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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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Principal Scientist, Biology
8 weeks agoXaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States
Lead / staff$164K – $205K a yearScience & researchXaira Therapeutics is seeking a lab-based Principal Scientist in Inflammation and Immunology to join our Biology & Pharmacology department. This role is ideal for someone who combines hands-on research expertise with strategic program leadership, has experience working with…
Scientist, Neurodegeneration
8 weeks agoAltos Labs · San Francisco, California, United States
Science & researchLead the Science: Act as the scientific lead for a key segment of our neurodegeneration portfolio. You will shape critical research questions, design robust experiments, and drive studies through to actionable, interpretable conclusions.; Model Disease Biology: Design and…
Forward Deployed Research Scientist
8 weeks agoGoodfire · San Francisco, California, United States
$220K – $315K a yearScience & researchWe’re looking for a Forward Deployed Research Scientist to join our team to work directly with customers to apply our interpretability platform to solve novel problems for our customers. You’ll work closely with a small, mission-driven team of scientists and engineers to…
Hardware Physicist
2 months agoMidjourney · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull-time$155K – $159K a yearScience & researchMidjourney is seeking physicists to develop revolutionary quantum hardware technologies.
Founding AI Research Lead - Agentic AI Lab
2 months agoFabrion · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeLead / staffScience & researchFabrion is designing the future of enterprise AI infrastructure, grounded in agents, knowledge graphs, and multi-tenant governance. We are working on research inside the Agentic AI Lab to train and evaluate specialized models for mission-critical enterprise work.
Scientist II, Radiochemistry
2 months agoTelix Pharmaceuticals (AMER) · Sacramento, California, United States
Mid levelScience & researchEducation: A Ph.D. or M.Sc. degree in Radiochemistry, Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry, or a related field is desired. A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of five years of relevant experience and/or training in commercial cGMP radiopharmaceutical manufacturing is required.;…
Computational Scientist, Differentiable Physics
2 months agoPeriodic Labs · Menlo Park, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$250K – $350K a yearScience & researchPeriodic Labs is building AI systems that can simulate physical science, verify predictions, and train on the full scientific method. We are looking for a Computational Scientist to build differentiable, accelerator-ready simulations for industrially relevant continuum-physics…
Member of Technical Staff - Science I
2 months agoNTT DATA AIVista · Palo Alto, California, United States +1
HybridFull-timeLead / staff$300K – $400K a yearScience & researchThe Member of Technical Staff Scientist advances AIVista's AI research agenda and turns research results into production systems. The work spans large language models, multimodal AI, intelligent agents, graph machine learning, safety, alignment, and evaluation. You will define…
California State University · Bakersfield, California, United States
TemporaryFrom $17.86 an hourScience & researchWork type: Instructional Student Assistant
Research Manager
2 months agoOutset · San Francisco, California, United States +1
HybridFull-timeSenior$150K – $190K a yearScience & researchOwn customer relationships end-to-end, acting as a true research partner (not just a point of contact); Independently scope, design, and run research projects—from concept testing and usability to market exploration—using our AI platform; Turn qualitative and quantitative data…
Researcher, Manipulation
2 months agoMenlo · Singapore +1
HybridFull-timeScience & researchWe are looking for a Researcher, Manipulation to give Asimov hands that can do real work. We recently ported our RL stack from locomotion to manipulation, taking Asimov from walking to flipping, and you will drive what comes next: grasping, dexterous and contact-rich tasks, and…
Researcher, Locomotion
2 months agoMenlo · Singapore +1
HybridFull-timeScience & researchWe are looking for a Researcher, Locomotion to push Asimov from walking to running, recovering, and moving through the real world with the confidence of something alive. Asimov 0 was built to learn locomotion and Asimov 1 to learn whole-body control, and you will own the…
OpenAI · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull-time$380K – $500K a yearScience & researchThe Agent Safety team works to ensure that increasingly capable AI agents act safely, exercise sound judgment, and remain aligned with user intent. Our mission is to reduce the probability of severe unintended outcomes from increasingly capable AI agents while preserving their…
OpenAI · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull-time$380K – $500K a yearScience & researchThe Agent Safety team works to ensure that increasingly capable AI agents act safely, exercise sound judgment, and remain aligned with user intent. Our mission is to reduce the probability of severe unintended outcomes from increasingly capable AI agents while preserving their…
Human Neuroscientist
2 months agoConvergent Research · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$183K – $210K a yearScience & researchThis is the person who runs our human experiments.
Clinical Research Operations Manager
2 months agoNudge · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeManagerScience & researchAs Research Operations Manager at Nudge, you will:
Arc Institute · Palo Alto, California, United States
From $80K a yearScience & researchWe are seeking a Postdoc to join the Pluvinage Lab at the Arc Institute. Our goal is to improve the lives of patients with neurological diseases. We do this by exploring undiagnosed autoimmunity in rare mystery cases and common neurodegenerative conditions alike. Starting with…
Scientist, Organic Chemistry (Night Shift)
2 months agoCapable Labs · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeFrom $500.00 a monthScience & researchYou will run organic-chemistry workflows on a dedicated night-shift schedule so compounds are ready for characterization, biological testing, or handoff the next day. You will execute solution- and solid-phase chemistry, solve experimental problems independently, maintain…
Capable Labs · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeFrom $500.00 a monthScience & researchYou will lead medicinal-chemistry design and synthesis across Capable’s therapeutic programs, deciding which compounds to make and translating SAR and biological data into the next design cycle. You will remain hands-on from route selection through purification and…
Capable Labs · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeFrom $500.00 a monthScience & researchYou will lead synthetic execution across Capable’s small-molecule, peptide, and adjacent therapeutic programs. You will turn target structures into confirmed, test-ready compounds by choosing practical routes, solving difficult reaction and purification problems, and building…
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.