Hardware Engineer Jobs in San Francisco

Hardware Engineer jobs in San Francisco hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $253,271/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Armada Investment

armada.com
Armada Investment is a Zurich-based private investment firm founded in 2000 by Swiss entrepreneur Daniel S. Aegerter. The firm provides founder capital and strategic support to early-stage technology companies while managing a diversified portfolio across private equity, public market securities, and real estate. Operating primarily as a family office, the company focuses on backing technology-driven entrepreneurs in Switzerland, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States within sectors such as clean energy, artificial intelligence, and financial technology.
armada.com • HQ: Zurich, Switzerland • Wealth Management • Real Estate Investment • Real Estate • Venture Capital • Financial Services • Asset Management • Est. 2000
HQ: Zurich, Switzerland • Wealth Management • Real Estate Investment • Real Estate • Venture Capital • Financial Services • Asset Management • Est. 2000
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 19 days ago

Electrical Design Engineer

$131k – $164k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Middle
AutoCAD
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Homedepot

homedepot.com
The Home Depot, the world's largest home improvement specialty retailer, values and rewards dedicated, knowledgeable, and experienced professionals. We operate more than 2,300 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, Canada, and Mexico.
homedepot.com • HQ: Atlanta, United States • Commerce • Tools & DIY Supplies • Retail & Shop Systems • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Atlanta, United States • Commerce • Tools & DIY Supplies • Retail & Shop Systems • 1001-5000 employees
Verified live · 11 hours ago 20 days ago

Principal Embedded Software Engineer

$129k – $262k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 8+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
C++
DevOps
RTOS
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
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Northrop Grumman

northropgrumman.com
Northrop Grumman solves the toughest problems in space, aeronautics, defense and cyberspace to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide. Our 95,000 employees define possible every day using science, technology and engineering to create and deliver advanced systems, products and services.
northropgrumman.com • HQ: Falls Church, United States • National Security • Government • Military
HQ: Falls Church, United States • National Security • Government • Military
$136k – $204k per year • Senior • 8+ years expHuntsville • Remote (United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
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Hitachi

hitachi.com
Hitachi is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate specializing in industrial equipment, power systems, railway infrastructure, and digital technologies. Through its Social Innovation Business and Lumada platform, the company combines operational technology with enterprise IT to modernize critical infrastructure globally. Operating across diverse sectors - including energy, mobility, healthcare, and green technologies - Hitachi drives digital transformation and sustainable development worldwide.
hitachi.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Hardware • Industrial Machinery • Manufacturing • 5000+ employees
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Hardware • Industrial Machinery • Manufacturing • 5000+ employees
Verified live · 2 hours ago 21 day ago

Global Industry Leader – Datacenters

$124k – $253k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 10+ years expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Power BI
Marketing
Salesforce
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Hadrian

hadrianautomation.com
Hadrian is an advanced manufacturing technology company that designs and operates highly automated, software-driven factories for the aerospace and defense sectors. Powered by proprietary AI platforms and automated CNC machining workflows, the company produces mission-critical, high-precision metal components - such as parts for rockets, satellites, aircraft, and defense hardware - at significantly faster speeds and lower costs than traditional machine shops.
hadrianautomation.com • Mesa • Los Angeles • Washington • San Francisco • Dallas • Defense Manufacturing • Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees
Mesa • Los Angeles • Washington • San Francisco • Dallas • Defense Manufacturing • Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • 1001-5000 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 min ago 21 day ago

Robotics Software Engineer, Perception

$240k – $299k per year • Staff+ • 10+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Knowledge Distillation
Multimodal AI
Quantization
TensorRT
Robotics
Localization
Motion Planning
Perception
Sensor Fusion
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Mercor

mercor.com
Mercor is an artificial intelligence infrastructure company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2023. The company operates a platform that connects a global network of domain experts, including physicians, lawyers, and engineers, with AI labs to provide high-quality data for reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF) and model evaluation. It develops specialized benchmarks like APEX to measure model performance on economically valuable tasks and provides enterprises with tools to monetize their workflow data for AI training.
mercor.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Professional Services • Data Collection • Data & Analytics • Reinforcement Learning • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2023
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Professional Services • Data Collection • Data & Analytics • Reinforcement Learning • LLM & Generative AI • Artificial Intelligence • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2023
$90k – $176k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years expNew York • Remote (United States) • PhD • Part-Time • Junior
MATLAB
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Design
AutoCAD
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 1 month ago

