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Senior Principal Systems Engineer
Oklahoma City or Melbourne or San Diego or Palmdale
$116k-$213k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Develops and manufactures advanced aerospace, defense, and space systems.
8+ YOESenior Principal Systems Engineer with 8+ years experience in STEM; active Secret or higher clearance; SAP clearance preferred; location flexible across multiple US sites.
DOORS, Python, Scripting, EVMS, CAMEO, CI/CD
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MTS Principal Engineer
Corvallis or San Diego or Singapore or Barcelona or Bengaluru
$147k-$231k/yr OnsiteFull Time
HP
HPNYSE: HPQ: Produces personal computers, printers, and related digital imaging products.
10+ YOE10+ years experience in electrical/hardware design, system architecture expertise, C++/Python/MATLAB familiarity, FPGA and oscilloscope experience, ability to lead architecture, mentor engineers, and define technology roadmaps.
C++, MATLAB, Python, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Oscilloscope, Schematic Capture, Simulations
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Principal Environmental Engineer
San Diego or Concord or Knoxville or Denver or Norfolk or Canton
$175k-$225k/yr RemoteFull Time
APTIM
APTIM: Provides environmental, resilience, and infrastructure engineering solutions.
15+ YOEMaster's in Environmental Engineering, PE license, 15+ years environmental engineering experience (DoD/CERCLA), leadership experience on federal remediation projects, ability to travel, strong verbal and written communication.
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Principal Applications Engineer
Austin or San Jose or San Diego
OnsiteFull Time
NXP Semiconductors
NXP SemiconductorsNASDAQ: NXPI: Designs and manufactures semiconductors for automotive and IoT applications.
12+ YOEBachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering; 12+ years hardware design or applications engineering; experience with high-speed SerDes, Ethernet, PCIe, DP/USB; strong SI/PI; hands-on lab skills.
Oscilloscopes, TDR, VNA, BERT, Protocol Analyzers, Logic Analyzers, S-parameter analysis, Eye/Jitter simulations
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Senior Principal Engineer (Product Certification)
San Diego, California, United States
$128k-$193k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Solar Turbines
Solar TurbinesNYSE: CAT: Manufacturer of industrial gas turbines and turbomachinery systems.
12+ YOEBachelor's in engineering, minimum 12 years engineering experience, marine certification and regulatory compliance experience, technical leadership, and strong communication skills.
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Principal/Sr Principal Airworthiness Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$114k-$171k/yr HybridFull Time
Northrop Grumman
Northrop GrummanNYSE: NOC: Designs and manufactures advanced aerospace and defense systems.
5+ YOESTEM degree with 5+ years (Principal) or 8+ years (Sr Principal) related experience; systems/design engineering background; familiarity with MIL-HDBK-516B/C; ability to obtain DoD Secret clearance and Special Program Access (PAR).
Control Account Management (CAM), Earned Value Management System (EVMS), Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), MIL-HDBK-516B, MIL-HDBK-516C
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Systems Engineer Principal - MBSE
San Diego, California, United States
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SAIC
SAICNASDAQ: SAIC: Provides government and defense clients with technology and engineering services.
5+ YOEMBSE and systems engineering experience, TS/SCI clearance, ability to coordinate with stakeholders, and strong communication skills.
MBSE, SysML, UPDM, BPMN, UAF, CAMEO Enterprise Architect, Team Work Cloud, Gitlab
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Principal Engineer, Survivability (R4608)
San Diego or Dallas or Washington
$200k-$310k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Shield AI
Shield AI: Develops autonomous flight software and unmanned aircraft for defense.
10+ YOE10+ years LO/survivability engineering; degree in a related field; EM tools proficiency; US citizenship and active clearance.
HFSS, CST Studio Suite, Xpatch, SENTRi
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Principal Software Engineer, Cloud
San Diego, California, United States
$180k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
Brain Corp
Brain Corp: Develops AI software for commercial autonomous mobile robots.
12+ YOE12+ years in software engineering/cloud architecture; proven leadership; strong Go/Python; GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform/Pulumi; distributed systems; GenAI tooling.
Go, Python, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Pub/Sub, Kafka, Bazel
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Senior Principal System Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$193k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cubic
Cubic: Develops defense training systems and public transit fare technology.
10+ YOEFour-year degree in computer/electrical/related field plus 12 years' experience or master's plus 10; active DoD security clearance; strong systems engineering, RF and secured comms experience; DOORS/EPDM/AllChange familiarity.
