohio or Oklahoma or Pennsylvania or South Carolina or Texas or Virginia or Washington or West Virginia
$225k/yr RemoteFull Time
News Literacy Project
News Literacy Project: Provides educational resources to teach news literacy to students.
10+ YOE7+ Mgmt10+ years technology experience with 7+ years leadership; Bachelor in CS/IS/engineering or equivalent; experience in product, cloud, security, K-12 compliance (FERPA/COPPA/SOPIPA); AI and vendor management experience.
Checkology, APIs, CRM, AI, WCAG, FERPA, COPPA, SOPIPA
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Director, Chief of Staff
McLean or San Francisco or Richmond or United States
$210k-$287k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
7+ YOEBachelor's degree and 7+ years in project, process, or program management; preferred experience in strategy, budgeting, labor strategy, organizational change, and engineering or product partnerships.
Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Director, Chief of Staff
McLean or Richmond or San Francisco
$210k-$287k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: A diversified financial services providing banking and credit products.
7+ YOEBachelor's degree and 7+ years in project, process, or program management; preferred experience in strategy, budgeting, labor strategy, organizational change, and engineering or product partnerships.
LLMs
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Director, Chief of Staff
McLean or Richmond or San Francisco
$210k-$287k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Provides credit card, banking, and auto loan services.
7+ YOEBachelor’s degree and 7+ years in project, process, or program management. Preferred experience includes strategy, budgeting, labor strategy, organizational change, operational excellence, and engineering or product partnerships.
LLMs
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Chief Architect, Office of the CTO, US Commercial Industries
United States or California or New York
$143k-$275k/yr RemoteFull Time
Microsoft
MicrosoftNASDAQ: MSFT: Develops software, services, devices, and cloud computing solutions.
6+ YOEBachelor's degree or equivalent experience; 6+ years in engineering, technical program management, data analysis, or product development; 3+ years managing cross-functional projects. Preferred: 12+ years and 8+ years managing projects.
Microsoft technologies, AI, Microsoft productivity tools
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Chief Systems Architect, SIG
Santa Ana, California, United States
$220k-$292k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Anduril Industries
Anduril Industries: Defense technology building autonomous military hardware and software.
12+ YOE12+ years software engineering experience building simulation, digital twin, 3D visualization, distributed systems, and CI/CD for production environments; U.S. Person required.
Unreal Engine 5, Unreal Engine, Unity, OMNeT++, Simulink, SimPy, CARLA, Gazebo, MES, SCADA, PLC, ERP, WMS, Jama, DOORS, Polarion, Lattice OS, ArsenalOS, Unified Namespace
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Associate Vice President, Chief of Staff & Business Operations, Connectivity
Santa Clara, California, United States
$224k-$336k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Marvell Technology
Marvell TechnologyNASDAQ: MRVL: Developing semiconductor solutions for cloud, enterprise, and AI infrastructure.
15+ YOEBachelor's degree and 15+ years in business operations, program management, strategy, engineering, product management, or related executive functions. Requires complex technology organization experience and exceptional executive communication.
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AVP , Chief Of Staff & Business Operations, Data Center Networking Groups
Santa Clara, California, United States
$224k-$336k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Marvell
MarvellNASDAQ: MRVL: Designs and develops high-performance semiconductor and infrastructure solutions.
15+ YOE15+ MgmtBachelor\u0002s degree, 15+ years executive leadership in business ops/program/product/engineering, experience in semiconductor/cloud/AI, executive stakeholder influence, financial and operational acumen, exceptional communication.
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Technical Chief of Staff to The CEO
Santa Clara, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Baya Systems
Baya Systems: Designs semiconductor fabric IP and chiplet design software.
7+ YOE7–15+ years in semiconductor/SoC; strong SoC/IP design; execution in ambiguous, fast-moving environments; multi-hat role across strategy, product, engineering alignment, operations.