HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Automotive Components • Analog & Power Semiconductors • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 2003 • Trust B • Hiring 670, 80 new
Renesas Electronics is a Japanese semiconductor company formed in 2003 when Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric combined their chip divisions, later absorbing NEC Electronics as well. It is one of the largest suppliers of microcontrollers in the world and holds a particularly strong position in automotive silicon, where its R-Car processors and body and powertrain controllers sit inside a large share of vehicles built globally. It has spent the past decade buying into analog and connectivity through Intersil, IDT, Dialog and Altium, broadening from bare microcontrollers into complete embedded systems for industrial and internet of things customers.
Bunsei Kure · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Tetsuya Tsurumaru · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Shuhei Shinkai · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Hidetoshi Shibata · President & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
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$98k – $122k per year • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English
C++
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
Management
Agile
HQ: Milford, United States • Scientific & Lab Software • Test & Measurement Instruments • Laboratory Equipment • 5000+ employees • Est. 1958 • Trust A • Hiring 141, 15 new
Waters Corporation is an American maker of analytical instruments, software and services for liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, thermal analysis and rheometry, headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts. It serves pharmaceutical, life science, materials, food and environmental laboratories, runs the TA Instruments division, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, and its job ads describe a workforce of about 16,000 employees across 30 countries. Current openings centre on Milford and New Castle, Delaware, covering manufacturing technicians, R&D and test engineering, software and cloud architecture, pricing data engineering and sales specialists.
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≈ $115k – $210k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
Python
Verilog
VHDL
C
C
Embedded C
Chips/EDA
Altium Designer
HQ: Goleta, United States • Optics & Photonic Components • Optical Communications • 51-200 employees • Startup • Hiring 23, 5 new
OpenLight Photonics designs and manufactures custom photonic integrated circuits on a silicon photonics platform for applications in communications, lidar, quantum computing and sensing. Its roles include photonics system and modeling engineers, photodiode design engineers, test technicians and CAD and PDK engineers. The company is headquartered in Goleta, California, United States.
Adam Carter · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
Mario Pannicia · Director
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$140k – $240k per year • Equity • Senior • 5+ years exp • Hybrid (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
Smartsheet
Microsoft Project
Jira
Microsoft Office
$130k – $230k per year • Equity • Senior • Hybrid (Goleta, United States) • Full-Time • Senior
Python
Chips/EDA
Keysight ADS
$130k – $230k per year • Equity • Hybrid (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
Python
DevOps
CI/CD
Chips/EDA
KLayout
Management
Agile
HQ: Arlington, United States • Avionics & Flight Control • Air Defense • Missiles • Defense Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 2020 • Trust A • Hiring 3542, 210 new
RTX is an American aerospace and defense company formed in 2020 by the merger of United Technologies and Raytheon. It operates through three businesses: Collins Aerospace, which makes avionics, aircraft interiors and aerostructures, Pratt & Whitney, which builds commercial and military jet engines, and Raytheon, which produces missiles, air defense systems such as Patriot, radars and sensors. Its customers include airlines, aircraft manufacturers, the United States Department of Defense and allied governments. The company is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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$63k – $120k per year • Junior • In office (Goleta, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Secret • Junior
$76k – $144k per year • Middle • In office (Goleta, United States) • Relocation • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Secret • Middle
$76k – $144k per year • Middle • In office (Goleta, United States) • Relocation • Master's Degree • Full-Time • Secret • Middle
Python
C++
Perl
DevOps
RTOS
CI/CD
Git
GitLab
Linux
Management
Agile
Scrum
+2
HQ: Goleta, United States • Hiring 4, 1 new
Cenfire MEMS switches use a silicon-based platform for zero leakage and a metallic conduction path, without fatigue from metal springs.
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≈ $76k – $146k per year (Estimated) • Middle • 4+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle
Python
DevOps
Git
Chips/EDA
KiCad
$120k – $180k per year • Head+ • In office (Goleta, United States) • Full-Time • Principal
HQ: Falls Church, United States • Space Defense • C4ISR • Satellite Manufacturing • Aerospace Manufacturing • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1994 • Trust A • Hiring 3002, 163 new
Northrop Grumman is an American defence contractor whose oldest predecessor was founded in 1939, and which took its present form through the 1994 combination of Northrop and Grumman. It builds strategic systems including the B-21 Raider bomber and the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile programme, military and civil space systems, radars and electronic warfare equipment, autonomous aircraft, and mission systems and software for the United States armed forces and allied governments. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, it earns the large majority of its revenue from the American government and employs close to one hundred thousand people.
