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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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561–580 of 886 jobs
VP, Research
3 months agoScale AI · San Francisco, California, United States +1
Executive$396.8K – $496K a yearScience & researchLead the ML Research function, responsible for delivery, quality, performance, and roadmap execution; Build and scale a global high-performing team, with an emphasis on initiative ownership and ML excellence; Partner directly with Fortune 100 customers and the GTM team to…
Orca Bio · Sacramento, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$65.5K – $70.9K a yearScience & researchPerform routine inspection, cleaning, calibration coordination, and maintenance activities for laboratory equipment.; Serve as a system administrator for benchtop instruments (e.g., balances, pH meters, spectrophotometers).; Manage user access, software updates, backup, and…
University of San Diego · San Diego, California, United States
Temporary$6,666.67 – $8,333.33 a monthScience & researchProgram Leadership and Teaching
Scientist/Sr. Scientist, DMPK
3 months agoGeneral Proximity · San Francisco, California, United States
SeniorScience & researchWe are seeking an exceptional DMPK expert to join and lead our drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics function. This is a hands-on, high-impact role in which you will design and execute DMPK studies across our small molecule portfolio, interpret and communicate data to project…
Associate Laboratory Director
3 months agoNatera · San Carlos, California, United States
Director$158.2K – $197.8K a yearScience & researchReview, approve, and sign-out reports for a variety of clinical molecular/cytogenetic and/or oncologic results, including NIPT, carrier screening, PGD/PGS, products of conception and rare disease testing on platforms including SNP array analysis, NGS, and other methodologies.;…
Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Computational Chemistry
3 months agoGeneral Proximity · San Francisco, California, United States
SeniorScience & researchWe are seeking an exceptional computational chemist to support our computational chemistry, cheminformatics, and molecular design efforts. This role will help drive small-molecule drug discovery programs by providing practical modeling support, applying modern computational…
Scientist I/II, Functional Genomics
3 months agoXaira Therapeutics · South San Francisco, California, United States
Mid level$110K – $155K a yearScience & researchWe are seeking an experienced Scientist to lead our efforts in organoid model development for functional genomics and CRISPR screening. In this role, you will help advance our mission to pioneer biological discoveries through high-throughput functional genomics, working at the…
Valthos · New York, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staffScience & researchDevelop a deep understanding of Valthos's models, methods, and roadmap; Build trusted technical relationships with customers and understand their scientific and operational priorities; Develop written materials that translate customer priorities into clear biological questions,…
Senior Clinical Research Coordinator
3 months agoHeadlands Research · Riverside, California, United States
Senior$85K – $90K a yearScience & researchProvide the highest level of care for study patients; Deliver excellent customer service to pharmaceutical clients; Coordinate all aspects of assigned clinical trials from site initiation through close-out; Conduct subject visits and ensure accurate, timely documentation in…
AI Research Scientist
3 months agoEmbedding VC · Milpitas, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeMid levelScience & researchDesign and deploy vision-language(-action) models (VLM/VLA) for contextual understanding and generalized robot action policies.; Develop and train world models for action-conditioned prediction, long-horizon planning, and environment simulation — enabling robots to reason about…
Evolutionary Cell Biology Fellow
3 months agoArcadia Science · Emeryville, California, United States
Lead / staff$8,000.00 – $12K a monthScience & researchWe’re closing the gap between biological data and biological understanding. Our Validation team does this by closing the design–build–test–learn loop through lab validation across diverse organisms. Read more about our work through our publications.
Researcher, Robot Intelligence
3 months agoSamsung Research America · Mountain View, California, United States
Full-timeMid level$163.6K – $324.5K a yearScience & researchConduct state-of-the-art research to push boundaries of emerging fields of robotics, on topics such as task-and-motion planning (TAMP), world action models (WAMs), vision-language-action (VLA) models, vision language models (VLMs), open-world 3D perception, dexterous…
Research Scientist - World Model
3 months agoLuma · Redwood City, California, United States
HybridFull-timeScience & researchYou'll turn Luma's industry-leading generative video models into world models: interactive, controllable, physically faithful, and useful as a substrate for embodied reasoning. This is the role at the center of the thesis.
Principal Research Scientist, Robotics
3 months agoSamsung Research America · Mountain View, California, United States
Full-timeLead / staff$242.5K – $376.7K a yearScience & researchConduct ambitious, state-of-the-art research that pushes the boundaries of long-horizon robot autonomy. Areas of expertise include task-and-motion planning (TAMP), agentic robotics, vision language models (VLMs), open-world 3D perception, world models, locomanipulation, and…
Senior Manager, Research Scientist
3 months agoScale AI · San Francisco, California, United States +1
Manager$290.4K – $363K a yearScience & researchScale AI accelerates the development of AI systems by providing the data, infrastructure, and tooling that power the most advanced models in the world. Our teams operate at the intersection of cutting-edge research, large-scale engineering, and real-world deployment, partnering…
Applied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$126K – $423K a yearScience & researchWe are looking for multiple passionate Research Scientists to join the Research Group at Applied Intuition. The mission of the group is to create cutting-edge technology enabling next-generation physical AI, with emphasis on the two most challenging applications reshaping our…
On-Call Staff Biologist
3 months agoLangan Engineering & Environmental Services · Santa Barbara, California, United States
Part-timeLead / staff$36.00 – $38.00 an hourScience & researchLangan is seeking an On-Call Biologist to join its collaborative team in Bakersfield, CA. This individual will support biological surveys, environmental compliance monitoring, wetland delineations, habitat assessments, restoration monitoring, and field data collection for…
Senior Staff Biologist
3 months agoLangan Engineering & Environmental Services · Irvine, California, United States
Full-timeLead / staff$76K – $110K a yearScience & researchLangan is seeking a Senior Biologist to join its collaborative team in Irvine, CA. This individual will serve a key role in conducting and leading biological resource assessments, special-status species surveys, vegetation mapping, nesting bird surveys, restoration monitoring,…
Senior Staff Biologist
3 months agoLangan Engineering & Environmental Services · Los Angeles, California, United States
Full-timeLead / staff$76K – $110K a yearScience & researchLangan is seeking a Senior Biologist to join its collaborative team in Los Angeles, CA. This individual will support a broad range of infrastructure, transportation, utility, energy, and development projects throughout Southern California. Responsibilities include leading…
Formal Verification Research Scientist
3 months agoVoltai · Palo Alto, California, United States
Full-timeScience & researchBacked by Silicon Valley’s top investors, Stanford University, and CEOs/Presidents of Google, AMD, Broadcom, Marvell, etc. We are a team of previous Stanford professors, SAIL researchers, Olympiad medalists (IPhO, IOI, etc.), CTOs of Synopsys & GlobalFoundries, Head of Sales &…
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.