Engineering Jobs in Los Altos

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At Pinterest, AI isn't just a feature, it's a powerful partner that augments our creativity and amplifies our impact, and we're looking for candidates who are excited to be a part of that. To get a complete picture of your experience and abilities, we'll explore your foundational skills and how you collaborate with AI.

Through our interview process, what matters most is that you can always explain your approach, showing us not just what you know, but how you think. You can read more about our AI interview philosophy and how we use AI in our recruiting process here.

We're seeking an Engineering Manager to build and lead the next generation of Pinterest's big data storage platform. You'll grow and guide a team working with cutting-edge open source technologies-especially Apache Iceberg-operating at exabyte scale to power the data that helps Pinners discover and do what they love.

What you'll do:

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• Own the technical vision and long-term roadmap of Pinterest's exabyte data lake storage
  
• Collaborate with stakeholders and partner teams across the organization to architect data lake storage and metadata management technologies to unlock big data and ML/AI innovations
  
• Drive engagement and collaboration with open source communities, such as Iceberg, Spark, and Flink, to effectively address our scaling challenges
  
• Act as a stalwart of technical quality and excellence on the team, ensuring the solutions we deliver have a high level of polish and reliability
  

What we're looking for:

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• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Computer Science, or equivalent experience
  
• 2+ years of management experience, or 3+ years tech lead experience in a 5+ person team
  
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience in leading the design of large scale & production distributed systems.
  
• Deep knowledge with building distributed systems.
  
• Strong cross-functional collaborator and communicator.
  
• Strong people development skills.
  
  

In-Office Requirement Statement:

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• We let the type of work you do guide the collaboration style. That means we're not always working in an office, but we continue to gather for key moments of collaboration and connection.
  
• This role will need to be in the office for in-person collaboration 1-2 times/quarter and therefore can be situated anywhere in the country.
  

Relocation Statement:

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• This position is not eligible for relocation assistance. Visit our PinFlex page to learn more about our working model.
  

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At Pinterest we believe the workplace should be equitable, inclusive, and inspiring for every employee. In an effort to provide greater transparency, we are sharing the base salary range for this position. The position is also eligible for equity. Final salary is based on a number of factors including location, travel, relevant prior experience, or particular skills and expertise.

Information regarding the culture at Pinterest and benefits available for this position can be found here.

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We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods - and eventually people - move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

The Avionics Hardware team is a small group of highly motivated engineers who develop the core compute, actuation, sensing, and power electronics products at the heart of our automation system. We enjoy cradle-to-grave hardware ownership and hands-on test, iteration, and deployment of our designs. As an Avionics Hardware Engineer, you will drive development of electrical components and sub-systems across our airborne and test platforms from the circuit-board level up through integrated systems and everything in between.

Responsibilities

In your role as Avionics Hardware Engineer, you will design, analyze, document, test, and troubleshoot electronic assemblies at the circuit board through integrated electro-mechanical level. You will collaborate with a cross-functional team of electrical, mechanical, software, manufacturing and test engineers as the expert on your hardware. You will drive improvements to the hardware through benchtop, environmental, and on-aircraft testing, and perform root-cause investigations to characterize, document, and rectify anomalous behavior in a safety-critical environment.

Basic Success Criteria

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent experience

• Demonstrated ability to complete and ship projects and deliverables

• Professional experience with ECAD tools such as Altium

• Ability to work within a team, including strong written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to methodically diagnose, document, and solve electronic hardware problems

Preferred Criteria

• Professional experience with the full electronics product life-cycle, from conceptual design through production

• Direct hands-on experience with analog, digital, and mixed-signal circuit design, analysis, test, and debug

• Experience designing electronics to meet rigorous environmental standards (aerospace, military, automotive, or harsh industrial)

• Proficiency with Python and/or MATLAB for analysis, data review, and test setup scripting

We're a growing, motivated, fast-paced team of avionics professionals. We move quickly, and everyone wears multiple hats. We're looking for someone who is diligent and detail-oriented who can join our team and make an immediate impact.