Kenneth Crews · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
Kathy Warden · Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President · decision-maker
Jack Northrop · Founder · founder
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$147k – $220k per year • Lead • 8+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Secret • Staff
HQ: Mountain View, United States • Digital Media • Marketing Analytics & Attribution • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Consumer Internet Groups • Foundation Models • Operating Systems • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Video & Photo Sharing • Advertising • Search Engines • 11-50 employees • Est. 1998 • Trust B • Hiring 2890, 697 new
Google is an American technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and now the principal subsidiary of Alphabet, headquartered in Mountain View, California. It operates the world's dominant search engine and the advertising system built around it, along with YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, Maps, Workspace and Google Cloud, reaching billions of users across nearly every internet-connected market. The company designs its own silicon in the Tensor Processing Unit line, develops the Gemini foundation models through Google DeepMind, and derives most of its revenue from advertising while cloud has become its fastest growing segment.
Sergey Brin · Co-Founder · decision-maker
Larry Page · Co-Founder · decision-maker
Nathaniel Hunter · Executive Officer · decision-maker
Ernest Simmons Jr. · Executive Officer, Director · decision-maker
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≈ $136k – $298k per year (Estimated) • In office (Goleta, United States) • PhD
≈ $120k – $219k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
≈ $86k – $256k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 1+ year exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • PhD • Junior
HQ: Wilsonville, United States • C4ISR • Defense Manufacturing • Video Surveillance • Machine Vision & 3D Cameras • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1978 • Trust B • Hiring 640, 28 new
Teledyne FLIR is an American maker of thermal imaging cameras, infrared and visible-light sensors, and detection systems for defense, industrial, commercial and public safety customers. Founded in 1978 as FLIR Systems, it was acquired by Teledyne Technologies in 2021 and now operates as a Teledyne business, with products ranging from handheld thermal cameras and OEM camera cores to unmanned systems and chemical, biological and explosives detectors. The company is headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States.
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$91k per year • Middle • 3+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Middle • English
RTOS
Linux
SpaceTech
RTEMS
$91k per year • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior • English
SQL
C#
C++
DevOps
Linux
SpaceTech
RTEMS
$114k per year • Senior • 10+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior • English
SQL
C#
C++
DevOps
Linux
SpaceTech
RTEMS
HQ: Bethesda, United States • Military Satellites • Aerospace Manufacturing • Missiles • Combat Aircraft • Defense Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1995 • NYSE: LMT • Trust A • Hiring 2351, 155 new
Lockheed Martin is the largest defence contractor in the world, formed in 1995 by merging Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta and headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. Its single most important programme is the F-35 Lightning II, the most expensive weapons system ever built, alongside the F-16, the C-130 transport and classified work at the Skunk Works advanced development unit. The company also dominates missile defence with THAAD and PAC-3 interceptors, supplies HIMARS and Javelin systems, owns the helicopter maker Sikorsky, and builds the Orion crew capsule and military satellites through its space division.
Evan Scott · Chief Financial Officer · decision-maker
James Taiclet · Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer · decision-maker
Marillyn Hewson · former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
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$205k – $381k per year • Lead • 14+ years exp • Hybrid (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Secret • Principal
Git
Linux
Chips/EDA
Cadence Virtuoso
$110k – $205k per year • Senior • 3+ years exp • Hybrid (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
HQ: Goleta, United States • Apparel & Fashion Brands • Footwear • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1973 • Trust B • Hiring 273, 16 new
Deckers Brands is a global footwear and apparel designer and distributor headquartered in Goleta, California, and founded in 1973. The company designs, markets, and distributes a portfolio of lifestyle and performance brands including UGG, HOKA, Teva, Sanuk, and Koolaburra by UGG. It operates through a multi-channel distribution network comprising wholesale accounts, company-owned retail stores, and direct-to-consumer e-commerce platforms across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
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≈ $66k – $133k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • Hybrid (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Junior
≈ $130k – $243k per year (Estimated) • Head+ • 15+ years exp • Hybrid (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Architect
HQ: San Diego, United States • RF & Wireless Hardware • Analog & Power Semiconductors • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 50, 4 new
pSemi is a Murata company that designs and manufactures RF and mixed-signal semiconductors. Its portfolio spans power management, connected sensors, optical transceivers, antenna tuning and RF front-end products, building on the legacy of Peregrine Semiconductor. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States.
