Engineering Manager jobs in California

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 · $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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Shield AI

Full-time · San Diego, CA · $180,000 – $280,000

Shield AI seeks an experienced mechanical engineering leader to build and oversee the design, thermal, and harness teams for their X-BAT aircraft and ground vehicles. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with strategic vision-setting, requiring someone who can guide designs from concept through manufacturing while collaborating across engineering disciplines.

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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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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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Crusoe

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $215,000 – $260,000

Lead a team of data engineers building Crusoe's AI infrastructure platform, responsible for designing and operating scalable data systems that support the company's energy-aligned AI compute operations. This role combines technical leadership with strategic partnership across product and engineering, suited for someone who wants to grow engineers while maintaining hands-on involvement in modern data architecture.

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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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Crusoe

San Francisco, CA · $245,000 – $295,000

Lead a team building core platform systems that transform large-scale compute infrastructure into reliable and efficient capacity for Crusoe's AI workloads. This role suits infrastructure engineers with 10+ years of experience and 3+ years in leadership who thrive on hands-on technical management and operating distributed systems at scale.

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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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Crusoe

Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $215,000 – $260,000

Lead a team building observability and automated remediation systems for an AI infrastructure platform, translating infrastructure data into actionable insights and alerts. This role suits engineering managers with hands-on experience in monitoring, anomaly detection, or rule-based systems who want to grow a team while staying technically engaged.

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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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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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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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Relativity Space

Long Beach, CA · $128,000 – $192,000

Lead a data and control systems hardware team at a rocket manufacturer, designing and operating test infrastructure while mentoring engineers across the product lifecycle. This role suits experienced electrical and systems engineers ready to grow into technical leadership without needing prior aerospace background.

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