Engineering Manager jobs in California

Agility Robotics

Full-time · Fremont, CA · $217,000 – $281,000

Lead the software issue triage, root cause analysis, and release management function for a fleet of deployed humanoid robots, building and mentoring a team while establishing processes and tooling to improve reliability across complex autonomous systems. This role suits experienced engineering leaders with deep expertise in software debugging and release management in high-complexity domains like robotics or aerospace.

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Astranis

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $150,000 – $230,000

Lead a team building test software and hardware-in-the-loop testbeds to verify Astranis satellites from component through full-spacecraft integration. This role suits experienced test engineers with people leadership skills who want to shape testing architecture at the intersection of software and space hardware.

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Voyager

Full-time · San Diego, CA · $165,000 – $265,000

This role combines hands-on FPGA engineering with team leadership, requiring someone who spends half their time coding designs for space communication systems while managing an engineering team. It suits experienced FPGA engineers ready to move into management without leaving technical work behind.

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NVIDIA

Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $232,000 – $368,000

Lead NVIDIA's test, manufacturability, and quality organization for GPUs and SoCs through production ramp and into the field, owning program velocity, root-cause closure on complex multi-functional failures, and the technical judgment that keeps silicon programs moving when others are stuck. This role suits a hands-on engineering leader with deep post-silicon and production test experience who can navigate competing constraints across design, manufacturing, and software while building and retaining senior technical teams.

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Intuit

San Diego, CA · $206,500 – $279,000

Lead Mailchimp's Identity team as a senior manager, overseeing the architecture and delivery of identity solutions that support millions of users across the platform. This role suits an experienced engineering leader who combines deep technical expertise with the ability to build and mentor high-performing teams while driving cross-functional collaboration.

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Relativity Space

Full-time · Long Beach, CA · $150,000 – $224,000

Lead the materials and processes engineering team responsible for developing and qualifying materials across Relativity's Terran R rocket stages, collaborating with vehicle engineering, manufacturing, and quality teams to keep the vehicle on schedule. This role suits experienced materials engineers who want to combine technical leadership with hands-on problem-solving in a fast-moving aerospace company.

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Shield AI

Full-time · San Diego, CA · $173,000 – $259,000

Lead a team building integration and validation systems for an AI autonomy platform used in defense applications, combining hands-on technical work with people management to help customers deploy autonomous systems reliably.

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Menlo Ventures Portfolio

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $405,000 – $485,000

Lead a team building investigation and moderation systems that help Anthropic detect and respond to misuse across its products and platforms. This role suits engineering managers with experience shipping internal tools, working across technical and policy teams, and a commitment to making AI systems safer.

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Crusoe

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $205,000 – $250,000

Crusoe is seeking an experienced technical leader to build and manage their customer support engineering team for a cutting-edge AI infrastructure platform. The role combines hands-on technical depth with people leadership, requiring someone who can solve complex cloud and GPU compute issues while coaching a growing team of support engineers.

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Astranis

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $160,000 – $215,000

Lead a team of electronics engineers at a satellite communications company, overseeing hardware design and development from concept through production for next-generation satellite systems. This role suits experienced hardware engineers ready to mentor others and drive technical decisions in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.

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NVIDIA

Santa Clara, CA · $200,000 – $322,000

This role leads a team building data and AI platforms for supply chain operations, combining hands-on engineering with people management to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions. It suits experienced data engineering leaders who code alongside their teams and can translate business problems into cloud-native architectures.

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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $160,000 – $240,000

You'll lead a team of propulsion analysts responsible for thermal, structural, and durability analysis of rocket engines at a company building orbital launch vehicles. This role suits experienced engineers who thrive managing technical teams through complex design-and-manufacturing challenges while maintaining engineering rigor at scale.

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Menlo Ventures Portfolio

San Francisco, CA · $350,000 – $500,000

Anthropic is seeking an experienced manager to lead their Interpretability team, overseeing researchers and engineers focused on understanding how large language models work internally. This role suits someone with a strong technical background in ML/AI and proven experience managing high-performing research teams through ambitious, exploratory work.

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Astranis

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $160,000 – $215,000

Lead a team of power electronics engineers designing and building advanced power systems for high-orbit satellites. This role suits experienced hardware engineers ready to transition into leadership while staying hands-on with cutting-edge spacecraft power architecture.

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NVIDIA

Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $184,000 – $356,500

Lead a team developing high-performance GPU communication libraries at NVIDIA, working on technologies like NCCL and NVSHMEM that enable distributed deep learning and HPC applications. This role combines technical depth with management responsibility, requiring you to design features, mentor engineers, and collaborate across the organization to deliver libraries that push the boundaries of what's possible at scale.

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Intuit

Mountain View, CA

Lead a group of 40-60 engineers and several engineering managers building the payment processing infrastructure behind QuickBooks and other Intuit products, setting technical direction for distributed systems handling billions in transactions annually. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with cross-functional partnership across product, compliance, and risk teams to deliver reliable, compliant payment systems at scale.

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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $206,000 – $308,000

Lead the design and deployment of safety-critical software infrastructure for a commercial rocket vehicle, overseeing a team that builds systems for command, telemetry, and test automation across ground and flight environments. This role suits experienced engineering managers with a background in complex, high-reliability systems who want to shape foundational architecture at a pivotal stage of a aerospace company's growth.

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NVIDIA

Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $224,000 – $431,250

NVIDIA is hiring a hands-on engineering manager to lead a distributed team building OpenBMC firmware for next-generation data center systems. This role suits experienced firmware engineers who want to combine technical depth with management responsibility, owning the full lifecycle of server manageability software.

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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $179,000 – $269,000

You'll lead a software team building engineering analysis tools and data infrastructure for rocket design and manufacturing. This role suits experienced engineering managers who enjoy working across hardware and software domains and can grow engineers while staying technical.

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NVIDIA

Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $232,000 – $368,000

Lead NVIDIA's system integration efforts for post-silicon validation across GPU and SoC programs, responsible for catching critical issues early and keeping programs on schedule despite upstream delays. This role requires deep expertise in silicon bring-up, the ability to build and mentor technical teams across geographies, and a track record of process improvements that meaningfully accelerate program delivery.

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Relativity Space

Full-time · Long Beach, CA · $160,000 – $240,000

Lead the propulsion engineering team developing rocket engines for Relativity's Terran R vehicle, taking ownership of engine system architecture, interfaces, and requirements while mentoring engineers through design, testing, and qualification. This role suits experienced rocket propulsion engineers ready to move into technical leadership at a high-growth aerospace startup where you'll contribute directly to engine development alongside people leadership.

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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $160,000 – $246,000

Lead the turbomachinery engineering team at a rocket startup, managing the design, analysis, and development of engines for the Terran R launch vehicle. This role suits an experienced engineering manager with deep turbomachinery expertise who thrives in fast-paced environments and is passionate about developing both technical capabilities and people.

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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $136,000 – $204,000

Lead a team of engineers designing and developing valve and fluid control systems for a commercial rocket vehicle, from concept through production. This role combines technical engineering expertise with leadership responsibilities, suited for someone experienced in fluid systems who can mentor others and drive projects in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $195,000 – $293,000

Lead a supplier development engineering team at a rocket manufacturer, establishing quality systems and supplier relationships critical to production scale-up. This role suits an experienced engineering leader from aerospace or high-reliability industries who thrives building processes and managing cross-functional supplier partnerships.

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