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Research Scientist Jobs in California.

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How many Research Scientist jobs in California are there right now?

There are 131 open Research Scientist jobs in California on JobsRadar right now, from 63 companies hiring directly. 103 of them disclose pay, with a median of $262,500 a year and most offers between $211,819 and $326,700. 7 were added in the last 24 hours; the board was last refreshed on September 5, 2026 at 09:18 UTC.

Research Scientist salary range in California

$211.8k 25th
$262.5k Median
$326.7k 75th
$175k
$440k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $98k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Based on 103 disclosed live listings
Updated Sep 5, 2026 from live listings
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Roku
Senior Research Data Scientist
Roku
⚡ Apply early San Jose, California Onsite $330,000–$375,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 13h ago
Waabi
2026 Intern, PhD Research Scientist
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Toronto, ON Onsite CA$124,800–CA$135,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 13h ago
SA
Machine Learning Systems Research Engineer/Scientist, Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $264,800–$331,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 14h ago
SA
Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist Agent Post-training - Enterprise GenAI
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $264,800–$331,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 15h ago
SA
Machine Learning Research Scientist Agents - Enterprise GenAI
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $264,800–$331,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 15h ago
SA
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Agent Data Foundation - Enterprise GenAI
Scale AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA; New York, N... Onsite $264,800–$331,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 15h ago
Anduril Industries
Staff Gen AI Research Scientist 
Anduril Industries
⚡ Apply early Costa Mesa, California, United... Onsite $220,000–$292,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 16h ago
Baseten
Post-Training Research Scientist
Baseten
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $210,000–$285,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Wayve
Research Scientist, Wayve Labs
Wayve
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale Onsite $230,000–$380,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Wayve
Principal Research Scientist, Robot Foundation Model
Wayve
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale Onsite $407,000–$512,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
Wayve
Research Scientist, Robot Foundation Model
Wayve
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale Onsite $370,000–$419,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1d ago
CO
Research Scientist, Data Analysis
Convergentresearch
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Rad AI
Senior ML Research Scientist
Rad AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco - Onsite Hybrid $170,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Rad AI
Staff ML Research Scientist
Rad AI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco - Onsite Hybrid $190,000–$260,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
EliseAI
Junior Research Scientist
EliseAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $150,000–$230,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
EliseAI
Senior Research Scientist
EliseAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Onsite $200,000–$320,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Waabi
Research Scientist, Simulation Agents
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Remote US & Canada Hybrid $158,000–$269,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Waabi
Research Scientist, World Models
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Toronto, ON Hybrid $155,000–$269,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Waabi
Research Scientist, Learnable Planner
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Remote US & Canada Hybrid $158,000–$269,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Waabi
Research Scientist, Neural Reconstruction
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Toronto, ON Hybrid $155,000–$269,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Waabi
Research Scientist
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Toronto, ON Hybrid $158,000–$269,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Apolloresearch
Research Scientist (Control)
Apolloresearch
⚡ Apply early London & San Francisco Onsite $204,000–$385,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
Revolution Medicines
Principal Scientist, Cancer Pharmacology, Translational Research
Revolution Medicines
⚡ Apply early Redwood City, California, Unit... Onsite $190,000–$238,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
OpenAI
Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Health
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $380,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago
OpenAI
Research Engineer/Research Scientist- Personal AGI, Model Experience
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $380,000–$500,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2d ago

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Frequently asked questions

How many Research Scientist jobs in California are open right now?
131 Research Scientist jobs in California are open across 63 companies, as of September 5, 2026.
What do Research Scientist jobs in California pay?
Across the 103 Research Scientist jobs in California that disclose pay, the median is $262,500 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $211,819 and $326,700.
Which companies are hiring Research Scientist jobs in California?
Roku, Waabi, Scale AI, Anduril Industries and Baseten are among the 63 companies currently hiring Research Scientist jobs in California.
How current are these listings?
Every listing comes straight from the employer’s own careers system and is re-checked three times a day. This page was last updated on September 5, 2026 at 09:18 UTC.

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