- 3dSunshine
- 3M
- 4stel Engineering
- A9.com
- Accenture
- Adecco
- Aerotek
- Alpha Teknova
- Amazon
- Andeavor Logistics (formerly Tesoro Logistics)
- Apple
- AppleOne
- Applied Materials
- Arrowhead Brass & Plumbing
- ARUP
- Asurion
- Asylum Research
- BAE Systems
- Bellows manufacturing and research
- Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
- Blend Labs
- BRG Sports (formerly Easton-Bell Sports)
- BrightSign
- Brylen Technologies
- Bureau Veritas (formerly Inspectorate America Corporation)
- C2 Therapeutics
- Calient Technologies
- California Energy Commission
- Capstone
- Carnegie Observatories
- Center for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Technologies
- CERN
- Chabot Space and Science Center
- Cisco Systems
- City Knowledge
- Clever
- Communications and Power Industries
- Computer Presentation Systems Inc.
- Crank Logic
- DCX-Chol
- Delphix
- Department of Defense
- Deposition Sciences Inc.
- DeviceLab, Inc.
- EasyESI
- Egnyte
- Flatiron West
- Fluid Components Intl.
- Focus-N-Fly Inc
- Genentech
- General Atomics
- General Electric
- Glidewell Laboratories
- Glint Photonics
- Hewlett-Packard Company
- Honey Science Inc.
- Horizon Solar Power (formerly BrightCurrent)
- HotChalk, Inc.
- HRL Laboratories
- Hydraulic Rod Pumps Intnl.
- Illumina
- Implantech Associates Inc
- Imra America
- Intel Corporation
- IXL Learning
- Joby Aviation
- Joint Center For Artificial Photosynthesis
- Kaiser Permanente
- Kareo
- Karl Storz Imaging
- KBR Wyle
- Keysight
- Kinestral Technologies
- Kiosk Creative LLC
- Krypton
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Lockheed Martin
- Lou Raymond and Associates
- Luminit
- Meade Instruments Corp.
- Medix
- MetaMixis
- Mobis Hyundai
- Morrison & Foerster
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR)
- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
- Nerds On Call
- Networks InMocean
- New Source Technology
- Northrop Grumman
- OpenDNS
- OpenROV
- Oracle
- OSIsoft
- P.W. Enterprises
- Pakedge Device & Software
- Palantir Technologies
- Panasonic Avionics
- Parasoft Corporation
- Park Systems
- Phunware
- Polarity Inc.
- PVP Advanced Electro-Optical Systems
- Quinstar Technology
- RadiumOne
- Randstad Technologies
- Raytheon
- Razorfish
- RPS Iris Environmental
- Santa Barbara Design and Build
- Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
- Scaled Composites
- Schneider Electric
- Scientific Applications & Research Associates, Inc. (SARA)
- SETI Institute
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Socratic Technologies
- Soliculture
- SOTA Imaging
- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX)
- Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)
- SPX - TCI International
- Stanford University
- StormGeo (formerly Applied Weather Technology)
- Strymon Engineering
- Symbio Robotics
- TakeLessons
- Tata Consultancy Services
- The Boeing Company
- ThinAir Labs, LLC
- ThoughtWorks
- Transonic Combustion
- TrellisWare Technologies
- Twitter Inc.
- Uber
- United States Air Force
- United States Navy
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, San Francisco
- UCSB Experimental Cosmology Group
- UCO Lick Observatory
- Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
- Universities Space Research Association
- Ventura Telephone
- Vias System
- Vibration, Impact, and Pressure Sensors
- Victorious Inc.
- VideoAmp
- Virgin Galactic
- Walk Vascular
- Wavefront Technology
- West Coast Magnetics
- Wyatt Aerosol
- Yardi Systems, Inc.
- Yelp
This is only a portion of the employers who hired recent physics bachelors into technical positions.
Source: AIP Statistical Research Center, Initial Employment Surveys, classes 2012 thru 2016.