Software Engineer, Robotics Data

$130k – $500k per year • Equity • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Relocation • Full-Time
Python
AI/ML
VLM
Computer Vision
Multimodal AI
DevOps
AWS
Robotics
Foxglove Studio
ROS
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Beacon Biosignals

beacon.bio
Beacon's AI platform for brain data enables and accelerates new treatments that transform the lives of patients with neurological and psychiatric disease. Through FDA-cleared EEG wearables, novel machine learning algorithms, enormous datasets, and advances in software engineering, we are changing the way patients are treated for disorders of the brain.
beacon.bio • HQ: Boston, United States • Genomics • Medical AI • Biotechnology • Est. 2019
HQ: Boston, United States • Genomics • Medical AI • Biotechnology • Est. 2019
Verified live · 1 day ago 26 days ago

Senior Hardware Test Engineer

$120k – $140k per year • Senior • 5+ years expBoston • Remote (United States, Morocco) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
DevOps
Git
RTOS
GitHub
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Fireblocks

fireblocks.com
Fireblocks is a digital asset infrastructure company founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York. It provides institutional custody and transfer technology built on multi-party computation, together with a policy engine and a connected network of counterparties. Banks, exchanges, payment firms and asset managers use the platform to secure and move large volumes of tokenised value.
fireblocks.com • HQ: New York, United States • Stablecoins • Cryptocurrencies • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2018
HQ: New York, United States • Stablecoins • Cryptocurrencies • Blockchain & Crypto • Est. 2018
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 24 days ago

Fullstack Engineer, Embedded Wallet

$177k – $230k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Kotlin
Rust
Swift
JavaScript
Frontend
WebAssembly
React.js
Mobile
React Native
DevOps
CI/CD
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Pronto.ai

pronto.ai
Pronto.ai is an autonomous vehicle technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2018 by Anthony Levandowski. The company builds camera based autonomy that retrofits onto heavy haul trucks, aimed at off road industrial sites rather than public roads. It deploys its systems in quarries and mines, where autonomous haulage runs on fixed routes under controlled site conditions.
pronto.ai • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Fleet Management • Mining Tech • Natural Resources • Autonomous Driving • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Transportation & Logistics • Mining & Heavy Industry Robotics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Fleet Management • Mining Tech • Natural Resources • Autonomous Driving • Artificial Intelligence • Robotics • Transportation & Logistics • Mining & Heavy Industry Robotics • 51-200 employees • Est. 2018
Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 2 months ago

Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

$182k – $230k per year • Equity • Senior • In office (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
CANopen
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Canonical

canonical.com
Canonical is the publisher of Ubuntu, the world's most widely used Linux distribution, headquartered in London. Founded in 2004 by Mark Shuttleworth, the company provides enterprise-grade services, support, and security for open-source software, enabling organizations to deploy and manage workloads consistently across diverse environments. Their portfolio spans the entire compute spectrum - from public and private cloud infrastructure (OpenStack), container orchestration (Kubernetes/MicroK8s), and data center management to specialized edge and IoT computing.
canonical.com • HQ: London, United Kingdom • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
HQ: London, United Kingdom • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Information Technology • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2004
Open 886 daysVerified live · 10 hours ago 2 years ago

Embedded Devices Software Solution Sales - All Roles

Remote (AMER, EMEA, APAC) • Internship
Debian
RTOS
Ubuntu
Marketing
Salesforce
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Open 566 daysVerified live · 10 hours ago 1 year ago

Embedded Linux Senior Software Engineer - Optimisation

$94k – $200k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
C++
DevOps
Debian
Docker
Kubernetes
Ubuntu
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Open 1618 daysVerified live · 10 hours ago 4 years ago

Embedded & Desktop Linux Systems Engineer - Optimisation

Remote • Bachelor's Degree
C++
DevOps
Debian
Docker
Kubernetes
Ubuntu
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Magnet Forensics

magnetforensics.com
Magnet Forensics is a company that specializes in providing digital forensics and incident response tools. Their solutions, such as Magnet AXIOM and Magnet GrayKey, are used by law enforcement, military, intelligence, and enterprise organizations to recover, analyze, and manage digital evidence. They offer a wide range of tools to support digital investigations, including data extraction from mobile devices, video recovery, and workflow automation.
magnetforensics.com • Toronto • Ontario • Gothenburg • Waterloo • Ottawa • Homeland Security • National Security • Incident Response
Toronto • Ontario • Gothenburg • Waterloo • Ottawa • Homeland Security • National Security • Incident Response
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 26 days ago

Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

$150k – $200k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States, Canada) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
C++
C
C++
CMake
C
GCC
DevOps
CI/CD
QA
Pytest
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Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 2 months ago

