Engineer jobs in San Diego
28 open engineer roles in San Diego across 7 companies, read straight from each company's own job board.
Last checked 02 October 2026
28
Open roles
7
Companies hiring
$190k
Median published pay
Pay by stated level
A median across mixed seniority describes nobody, so it is split here. Only levels the employer stated in the job title are counted.
| Level | Median midpoint | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| senior | $143k | 5 |
| staff / principal / lead | $215k | 11 |
8 of 25 postings (32%) state no level at all. Those are not counted as mid-level - the employer simply did not say.
Who's hiring
Shield AI (21)Zoox (2)Databricks (1)Saronic (1)Accenture Federal Services (1)ABM Industries (1)Action Property Management (1)
Open roles
| Role | Location | Team | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Engineer, Test Automation (R5792) | San Diego, California | Quality | $150k – $230k |
| Senior Engineer, Full-Stack - Forge Platform, Tools (R5790) | San Diego, California | Forge | $130k – $230k |
| Staff Engineer, Aircraft Trajectory Modeling (R5787) | San Diego, California | Foundations | $200k – $300k |
| Senior Engineer, System Integration Test (R6086) | San Diego, California | Integration & Test | $110k – $170k |
| Staff Engineer, Platform (R6019) | San Diego, California | Forge | $160k – $290k |
| Building Engineer II - Savina | San Diego, CA | Onsite / High Rise Community Management | $50 – $55 |
| Systems Test Engineer, System Behavior Analysis | San Diego, CA | Software Platforms and Product | $148k – $208k |
| Autonomy Engineer- Behavior and Motion Planning (R6007) | San Diego, California | Pilot | $135k – $300k |
| Staff Engineer, Aircraft Configuration Design (R5830) | San Diego, California | X-BAT Engineering - Configuration Design | $144k – $210k |
| Principal Engineer, Electrical (R5909) | San Diego, California | V-BAT Engineering - Electrical | $210k – $310k |
| Engineer II, Battery Test (R5954) | San Diego, California | X-BAT Engineering - Avionics | $96k – $170k |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Systems Integration (R5415) | San Diego, California | Integration & Test | $212k – $318k |
| Staff DevSecOps Engineer (R5824) | San Diego, California | Core Services & Infra | $150k – $230k |
| Staff Cloud Engineer (R5801) | San Diego, California | Core Services & Infra | $150k – $280k |
| Route Engineer | San Diego, CA | Engineering, Building Engineer | $36 – $36 |
| Staff Engineer, Data Platform (R5659) | San Diego, California | Forge | $150k – $230k |
| Customer Sustainment Engineer (R5502) | San Diego, California | Applications Engineering | $180k – $320k |
| Senior Staff Engineer, Autonomous Systems Integration (R5507) | San Diego, California | Applications Engineering | $170k – $250k |
| Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer - Public Sector | Berkeley, California; California; Connecticut; Los Angeles, California; Massachusetts; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; San Diego, California; Washington | Professional Services Operations | $182k – $250k |
| Discrete Planning Engineer (R5440) | San Diego, California | Pilot | $135k – $350k |
| Staff Engineer, Core Platform Integration (R5411) | San Diego, California | Engineering | $190k – $290k |
| Senior Engineer, Flight Test (R5371) | San Diego, California | Quality | $110k – $170k |
| Cybersecurity Engineer | San Diego, CA | 60024445 - AFS Cyber Mission | $85k – $142k |
| Hardware Engineer - Forward Deployed | San Diego, CA | Software Eng | 4 months ago |
| System Test Engineer | San Diego, CA | Software Platforms and Product | $153k – $209k |
| Electrical Engineer I (SD) | San Diego, California | X-BAT Engineering - Avionics | $81k – $122k |
| Senior Engineer, Automated Test (R4461) | San Diego, California | Quality | $114k – $171k |
| Applications Engineer, Autonomy (open level) | San Diego, California | Applications Engineering | $120k – $318k |
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