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Research Scientist Jobs in California.

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Research Engineer / Research Scientist, Vision Foundation Models
Epsilon Labs, Inc.
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA Onsite
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Wealthfront
People Research Scientist
Wealthfront
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto, CA Hybrid
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Waabi
2027 Intern, PhD Research Scientist
Waabi
⚡ Apply early Toronto, ON Onsite CA$124,800–CA$135,200
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
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Principal Scientist / Associate Director, Agentic AI Research for Materials Science
Lila Sciences
⚡ Apply early Cambridge, MA USA; San Francis... Onsite $288,000–$420,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Periodic Labs
Research Scientist, Scaling RL
Periodic Labs
⚡ Apply early Menlo Park, CA; Montreal, Cana... Onsite 🛂 Visa sponsorship
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Granica
Research Scientist – Diffusion Models
Granica
⚡ Apply early Bay Area Office Onsite $160,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Granica
Research Scientist – Large Tabular Models (LTMs)
Granica
⚡ Apply early Bay Area Office Onsite $160,000–$240,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Q Ctrl
Senior Research Scientist, Quantum Error Correction
Q Ctrl
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles Hybrid $150,000–$225,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Northrop Grumman
2027 Principal Research Scientist - Directed Energy and Thermal Physics - Manhattan Beach CA
Northrop Grumman
⚡ Apply early United States-California-Manha... Onsite $114,000–$171,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 4d ago
Pacific Fusion
OBA Research Scientist/Engineer – Fusion Energy Systems
Pacific Fusion
⚡ Apply early San Leandro, CA Onsite $200,000–$350,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
OpenAI
People Research Data Scientist, AI Fairness & Bias
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $170,000–$220,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Q Ctrl
Staff Research Scientist — Quantum Algorithms & Fault-Tolerant Applications
Q Ctrl
⚡ Apply early Los Angeles Hybrid $185,000–$265,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Amgen
Scientist – Disease Biology Discovery Research
Amgen
⚡ Apply early US - California - South San Fr... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Persona
Senior Research Scientist
Persona
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $190,000–$250,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 5d ago
Persona
Research Scientist
Persona
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $150,000–$200,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Tiger Analytics Inc.
Operation Research Scientist - Demand Planning/Forecasting
Tiger Analytics Inc.
⚡ Apply early Dallas, Texas, United States · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Vaxcyte
Associate Scientist II, Research
Vaxcyte
⚡ Apply early San Carlos, California, United... Hybrid $108,000–$120,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Vaxcyte
Senior Associate Scientist, Research
Vaxcyte
⚡ Apply early San Carlos, California, United... Onsite $121,000–$141,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
OpenAI
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, RL/Reasoning
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $295,000–$445,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Pluralis Research
Research Scientist - Pre-training
Pluralis Research
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Pluralis Research
Research Scientist - Decentralized Training and Inference Verification
Pluralis Research
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Pluralis Research
Research Scientist - Geo-Distributed Inference
Pluralis Research
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Pluralis Research
Research Scientist - Post-Training
Pluralis Research
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
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Senior Clinical Research Scientist
Noctrix Health
⚡ Apply early Pleasanton, CA Hybrid $130,000–$150,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago
Snap Inc.
Research Scientist, Research
Snap Inc.
⚡ Apply early Bellevue, Washington Onsite $173,000–$259,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 6d ago

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