Principal Electrical Engineer
Suna Solutions
San Diego, CA · $150k–$185k a year · Posted November 5, 2026
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Where San Diego, CA ranks
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November 2026
- #1Cities hosting the most business conferences in the West Coast78 conferences · of 17
- #2Cities hosting the most human resources conferences6 conferences · of 10
- #3Best cities for life sciences and biotech jobs454 openings · of 41
- #3Best cities for aerospace and defense jobs377 openings · of 67
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Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
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Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $167,500 a year. Across 97 open principal electrical engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $156,000 to $197,500 and the median is $175,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 4% below the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among electrical engineers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for electrical engineers: 6% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...Principal Electrical Engineer Direct Hire | Onsite | M-F, 8am-5pm The Principal Electrical Engineer is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for the electrical design, verification, and transfer to manufacturing of handheld, battery-powered electroporation...