Embedded Linux Engineering Lead

$148k – $198k per year • Lead • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Staff
Python
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Impulselabs

impulselabs.com
Making the best stove. Making a clean energy future wildly achievable.
impulselabs.com • San Francisco • Smart Home Devices • Consumer Electronics • Home Appliances
San Francisco • Smart Home Devices • Consumer Electronics • Home Appliances
$170k – $185k per year • Staff+ • 10+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Staff
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
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Specter

specter.com
Specter tracks growth signals across millions of private companies to help investors find opportunities early. Founded in 2021, it combines web, hiring, app and social data into company momentum scores. Venture funds and corporate development teams use it for sourcing.
specter.com • HQ: Singapore • Est. 2021
HQ: Singapore • Est. 2021
Verified live · 6 hours ago 27 days ago

Hardware Test Engineer

$120k – $276k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
Python
AI/ML
AI Agents
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Open 219 daysVerified live · 6 hours ago 7 months ago

Software Engineer - Embedded Systems

$123k – $282k per year (Estimated)In office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time
C++
Rust
AI/ML
AI Agents
Multimodal AI
Computer Vision
DevOps
CI/CD
RTOS
NixOS
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Open 331 dayVerified live · 6 hours ago 10 months ago

Electrical Engineer

$108k – $210k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years expIn office (San Francisco, United States) • Full-Time • Middle
C
Python
C
Embedded C
AI/ML
AI Agents
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
LTspice
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Waabi

waabi.ai
Waabi is an artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicle technology company headquartered in Toronto, Canada, founded in 2021. The company develops an end-to-end artificial intelligence software platform, known as the Waabi Driver, and a simulation environment called Waabi World to power autonomous trucks and robotaxis. It operates primarily in the North American logistics and transportation sectors through strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as Volvo, Uber Freight, and NVIDIA.
waabi.ai • HQ: Toronto, Canada • Supply Chain • Robotics AI • Simulation & Digital Twin • Software • Road Transport • Transportation & Logistics • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 201-500 employees • Est. 2021
HQ: Toronto, Canada • Supply Chain • Robotics AI • Simulation & Digital Twin • Software • Road Transport • Transportation & Logistics • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • 201-500 employees • Est. 2021
Verified live · 1 hour ago 27 days ago

Staff Systems Engineer, Embedded Safety & Architecture

$174k – $308k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • Remote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
C++
Rust
C
C
Embedded C
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Verified live · 1 hour ago 2 months ago

Platform Verification Engineer - Embedded Systems

$105k – $204k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 3+ years expRemote/Hybrid (San Francisco, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
MATLAB
Python
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Knobelsdorff Enterprises

knobelsdorffenterprises.com
BUILDING SOLUTIONS. POWERING THE FUTURE. Knobelsdorff began over 35 years ago in a small Minnesota garage with a big vision: to deliver reliable, high-quality electrical services to our local community. Today, we've grown into four divisions-Auto...
knobelsdorffenterprises.com • Springfield • Bloomington • Saint Paul • Denver • Baltimore • IT Infrastructure • Information Technology • Energy & Utilities
Springfield • Bloomington • Saint Paul • Denver • Baltimore • IT Infrastructure • Information Technology • Energy & Utilities
Top 25% payVerified live · 2 hours ago 27 days ago

Utility Electrical Engineer

$100k – $140k per year • Junior • 1+ year expUnited States • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
AutoCAD
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Crusoe

crusoeenergy.com
Crusoe (formerly Crusoe Energy Systems) is an energy-first AI infrastructure and cloud computing company headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The company specializes in building and operating high-performance AI data centers powered by stranded, wasted, or underutilized energy sources - such as flared natural gas from oil fields and surplus renewable power.
crusoeenergy.com • HQ: Denver, United States • Hardware • AI Infrastructure • Information Technology • Data Centers • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Denver, United States • Hardware • AI Infrastructure • Information Technology • Data Centers • 1001-5000 employees
Top 25% payVerified live · 10 hours ago 28 days ago

Staff Hardware Systems Engineer

$215k – $260k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 10+ years expIn office (San Francisco, Sunnyvale, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Python
AI/ML
InfiniBand
NVLink
DevOps
HPC
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Top 25% payVerified live · 10 hours ago 1 month ago

Staff Hardware Systems Engineer, Performance

$215k – $260k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 8+ years expIn office (San Francisco, Sunnyvale, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Python
AI/ML
Multimodal AI
InfiniBand
Mixture of Experts
NVLink
DevOps
Platform Engineering
HPC
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Top 25% payVerified live · 10 hours ago 3 months ago

