Research Scientist Jobs in San Diego.
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Total jobs
10
positions indexed
New today
0
last 24 hours
Companies
3
actively hiring
Worldwide remote
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How many Research Scientist jobs in San Diego are there right now?
There are 10 open Research Scientist jobs in San Diego on JobsRadar right now, from 3 companies hiring directly. 10 of them disclose pay, with a median of $148,750 a year and most offers between $134,800 and $159,563. The board was last refreshed on October 30, 2026 at 03:33 UTC.
Research Scientist salary range in San Diego
$134.8k
25th
$148.8k
Median
$159.6k
75th
$134.5k
$178k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th
Full range $156k – $246.6k · outliers off-axis
Based on 10 disclosed live listings
Updated Oct 30, 2026 from live listings
Senior Scientist - EUV Research
ASML
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3w ago
Research Scientist I / II – High Throughput Chemistry
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc
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1mo ago
High Throughput Biology Senior Research Scientist
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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1mo ago
Research Scientist I/II, Purification Sciences
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc
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1mo ago
Research Scientist I/II, Bioanalytical Sciences & Assay Development
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc
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1mo ago
Medicinal Chemistry Senior Principal Research Scientist
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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1mo ago
Computational Genomics Senior Research Scientist
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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2mos ago
Research Scientist I/II, Immunology
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc
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2mos ago
Research Scientist II/Senior, Computational Chemistry
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc
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2mos ago
Research Scientist II/Senior, Discovery Machine Learning
Iambic Therapeutics, Inc
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2mos ago
Frequently asked questions
- How many Research Scientist jobs in San Diego are open right now?
- 10 Research Scientist jobs in San Diego are open across 3 companies, as of October 30, 2026.
- What do Research Scientist jobs in San Diego pay?
- Across the 10 Research Scientist jobs in San Diego that disclose pay, the median is $148,750 a year, and the middle half of offers falls between $134,800 and $159,563.
- Which companies are hiring Research Scientist jobs in San Diego?
- ASML, Iambic Therapeutics, Inc and Vertex Pharmaceuticals are among the 3 companies currently hiring Research Scientist jobs in San Diego.
- 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 October 30, 2026 at 03:33 UTC.