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Staff & Principal Startup Jobs

Staff and principal roles at startups building the future — set technical direction.

2,389 open roles · Updated Sep 25, 2026

2,389 jobs

Bright Machines Staff Platform Engineer

Remote · San Francisco, CA

$180k–$220k / year

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Robotics

Arc Boats Staff People and Learning Partner

Torrance, CA

$140k–$170k / year

Job type: Business & People Ops
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Transportation

Sourcegraph Tech Lead - Code Plane [IC5]

Remote

$192k / year

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI App

Ironstead Member of Technical Staff, Principal Quality

Denver, CO · Los Angeles, CA · Seattle, WA

Job type: Test, Quality, & Reliability
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Manufacturing

Hubble Network Principal Embedded Engineer - Space Systems

Seattle, WA

$200k–$250k / year

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

StackBlitz Staff Product Manager

Remote

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI App

Wisk Aero Staff Systems Engineer

Mountain View, CA

$167k–$208k / year

Job type: Product, Programs, & Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

Lunar Energy Staff Reliability Engineer - Power Electronics

Mountain View, CA

$165k–$193k / year

Job type: Test, Quality, & Reliability
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Energy & Climate

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HEO Robotics R&D Engineer

Arlington, VA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Aerospace

Lightship RV Staff Mechanical Engineer - Chassis Design

Broomfield, CO

$130k–$150k / year

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Transportation

Atom Computing Principal Quantum Engineer

Boulder, CO

$250k–$287k / year

Job type: Electrical & Firmware
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Compute & Semiconductors

Plix Member of Technical Staff - Machine Learning

San Mateo, CA

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Public Services

Deterrence Staff Mechanical Design Engineer

Fremont, CA

Job type: Mechanical & Physical Systems
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Defense

Wonderschool Data Lead

San Francisco, CA

Job type: Software & Data
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Education

Multiply Labs Senior / Staff Robotics Research Scientist - Dexterous & Mobile Manipulation

San Francisco, CA

$160k–$210k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Bio & Health

Reflex Robotics Principal AI Research Engineer - World Models

New York, NY · San Francisco, CA

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Robotics

Hedra Research Scientist

San Francisco, CA

$200k–$325k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI Research

Nidus Technologies Staff ML Engineer, VLA Training

New York, NY

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Defense

Cover Staff Manufacturing Engineer

Gardena, CA

Job type: Manufacturing & Production
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Construction & Housing

Bedrock Ocean Staff AI Platform Engineer: Agent & Retrieval Infrastructure

Remote

$160k–$220k / year

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Energy & Climate

KoBold Metals Staff Applied Scientist - Metalab

Remote

$125k–$235k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Energy & Climate

Bronco AI Founding AI Engineer

San Francisco, CA

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Supply Chain

humans&Member of Technical Staff

San Francisco, CA

$450k / year

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: AI Research

Quilter Staff ML Systems Engineer

Remote

$180k–$200k / year

Job type: Infrastructure, IT, & Security
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Manufacturing

Path Robotics Staff Robotics Software Engineer

Columbus, OH

Job type: AI & Autonomy
Seniority: Staff / Principal
Sector: Manufacturing

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