DOORS, EPDM, AllChange
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Principal Design Engineer
Carlsbad, California, United States
$199k-$215k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Mini-Circuits
Mini-Circuits: Designs and manufactures radio frequency and microwave components.
15+ YOEBSEE with 15+ years or MSEE with 10+ years in MMIC design; microwave theory and PA design; CAD/EM tools (ADS, HFSS, Momentum); strong communication and independent work skills.
ADS, HFSS, Momentum, PCB design software
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Principal Device Engineer
Carlsbad or Irvine
$142k-$191k/yr OnsiteFull Time
MaxLinear
MaxLinearNASDAQ: MXL: Provides radio-frequency and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for communications.
9+ YOEDeep expertise in semiconductor device physics, RF/analog and digital characterization, SPICE modeling, and PDK development.
SPICE, PDK, EM simulation, RF/analog, digital
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Principal Tooling Engineer
United States or Costa Rica or Mexico or Puerto Rico or Tijuana or Vega Baja
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Viant
Viant: Designs and manufactures complex medical devices for global OEMs.
10+ YOE10+ years in mold repair, tooling, qualification/validation; SolidWorks; FDA/QSR/ISO13485 knowledge; travel up to 75%; Spanish proficiency; US work authorization.
SolidWorks, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, MS Project, Mold Flow Analysis, Moldex3D, SigmaSoft
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Efficient AI Systems, Principal Engineer (On-Device/Edge)
San Diego, California, United States
$207k-$310k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Qualcomm
QualcommNASDAQ: QCOM: Designs and manufactures semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products.
6+ YOEAdvanced degree in engineering/computer science and 6–8+ years systems engineering experience; strong ML, deep learning, vision/ LiDAR, model quantization, and deployment experience on resource-constrained devices; leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Vision Transformers, Cross Attention, Self-Attention, LLM, VLM, VLA, BEV, Snapdragon Ride, SoC
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Principal Hardware Engineer, Optics
San Diego, California, United States
$152k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Marvell
MarvellNASDAQ: MRVL: Designs and develops high-performance semiconductor and infrastructure solutions.
10+ YOEBachelor or higher in Electrical/Computer Science; 10-15 years (or 5-10 with advanced degrees); strong hardware design, power/signal integrity, CAD tools; lab testing experience; good collaboration and problem solving.
Allegro, OrCAD, Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Power supply, Signal analyzer
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Principal Project Engineer (Onsite)
Chula Vista, California, United States
$118k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
RTX
RTXNYSE: RTX: RTX provides advanced aerospace and defense systems and services.
8+ YOEUniversity degree with 5-8+ years in aerospace; experience with Nacelle products; onsite role.
MS Office, Teamcenter, CRM software, SAP, CATIA V5
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Principal Engineer – Water, Wastewater & Recycled Water
San Diego or Encinitas or Oakland
$195k-$215k/yr HybridFull Time
Dudek
Dudek: Providing multidisciplinary environmental, engineering, and planning consulting services.
18+ YOEPE licensed, 18+ years in water/wastewater, CA regulatory knowledge, driver’s license, management of large municipal projects.
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Principal Software Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$200k-$230k/yr HybridFull Time
Firestorm Labs
Firestorm Labs: Develops and manufactures low-cost 3D-printed unmanned aerial vehicles.
10+ YOEBachelor's degree in CS/Engineering; 10+ years engineering experience; US Citizenship due to ITAR; broad full-stack and systems expertise; strong leadership in execution.
full_stack_web, cloud_infrastructure, systems_programming, integration
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Systems Engineer Principal - MBSE
San Diego, California, United States
$120k-$160k/yr OnsiteFull Time
SAIC
SAICNYSE: SAIC: Provides engineering, IT, and mission support services to government.
5+ YOEMBSE experience with SysML; TS/SCI clearance; degree with years of experience; experience with CAMEO, GitLab; strong communication and stakeholder collaboration.
SysML, UPDM, BPMN, UAF, CAMEO, Enterprise Architect, Team Work Cloud, GitLab
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Principal mmWave-RFIC Engineer
Seattle or San Diego or Renton or San Francisco
$231k-$323k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Blue Origin: Develops reusable rockets and systems for human spaceflight.
15+ YOE15+ years RFIC/mmWave design experience; CMOS/SiGe/SOI; MMwave front-end architectures; EM simulation; IC/package integration; U.S. citizenship or eligible status.
RFIC design, CMOS, SiGe, SOI, EM simulations, on-chip EM, IC/package co-optimization
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