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$120k per year • Staff+ • 6+ years exp • Hybrid (Goleta, United States) • Master's Degree • Staff
Python
C++
MATLAB
DevOps
Wi-Fi
AWS
Amazon EC2
Amazon S3
Windows
HQ: Geneva, Switzerland • Eyewear • Surgical Instruments & Devices • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1945 • Trust A • Hiring 328, 41 new
Alcon is a Swiss eye care company founded in Texas in 1945 that was owned by Nestle and then Novartis before being spun out as an independent listed company in 2019. It operates in two halves: surgical, which supplies the intraocular lenses, phacoemulsification equipment and consumables used in cataract and vitreoretinal surgery, and vision care, which sells contact lenses and eye drops. Headquartered in Geneva and listed in Zurich and New York, it is the largest eye care device company in the world and benefits directly from ageing populations, since cataract surgery is among the most common procedures performed anywhere.
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$131k – $169k per year • Lead • 5+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Relocation • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Principal • English: B2
Python
Verilog
C++
SystemVerilog
VHDL
Chips/EDA
Siemens ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
Management
Agile
Timișoara • Minato • Logansport • Goleta • Farmington Hills • Contract Manufacturing • Electronics Manufacturing • Manufacturing • 5000+ employees • Est. 1978 • Trust C • Hiring 11, 1 new
Custom manufacturer of printed circuit boards (PCB). Electronic testing services are also offered. Serves automotive, com industrial mercial, HVAC, and lighting industries. manufacturing electronics.
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≈ $62k – $124k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 2+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Contractor • Junior
≈ $132k – $268k per year (Estimated) • Lead • 15+ years exp • In office (Goleta, United States) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Staff
Salary range
| Seniority |
Jobs |
25% |
Median |
75% |
| Senior |
14 |
$114K |
$144K |
$182K |
| Lead |
12 |
$220K |
$225K |
$277K |
| All levels |
43 |
$120K |
$169K |
$225K |
Based only on the listings that state pay. Gross annual amounts, converted to USD so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Relocation package
33%
18
The market right now
Alion currently lists 55 open Tech jobs in Goleta from 13 companies. 10 of them were posted or refreshed in the last seven days. 13 of the employers have posted something in the last three months, which is the pool worth watching if you are starting a search now. 1 of the 55 carries the marks of a stale or abandoned posting - open far beyond the usual time to fill, reposted, or on a board that mostly never closes a role - and is marked as likely inactive; the list can hide them. Every listing links straight to the employer, so you apply on their own board rather than through an intermediary.
What these roles pay
43 of these Tech jobs in Goleta state pay directly. Across them the middle half of the market sits between $120K and $225K a year, with a median of $169K. By level, the median runs senior at $144K and lead at $225K. The step from senior to lead is worth about 1.6x on median pay. Figures are gross annual amounts converted to US dollars, so roles in different currencies stay comparable.
Where the work is
18% offer a hybrid arrangement, while the rest expect you on site.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open Tech jobs in Goleta right now are RTX (23), Teledyne FLIR (10), Google (5), OpenLight Photonics (4), Cenfire (2), and Lockheed Martin (2). Each company page on Alion carries its size, funding stage, tech stack and every other position it has open, so you can judge the employer before you spend an evening on the application.
What employers ask for
Reading across the current listings, the tools that come up most often are Python (22), C++ (17), MATLAB (14), Agile (13), Linux (12), Windows (8), Verilog (6), and SQL (6). The counts are how many of these openings name each one, which is a better guide to what is actually being hired for than a generic skills list.
Relocation, visas and equity
Of the current Tech jobs in Goleta, 1 states visa sponsorship, 18 offer a relocation package, and 6 include equity. These are filters on the list above, so you can narrow it to the ones that make a move possible for you.
