473 lead system engineer jobs at 283 companies in Vallejo, CA
🚀PromotedHiringCafe
Founding Backend / Infra Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$300k/yrOn-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Own the crawlers, pipelines, and infrastructure powering a real-time job search engine. Strong Node.js and Python fundamentals; bonus points for security and reverse-engineering chops.
Novi or Charlotte or San Francisco or Los Angeles or New York City
$160k-$193k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Scout Motors: Designs and manufactures all-electric rugged SUVs and trucks.
12+ YOEBachelor’s in mechanical engineering (Master's preferred), 12+ years engineering experience, 8 years thermal systems design, leadership experience, simulation and prototyping/testing skills, strong analytical and communication abilities.
Alameda or Albuquerque or Oak Ridge or United States
$175k-$218k/yrHybridFull Time
Kairos Power: Developing fluoride salt-cooled nuclear reactors for clean energy.
10+ YOEM.S. in Mechanical/Nuclear Engineering and 10+ years designing power conversion or thermal systems; experience leading complex engineering projects, heat transport hardware deployment, systems engineering, and supplier oversight.
5+ YOE5+ yrs software engineering; 2+ yrs ML model training/deploy; NLP/LLMs; data pipelines; model optimizations; agentic AI systems; end-to-end ownership
NLP, LLMs, data pipelines, quantization, distillation, LoRA, pruning, agentic systems
Sabi: Building noninvasive, wearable brain-computer interface technology.
10+ YOE10+ years audio engineering; owned multi-microphone voice system end-to-end; expert in voice DSP, beamforming, AEC, and wake-word; real-time DSP on constrained MCUs.
Velo3DNASDAQ: VELO: Manufacturer of advanced metal 3D printers and software.
8+ YOEBachelor's in mechanical engineering; 8+ years mechanical systems design; 5+ years CAD (SolidWorks) with PDM/Electrical; 8+ years in capital equipment design; GD&T, thermal analysis, CFD/FEA; strong communication; hands-on capability.
San Francisco or Palo Alto or Chicago or New York or Seattle or Indianapolis
$173k-$260k/yrHybridFull Time
SalesforceNYSE: CRM: Sells cloud-based customer relationship management and business software solutions.
8+ YOESenior software engineer with 8+ years of experience in distributed systems, cloud platforms, and microservices; strong architecture and leadership skills.
CoherentNYSE: COHR: Manufactures lasers, engineered materials, and optical networking components.
3+ YOEMS or PhD in optics/optical engineering; 3+ years in design, simulation, testing of optical systems; fiber optics, Si-Photonics, LiDAR experience; on-site in Fremont, CA.
Temple or Rayville or Menlo Park or Montgomery or Beaver Dam or Cheyenne or Lebanon or Bowling Green or DeKalb
$129k-$186k/yrOnsiteFull Time
MetaNASDAQ: META: Develops social networking platforms and virtual reality technologies.
8+ YOE8+ years in electrical/HVAC/mechanical/maintenance; proficient with maintenance management programs; proficient with computer systems; able to navigate varied terrains, heights, and physical tasks; able to lift 45+ lbs; extended workstation time.
Oro Loma Sanitary District: Providing local wastewater collection, treatment, and solid waste services.
5+ YOE2+ MgmtFive years' sewer collection system maintenance experience, two years supervisory/lead, high school diploma or equivalent, CWEA Grade IV in Collection System Maintenance; California driver license.
Dust: Platform to build and deploy custom enterprise AI agents.
Build and run AI-powered support systems, lead and grow a support engineering function, investigate complex issues, and translate customer signal into product improvements.
Dust, Cursor, Claude Code, n8n, MacBook Pro, Linux
Skylo: Provides direct-to-device satellite connectivity for mobile and IoT devices.
9+ YOELead RF payload architecture and end-to-end design for LEO satellite D2D connectivity; 8-10+ years RF systems; phased-array antennas; space hardware; vendor management.
VNAs, Spectrum Analyzers, Signal Generators, RF Front Ends, PAs, LNAs, EM Solvers
JPMorgan ChaseNYSE: JPM: Global financial services firm providing banking and investment solutions.
10+ YOE10+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Software Engineering; delivers system design, production code, automation, CI/CD; strong SDLC and agile security knowledge.
El Segundo or San Diego or Los Angeles or Washington or San Francisco or Seattle or London
$110k-$240k/yrOnsiteFull Time
CHAOS Industries: Develops advanced radar and sensing systems for modern defense.
10+ YOEBachelor's in STEM or equivalent, 10+ years in directional communications, RF systems and DSP expertise, algorithm development, data analysis, Python/MATLAB proficiency, systems engineering experience, and prior team leadership.
Marble: AI-powered tax assistant platform for accounting professionals.
10+ YOE10+ years engineering experience with team leadership; strong full-stack background in TypeScript, Node.js, and React; experience owning enterprise-grade systems; hiring and mentoring experience.
NubankNYSE: NU: Digital financial platform offering banking, credit, and investment services.
Proven experience shipping LLM-powered systems in production; strong prompt/context engineering, evaluation and guardrail development, and software engineering skills (Python/TypeScript/Clojure).
Python, TypeScript, Clojure, n8n, Zapier, AWS, Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Slack, Google Workspace, Jira, Terraform, RAG, MCP
Queue: Developing autonomous robotic pharmacies for automated prescription fulfillment.
10+ YOE3+ Mgmt10+ years firmware/embedded experience with 3+ years leading firmware teams; shipping embedded software for electromechanical products; expertise in real-time systems, drivers, BSP, code review, CI/CD, static analysis, and test automation.
Waymo: Autonomous driving technology for ride-hailing and logistics.
10+ YOEBachelor's in engineering or equivalent,10+ years delivering integrated hardware/software systems,systems engineering fundamentals,requirements and verification experience,Python and SQL skills,technical leadership.