This role is on-site in Mountain View, CA. Must be willing to travel 10% of the time.

The estimated salary range for this position is $110,000 to $168,000/annual salary + cash and stock option awards + benefits. At Reliable Robotics, we strive to provide competitive and rewarding compensation based on experience and expertise, as well as market conditions, location, and pay equity. In addition to base compensation, Reliable Robotics offers stock options, employee medical, 401k contribution, great co-workers and a casual work environment.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant's capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. * 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. * 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to

Compensation Range: $110K - $168K

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods - and eventually people - move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Modeling and Simulation Engineer, you will develop the physics-based models that enable rapid iteration and certification-grade validation of GNC software. You will perform simulation analysis and assess correlation with real-world data to demonstrate that the models are representative of the actual system.

Responsibilities

• Develop physics-based models representative of aircraft dynamics (aerodynamics, ground reactions, actuator models, etc.)

• Identify, request, and analyze flight tests necessary to inform modeling

• Conduct closed-loop testing of flight control systems with simulated aircraft dynamics

• Develop tools for visualizing and analyzing simulation and flight data

• Perform validation of simulation models against flight test data

Basic Success Criteria

• BS in aerospace engineering, robotics, or related field

• 5+ years experience with aerodynamics, flight dynamics simulation, and system identification

• Experience with Python, C++, MATLAB/Simulink, and Linux-based development environments and scripting

• Experience with developing validated physics-based models as well as integration and testing of these models

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Criteria

• MS or PhD in aerospace engineering, robotics, or related field

• Experience with high fidelity physics-based aircraft or other complex simulation systems

• Current pilot, instrument or commercial ratings

GNC Modeling and Simulation is a key company capability that enables rapid design iteration and scalable design validation covering the massive combinatorial space of flight envelope and atmospheric conditions. These tools are what allow us to fly with the confidence of more than 1000:1 simulation hours to flight hours and draw statistically significant conclusions on the system's safety and performance.

Employees working from our headquarters in Mountain View, CA may expect very little travel.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant's capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. * 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. * 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing an application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to

Compensation Range: $185K - $245K

This role will be responsible for developing clear, comprehensive Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that guide research participants on how to properly use prototype devices during user research studies. The ideal candidate brings hands on user research experience, has worked directly with participants and hardware prototypes, and is comfortable translating complex device interactions into participant friendly documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and write comprehensive SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) that clearly outline how participants should interact with consumer electronic prototype devices during user research studies

• Partner closely with Study Managers and Research Assistants to ensure SOPs are accurate, thorough, and aligned with study protocols

• Translate technical or complex device workflows into clear, easy to follow participant instructions

• Ensure SOPs support consistent, safe, and effective participant interactions with prototype devices

• Iterate on SOP documentation based on study needs, feedback, and changes to prototype functionality

• Support operational consistency across studies by maintaining high documentation standards

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• Prior experience in user research, UX research, or research moderation, working directly with study participants

• Hands on experience supporting studies involving prototype devices or consumer electronics

• Proven experience creating SOPs or participant-facing documentation for user research studies

• Strong collaboration skills and experience working cross functionally with research teams

• Excellent written communication skills with the ability to simplify complex processes

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Education: B.S./B.A. or M.S./M.A. in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Human Factors, Psychology, or related STEM fields

$35/hr to $40/hr.

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Salary Range: $100,000–$160,000 annually (depending on experience)

Industry: Commercial & Industrial Electrical Contracting

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned Electrical Construction Project Manager to lead and oversee complex commercial and industrial electrical projects throughout the Bay Area. This role demands a proactive leader with deep technical knowledge, strong client-facing skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects from pre-construction through closeout.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Oversight: Manage all phases of electrical construction projects, including planning, budgeting, scheduling, procurement, and execution.
• Team Leadership: Supervise field crews, foremen, and subcontractors to ensure safety, quality, and productivity.
• Client Relations: Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, architects, engineers, and inspectors.
• Estimating & Bidding: Collaborate with estimators to develop competitive bids and value-engineered solutions.
• Compliance & Safety: Ensure adherence to NEC, OSHA, and local building codes.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate project records, RFIs, change orders, and progress reports.

Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years in electrical construction project management, preferably in commercial or industrial sectors.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Construction Management, or related field preferred.
• Certifications: OSHA 30, PMP, or equivalent credentials are a plus.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in project management software (e.g., Procore, Bluebeam, MS Project).
• Knowledge Base: Strong understanding of electrical systems, blueprints, and construction sequencing.
• Soft Skills: Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving abilities.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation up to $160K and performance-based bonuses
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid time off and holidays
• Career development and training opportunities
• A collaborative, growth-oriented company culture

Required Skills

·Strong experience with iOS development fundamentals and frameworks

• Proficiency in Swift and Objective-C
• Experience with Xcode and XCTest
• Knowledge of GCD and asynchronous programming

·Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

·Experience minimum 5+ years and maximum 12 years.

Nice to Have

·Experience with XPC or intra-process communication

• Experience using AI tools in the SDLC
• Familiarity with prompt engineering

We are actively looking for a Back-End Developer (Java, Spring, Kafka) @ Sunnyvale CA

TITLE: Back-End Developer (Java, Spring, Kafka)

LOCATION: Sunnyvale, CA

Duration: 6 to 12+ Months

Interview Type: Onsite

Rate: DOE

Details:

Job Duties:-Develops innovation strategies, processes, and best practices. - Drives the execution of multiple business plans and projects. - Supports and ensures business objectives being met. - Leads the discovery phase of medium to large projects to come up with high level design.- Leads the work of other small group of 3 to 4 engineers for assigned Engineering projects - Leads and participates in end to end service implementations, data feeds ingestion, and orchestration. - Designs and implements low latency services. - Promotes and supports company policies, procedures, mission, values, and standards of ethics and integrity. - Troubleshoots business and production issues .

Strong Java/J2EE, SpringBoot, Kafka

KAFKA, Design pattern, Event Sourcing and Event based architecture. Cassandra, SQL, NOSQL Database experience

Knowledge of technologies used in building scalable, distributed systems in virtualized cloud environments.

Develop high performance and scalable solutions that extract, transform, and load big data

Working with continuous development environments and decent knowledge of CI/CD pipelines

Please let me know if you are available and interested.

The opportunity

Unity's Vector AI team sits at the intersection of large-scale machine learning and real-world impact: our models govern ad ranking and bidding decisions across billions of daily impressions. Get the models right so players can discover games they love.

We're looking for an Applied Scientist with experience on user understanding, sequence modeling, and/or conversion prediction.

What you'll be doing

• Design and ship user behavior models that directly influence ad ranking, bidding, and conversion outcomes across billions of impressions.
• Own model quality from deployment onward: calibration, drift detection, and feedback loop management.
• Shape how the team builds, contributing to long-term technical strategy and overseeing engineering execution.
• Bridge the gap between ML complexity and business reality, communicating clearly with non-technical partners.

What we're looking for

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, related fields, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience designing, building, and operating ML systems at scale in ads, search, recommendations, or related domains.
• Deep familiarity with at least one of: CVR/CTR prediction, auction theory, user modeling, or sequential recommendation.
• Production experience in Python and at least one systems language (Go, Scala, C++, or similar).
• Significant experience in one or more general-purpose programming languages like Python, Go, Scala, C++ or similar.
• Knowledge of metric design, experimentation methodologies, and large-scale data.

You might also have

• Experience with real-time bidding systems, auction dynamics, or marketplace optimization.
• Publications or patents in relevant areas.

Additional information

Relocation support is not available for this position

Benefits

At Unity, we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well-being and work-life balance.

Please note: Benefits eligibility, specific offerings, and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.

