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Science jobs in California, United States
886 open roles read nightly from companies’ own hiring pages. Each one links to the original ad.
Science jobs in California at a glance
- Open roles
- 886
- Remote
- 7%
- Posted in the last 30 days
- 235
- Advertised pay, middle half
- $126K – $300Kmedian $190K
From the 708 science jobs here that state yearly pay in USD: the top of each advertised range. Updated nightly.
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361–380 of 886 jobs
Materials Scientist
7 weeks agoAttoTude · Menlo Park, California, United States +1
$90K – $180K a yearScience & researchWe are seeking a highly motivated Materials Scientist with deep expertise in semiconductor materials to lead the characterization, understanding, and improvement of advanced material systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in semiconductor physics and…
MTS - Research (Drug Discovery)
7 weeks agoCollinear AI · Sunnyvale, California, United States
RemoteFull-timeScience & researchWe’re looking for a Member of Technical Staff, Research focused on drug discovery to help advance AI’s ability to reason about chemistry and solve problems that matter to discovery teams.
Mercor AI Safety Fund Grants
7 weeks agoMercor · San Francisco, California, United States +3
On-siteTemporaryScience & researchMercor's mission is to organize human intelligence to power the AI economy. We're a leading AI data company, building the layer between human expertise and frontier models. Millions of domain experts on the platform are paid over $4 million per day to train frontier AI models.…
XRD Facility Manager
7 weeks agoPeriodic Labs · Menlo Park, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeSeniorScience & researchWe are looking for an experienced diffraction specialist to manage our X-ray diffraction facility, which includes multiple laboratory diffractometers used for powder, thin-film, and capillary measurements. You will be responsible for instrument alignment and calibration,…
Scientist II/ Senior Scientist, BioML
7 weeks agoLila Sciences · San Francisco, California, United States
Senior$228K – $358K a yearScience & researchLila is building a platform where AI and automation work together to solve the hardest problems in biomedicine. Within Life Sciences AI (LSAI), we are building the loop where AI, automation and experimental biology co-evolve.
NewLimit · South San Francisco, California, United States
Senior$75K – $100K a yearScience & researchNewLimit is a biotechnology company working to radically extend human healthspan. We’re developing medicines to treat age-related diseases by reprogramming the epigenome, a new therapeutic mechanism to restore regenerative potential in aged and diseased cells. We leverage…
Quality & Lab Specialist
7 weeks agoMezzetta · American Canyon, California, United States
Senior$38.50 – $43.30 an hourScience & researchSince 1935, we’ve been on a mission to bring a little extra happiness to everyday life and inspire connections over food. We select the finest ingredients the world has to offer, craft premium products made with love, and never settle for shortcuts. We believe that when we…
Scientist II, High Throughput Biology
7 weeks agoXaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States
Mid level$124K – $155K a yearScience & researchWe are seeking a highly motivated Scientist II to join our dynamic team at Xaira Therapeutics. In this role, you will spearhead the design and execution of cutting-edge experiments aimed at accelerating our drug discovery and development efforts by applying functional genomics…
Applied Scientist – User Intelligence
7 weeks agoInMobi · San Mateo, California, United States
Full-time$182.3K – $218.5K a yearScience & researchWe are looking for an Applied Scientist to develop and improve our user personalization intelligence through architectural and data research aimed at optimizing the efficacy of our targeting and pricing systems. More specifically, our team is exploring state-of-the-art…
Staff Scientist, Molecular Diagnostics R&D
7 weeks agoCareDx, Inc. · Brisbane, California, United States
$161K – $201K a yearScience & researchProvide technical leadership for cross-functional programs, translating product needs into technical requirements and performance criteria; Lead assay optimization, troubleshooting, and sustaining improvements to ensure performance, robustness, and scalability of complex…
Retro · Redwood City, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeSenior$115K – $150K a yearScience & researchTransfer in, implement, and document an established G-banding and karyotyping workflow in-house for HSC program cell products.; Execute the full cytogenetics workflow (initially in research/PD and then in our GMP suite): metaphase arrest, cell harvest, hypotonic treatment,…
Genesis Molecular AI · San Diego, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeDirectorScience & researchStrategic Portfolio Leadership: Establish and execute the global CMC strategy for the small molecule discovery and development pipeline, ensuring seamless transition from lead optimization to IND/CTA enablement.; Drug Substance (DS) Development & Scale-Up: Oversee…
Field Applications Scientist - Pipeline
7 weeks agoONI · San Diego, California, United States
RemoteFull-time$100K – $115K a yearScience & researchDemonstrate the value of ONI’s technology suite to potential customers through in-person demonstrations at customer sites across multiple application spaces; Deliver high-quality customer experience by maintaining cutting-edge imaging method expertise, operating as a peer to…
MTS - AI Physics & Simulations
7 weeks agoCollinear AI · San Francisco, California, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeScience & researchExecute Simulation Campaigns: Design and orchestrate large-scale simulation campaigns using domain-specific solvers (e.g., OpenFOAM, ANSYS, COMSOL, Abaqus).; Train & Validate Models: Train AI models on physics datasets and conduct rigorous evaluations of coverage, accuracy, and…
Member of Technical Staff, Gene Therapy
7 weeks agoLatchBio · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeLead / staffScience & researchYou will be Latch's authority on gene therapy. You will own the gene therapy benchmarks on our roadmap, decide what correct work looks like in these modalities, and shape how our agents reason about them. This is a new function at Latch. You will define what it needs as much as…
Research Associate (Biology)
7 weeks agoAnthrogen · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$100K – $150K a yearScience & researchOur models can propose a new sequence quickly. Learning whether it works still depends on someone making the material correctly, running a careful experiment, and noticing when something is off. We want a research associate whose bench work we can trust and who wants to…
Research Associate (Product Development)
8 weeks agoFortera Corporation · San Jose, California, United States
Entry level$72K – $80K a yearScience & researchFortera is transforming one of the world’s largest industries by reinventing how cement is made. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Fortera has developed next-generation cement technology that delivers high performance while reducing CO₂ emissions by up to ~70%. By mineralizing…
Staff Applied Scientist, LTV Modeling
8 weeks agoFaire · New York, United States +1
Full-timeLead / staff$246.5K – $339K a yearScience & researchAs a Staff Applied Scientist on the Discovery team, you'll own how Faire measures and optimizes the long-term value of a discovery impression — one of the highest-leverage open problems on our marketplace. Our rankers today optimize for order conversion, helping retailers find…
Scientist R&D
8 weeks agoNatera · South San Francisco, California, United States
Mid level$108.8K – $136K a yearScience & researchNatera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted…
Geophysics + Seismic Researcher
8 weeks agoUniversalAGI · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeScience & researchAs a founding Geophysics + Seismic Researcher, you'll be in the arena from day one, at the exact intersection where deep learning meets subsurface physics. This is your chance to take everything you've learned across seismic processing, interpretation, and geologic modeling and…
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.