<p>The big well known companies have web sites that you probably know. You should be able to find their employment/jobs/careers section and apply there.</p>
<p>For smaller, less well known companies, you need to look somewhat harder. Consider the following sources for company names:</p>
<ul>
<li>Career center reports of schools that list graduates’ employers (e.g. Berkeley, San Jose State, Cal Poly SLO, MIT, CMU, Virginia Tech). Most will show a strong bias toward local employment.</li>
<li>Finance and investing web sites, in which you can look up companies in a given industry (e.g. computer industry, electronics industry, etc.). This will be limited to companies with publicly traded stock.</li>
</ul>
<p>From the company names, you can find their web sites and apply to them if they are interesting to you.</p>
<p>What is wrong with a CS job in an automotive context? Note that one of the three American car companies is based near Silicon Valley.</p>