Tech company and biotech firm slash jobs in San Jose as layoffs linger

SAN JOSE — A tech company and a biotech firm have launched job cuts that will eliminate well over 100 positions in San Jose in the coming months, a fresh sign of lingering layoffs in the Bay Area.

Zebra Technologies and bioMerieux have reported to the state Employment Development Department their separate decisions to chop employment, moves that will eliminate a combined 196 jobs in San Jose, official WARN notices show.

The layoff decisions arrive on the heels of major job cuts in the Bay Area by an array of tech companies.

Starting in April 2026, bioMerieux will slash 121 jobs at its site at 130 Baytech Drive in north San Jose, the biotech company’s WARN notice to the EDD states.

France-based bioMerieux will close its entire facility on Baytech Drive by the end of 2026 in a permanent shutdown. The layoffs will occur in two phases. The first phase will take place starting on April 3 and the second phase on Dec. 18.

“All employees at the facility will be impacted,” Erica Ruffin, bioMerieux senior vice president of human resources, wrote in the WARN notices. “This closure is expected to be permanent.”

Illinois-based Zebra Technologies, whose products include smart data capture software and hardware systems, plans to eliminate 75 jobs in north San Jose.

Zebra said shifts in its strategic thinking played a significant role in the company’s decision to launch the San Jose layoffs.

Starting on Feb. 9, 2026, Zebra workers at the company’s site at 2811 Orchard Parkway in north San Jose will lose their jobs, the WARN notice states. The layoffs will continue until March 31. All the job cuts will be permanent.

“Zebra is exploring strategic options for its robotics automation business, and all options being explored will result in a significant reduction of the workforce supporting that business,” Stephanie Bock, Zebra Technologies director of global people service center, wrote in its WARN letter.

The company’s decision regarding the robotics automation business will affect employees at Zebra’s Orchard Parkway site. None of the affected employees have the right to bump other workers who have less seniority, the company stated in the WARN notice.

The San Jose office site might shut its doors.

“Zebra has determined that the San Jose location is no longer required to support Zebra’s operations due to changing business needs,” Bock wrote in the WARN letter.