While specific benefits vary, here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally: Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance | Commute subsidy | Employee stock ownership | Competitive retirement/pension plans | Generous vacation and personal days | Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs | Office food snacks | Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support | Employee Resource Groups | Global Employee Assistance Program | Training and development programs | Volunteering and donation matching program

Life at Unity

Unity [NYSE: U] is the world’s leading game engine, powering play for more than 3 billion consumers each month. The top mobile games in the world, the most played PC indie titles, the most innovative console games, and virtually all of the top XR and Web Games are developed, deployed, and grown in Unity. Unity also enables teams across industries like automotive, manufacturing, and healthcare to design, simulate, and collaborate in 3D — closing the gap between ideas and reality. For more information, please visit is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. Our differences are strengths that enable us to support the growing and evolving needs of our customers, partners, and collaborators. If you have a disability that means there are preparations or accommodations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please fill out this form to let us know.

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Title: Senior Software Engineer Backend

Location: Sunnyvale, CA - Hybrid

Duration: 3-months, team extends quarterly

Please note! There are interim nights worked, once a week.

Our client is seeking a talented and passionate Staff, Software Engineer - Backend to join their team. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a large project environment with solid technical leadership abilities and strong development background in Java along with experience Cloud Implementation architecture and a proven track record of delivering high-quality scalable software applications.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7-10 years experience
• 60–70% coding, 20–30% design/architecture
• Technologies: Java, SpringBoot, Kafka, CosmosDB, Bigquery, and Kubernetes
• Owns design, ensures scalability
• Confident in pushing designs to production
• Tests own code
• Participates in cross-team contract discussions

Job Description

• Provide deep technical expertise and thought leadership that helps accelerate adoption of the absolute best engineering practices, while maintaining knowledge on industry innovations, trends, and practices.
• Lead and participate in medium to large-scale projects by reviewing project requirements, translating requirements into technical solutions, gathering requested information, writing, and developing code, and conducting unit testing. Communicating status and issues to team members and stakeholders.
• Developing highly scalable services to process millions of requests per day and solve complex software systems problems by leveraging state-of-the-art technology.
• Gaining exposure to various technologies used in Marketplace and E-commerce platforms.
• Designing and developing backend microservices and APIs for web applications using JVM ecosystem (Kotlin, Java) and other languages and frameworks (Python, Go)
• Collaborate with project teams and cross functional teams. Troubleshoot open issues and bug-fixes, ensuring on-time delivery and hand-offs. Interact with project manager to provide e input on project plan.
• Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering information (for example, issue, impact, criticality, root cause), engaging support teams to assist in the resolution of issues. Formulate action plans, performing actions as designated in the plan. Interpret the results to determine further action, perform root cause analysis to prevent future occurrence of issues and complete online documentation.
• Provide support to the business by responding to users' questions, concerns, and issues (for example, technical feasibility, implementation strategies). Facilitate resolutions and lead cross-functional partnerships.
• Driving projects of high visibility across the organization.

Compensation: $50-$60/hour, depending on experience

Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education. Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

Mid-Level Technical Writer (Engineering SME)

Palo Alto, CA

Hybrid

Role Summary

The Mid-Level Technical Writer will support the development of validation test reports, test plans, procedures, and related documentation in close coordination with Auto OEM engineering teams and the Senior Lead. The role requires technical fluency and the ability to transform raw data and engineering input into clear, organized, and accurate documentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and update validation test reports based on engineering inputs and test data
• Support creation and maintenance of test plans, procedures, and setup documentation
• Organize complex technical information into structured report formats
• Work with engineering teams to ensure documentation accuracy and completeness
• Support revisions, document updates, and alignment to agreed templates and standards
• Assist in creation of diagrams, visuals, and setup descriptions as needed
• Track and manage assigned work using Auto OEM tools and workflows

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field
• Experience in technical writing for engineering, manufacturing, testing, or product development environments
• Ability to understand engineering concepts and translate them into well-structured technical documents
• Experience supporting documentation such as test reports, test plans, procedures, work instructions, or validation records
• Strong written communication and organizational skills
• Must be able to work in a hybrid onsite U.S. model

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in automotive or EV programs
• Exposure to validation, systems engineering, hardware testing, or product verification documentation
• Experience supporting technical diagrams or setup illustrations