Research Scientist Jobs in California.

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Research scientists design and run the studies that create new knowledge. Find research scientist roles from employers hiring worldwide.

Total jobs
266
positions indexed
New today
5
last 24 hours
Companies
122
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
0
from anywhere
Amgen
Scientist – Disease Biology Discovery Research
Amgen
⚡ Apply early US - California - South San Fr... Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Persona
Senior Research Scientist
Persona
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $190,000–$250,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Persona
Research Scientist
Persona
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $150,000–$200,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Tiger Analytics Inc.
Operation Research Scientist - Demand Planning/Forecasting
Tiger Analytics Inc.
⚡ Apply early Dallas, Texas, United States · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Vaxcyte
Senior Associate Scientist, Research
Vaxcyte
⚡ Apply early San Carlos, California, United... Onsite $121,000–$141,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
OpenAI
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, RL/Reasoning
OpenAI
⚡ Apply early San Francisco Hybrid $295,000–$445,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Pluralis Research
Research Scientist - Pre-training
Pluralis Research
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Pluralis Research
Research Scientist - Decentralized Training and Inference Verification
Pluralis Research
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Pluralis Research
Research Scientist - Geo-Distributed Inference
Pluralis Research
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Pluralis Research
Research Scientist - Post-Training
Pluralis Research
⚡ Apply early San Francisco · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
NH
Senior Clinical Research Scientist
Noctrix Health
⚡ Apply early Pleasanton, CA Hybrid $130,000–$150,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Snap Inc.
Research Scientist, Research
Snap Inc.
⚡ Apply early Bellevue, Washington Onsite $173,000–$259,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Crusoe
Senior Data Scientist, Research Engineer
Crusoe
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA - US Onsite $166,000–$200,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 1w ago
Arena Intelligence, Inc.
Machine Learning Scientist - ML Research
Arena Intelligence, Inc.
⚡ Apply early SF Bay Area Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Delart
Research Scientist Wireless Sensing
Delart
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale, CA Onsite $125,000–$170,000
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Nuro
Senior/Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $193,930–$352,290
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Nuro
Machine Learning Research Scientist: Generative Modeling for Planning
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $160,360–$240,540
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Nuro
ML Research Scientist, Prediction & Smart Agents
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $193,930–$291,150
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Nuro
Machine Learning Research Scientist, Behavior Planning and Prediction
Nuro
⚡ Apply early Mountain View, California (HQ) Onsite $160,360–$240,540
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Databricks
PhD GenAI Research Scientist Intern
Databricks
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, California Onsite $112,320–$124,800
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Ifm Us
Research Scientist - The Diffusion LLM Team
Ifm Us
⚡ Apply early Sunnyvale, CA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Genbio
Research Scientist, Applied Science
Genbio
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto, CA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Genbio
Research Scientist Intern, AI Molecular Design
Genbio
⚡ Apply early Palo Alto, CA Onsite
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
MSD
Associate Scientist, Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Translational Imaging
MSD
⚡ Apply early USA - California - South San F... Onsite $82,000–$92,000 🛂 Visa sponsorship
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago
Descript
Applied Research Scientist, AI Research
Descript
⚡ Apply early San Francisco, CA or Remote, U... · location restricted
● New 👁 Seen ✓ Applied 2w ago

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