Electrical Design Engineer - Data Center

$195k – $225k per year • Equity • Staff+ • 10+ years expIn office (San Francisco, Denver, Dallas, Sunnyvale, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
AutoCAD
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CesiumAstro

cesiumastro.com
CesiumAstro is an aerospace technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas, and founded in 2017. The company develops and manufactures software-defined active phased array communication systems, including satellites, terminals, and reconfigurable processing units for space, airborne, and ground missions. It serves commercial and defense sectors with high-throughput connectivity solutions and operates manufacturing facilities in the United States to support domestic supply chains.
cesiumastro.com • HQ: Austin, United States • Telecommunications • Aerospace Manufacturing • Manufacturing • Military Satellites • Military • Satellite Manufacturing • Satellite Communications • Space & Aerospace • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2017
HQ: Austin, United States • Telecommunications • Aerospace Manufacturing • Manufacturing • Military Satellites • Military • Satellite Manufacturing • Satellite Communications • Space & Aerospace • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2017
$138k – $281k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Lead • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
Python
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$150k – $182k per year • Equity • Lead • 9+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
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$160k – $190k per year • Equity • Lead • 9+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal
C++
MATLAB
Python
SystemC
SystemVerilog
Verilog
VHDL
DevOps
CI/CD
QEMU
Chips/EDA
UVM
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Carbon Direct

carbon-direct.com
Carbon Direct is a company that specializes in providing science-backed carbon management solutions aimed at helping businesses achieve their climate goals through measuring, reducing, and removing carbon emissions. They offer a platform that includes software for carbon footprint analysis, emissions reduction strategies, and high-quality carbon removal portfolios. The company also provides advisory services leveraging scientific, data, and policy expertise, assisting clients in their climate journey.
carbon-direct.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Est. 2020
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Est. 2020
Top 25% payVerified live · 1 day ago 1 month ago

Electrical Engineer

$133k – $195k per year • Remote (United States) • Master's Degree
MATLAB
Python
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Parallel Systems

moveparallel.com
Parallel Systems is a freight rail technology company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and founded in 2020 by former SpaceX engineers. The company builds autonomous battery electric rail vehicles that carry a single container each and couple into short platoons, aiming to move freight in smaller, more frequent loads than a locomotive hauled train. It has run federally approved test programmes with United States railroads and targets short haul routes currently served by trucks.
moveparallel.com • HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Intermodal Transport • Freight Forwarding • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • Transportation & Logistics • Rail Transport • 51-200 employees • Est. 2020
HQ: Los Angeles, United States • Intermodal Transport • Freight Forwarding • Artificial Intelligence • Autonomous Driving • Transportation & Logistics • Rail Transport • 51-200 employees • Est. 2020
$212k per year • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote (United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
C++
Rust
AI/ML
CUDA Toolkit
TensorRT
Robotics
GStreamer
ROS2
Sensor Fusion
SLAM
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Anduril Industries

anduril.com
Anduril Industries is an American defence technology company founded in 2017 that builds autonomous systems and command software for military and border security customers. Rather than bidding on cost-plus programmes, it develops products with its own capital and sells them as finished systems, from surveillance towers and counter-drone interceptors to underwater vehicles and collaborative combat aircraft. Its Lattice software platform fuses sensor data into a single operating picture and controls the hardware family, and the company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California with a large manufacturing site in Ohio.
anduril.com • HQ: Costa Mesa, United States • Military Robotics • Military Drones • Defense AI • Military • Homeland Security • National Security • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2017
HQ: Costa Mesa, United States • Military Robotics • Military Drones • Defense AI • Military • Homeland Security • National Security • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2017
Top 25% pay 1 month ago

Senior Software Engineer, Robotics

$220k – $292k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (United States, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Top Secret • Senior
C++
AI/ML
Computer Vision
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
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Equity • Senior • 5+ years expAbu Dhabi • Remote (United States, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Secret • Senior
C++
Rust
Python
AI/ML
Computer Vision
DevOps
gRPC
RTOS
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
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Top 25% pay 1 month ago

Principal Optical Systems Engineer

$253k – $336k per year • Equity • Lead • 10+ years expCosta Mesa • Remote (United States, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela) • Visa sponsorship • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Top Secret • Principal
Computer Vision
Robotics
Sensor Fusion
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Hardware Engineer Jobs in San Francisco
Frequently asked questions
How many Hardware Engineer jobs in San Francisco are available on Alion?
There are currently 125 active listings from 47 hiring companies on Alion, refreshed daily.
What salary do Hardware Engineer jobs in San Francisco pay?
The average salary is around $253,271 per year based on the current listings.
Are remote options available for Hardware Engineer jobs in San Francisco?
Yes, many of these roles offer remote or hybrid work, and you can filter listings by remote, relocation and visa sponsorship.
How do I apply for Hardware Engineer jobs in San Francisco?
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