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Science jobs in California, United States

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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

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Member of Technical Staff, Research
4 months ago
Odyssey · Palo Alto, California, United States +2
Full-timeLead / staffScience & research
Push what world models can do past where current diffusion and transformer approaches stop. That might mean new architectures, new training paradigms, or new ways of representing time, dynamics, and interaction.; Take ideas from hypothesis through experiment to working…
Scientist I - LC/MS (Bioanalytical)
4 months ago
BioAgilytix · San Diego, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$88K – $99K a yearScience & research
Run assays independently (biomarker, cell-based, immunogenicity, immuno-, enzymatic, or LC/MS/MS); Develop LC/MC/MS assays with guidance, validates or qualifies methods independently; Prepare worksheets independently; Analyze & interpret data; Prepare summary tables; Peer…
Research Assistant
4 months ago
Generalist · San Mateo, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$150K – $200K a yearScience & research
We are looking for a Research Assistant to help design, run, and analyze experiments at the intersection of machine learning and robotics. This is an entry-level research role for individuals with less than 3 years of machine learning research experience, and is designed to be…
Research Scientist
4 months ago
Parallel Web Systems · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$150K – $300K a yearScience & research
Parallel is a web infrastructure company. Our products are used by leading businesses in sales, marketing, insurance, and coding to build best-in-class AI agents with flexible and powerful programmatic access to the web.
Agent Post-Training Research
4 months ago
OpenAI · San Francisco, California, United States
Full-time$380K – $500K a yearScience & research
The Agent Post-Training team creates the frontier agents OpenAI ships to the world. We are training the models behind our agents in Codex, ChatGPT, the API, and other frontier products: persistent, proactive intelligence that can operate computers, collaborate with people and…
Member of Research Staff (C. elegans Neural Activity Imaging)
4 months ago
Episteme, Inc. · San Francisco, California, United States
Lead / staff$100K – $120K a yearScience & research
Design and perform neural activity imaging experiments in C. elegans, including indicator selection, sample preparation, and behavioral assay design; Develop and optimize protocols for stable, long-duration recordings; Contribute to the integration of imaging workflows with…
Member of Research Staff, Optimization
4 months ago
The Voleon Group · Berkeley, California, United States +2
HybridFull-timeLead / staff$250K – $275K a yearScience & research
Develop a rich understanding of Voleon’s challenges and methodologies and propose research innovations and experiments to build, maintain and improve the models that govern our investment strategy; Design, implement, and improve large-scale constrained optimization methods that…
Research Scientist, Applied Science
4 months ago
GenBio AI · Palo Alto, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$200K – $270K a yearScience & research
PhD (or evidence of equivalent level of expertise) in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Biology, or a related technical field.; Proven track record in research and innovation demonstrated through contributions in top-tier AI/ML (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR,…
Polymer Chemist - Space Solar
4 months ago
Starpath Robotics · Hawthorne, California, United States
Full-timeMid level$125K – $200K a yearScience & research
Location: Los Angeles (Hawthorne), CA; Employment Type: Full-time; Department: Starlight Solar; Travel: Occasional
Thin-Film PV Materials Scientist - Space Solar
4 months ago
Starpath Robotics · Hawthorne, California, United States
Full-time$125K – $200K a yearScience & research
Location: Los Angeles (Hawthorne), CA; Employment Type: Full-time; Department: Starlight Solar; Travel: Occasional
Lab Manager
4 months ago
Omen AI · San Francisco, California, United States
Science & research
Omen is miniaturizing lab-grade spectroscopy into field-deployable embedded
Environmental Scientist Project Manager
4 months ago
Apex Companies · Fullerton, California, United States
Full-time$104K – $146K a yearScience & research
Project Management; Interpret regulatory permits and formulate compliance strategies; Prepare comprehensive approaches, work plans, technical reports and documents (watershed management plans, stormwater management plans, annual reports, non-stormwater discharge source…
Senior Environmental Scientist III
4 months ago
Apex Companies · Fullerton, California, United States
Full-timeSenior$83K – $125K a yearScience & research
Assistant Project Management; Interpret regulatory permits and formulate compliance strategies; Prepare comprehensive approaches, work plans, technical reports and documents (watershed management plans, stormwater management plans, annual reports, non-stormwater discharge…
Research Impact Lead - SF
4 months ago
Conveo.ai · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$100K – $180K a yearScience & research
You will join an extremely talented team of incredibly passionate, high-energy people. We go the extra mile while having the best time of our lives. Our team has the combination of decades of market research knowledge, incredible engineering ability, and experience building…
Power Systems Research Scientist
4 months ago
Gridmatic Inc · Cupertino, California, United States
$175K – $270K a yearScience & research
We are looking for a Power Systems Research Scientist to develop physics-based models of large-scale transmission systems and their impact on electricity markets.
Research Scientist
4 months ago
Engram Lab · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeScience & research
You will join a small, focused team of researchers and engineers working at the frontier of learning and memory. As a Research Scientist, you’ll design experiments, develop new recipes, build evals, and shape the product used by some of the world's leading tech and AI companies.
Research Scientist, Video Foundation Models
4 months ago
Cantina · San Francisco, California, United States +1
HybridFull-time$200K – $320K a yearScience & research
We are building a core team to develop next-generation native video and omni foundation models for multimodal generation and understanding. Our current focus is large-scale video foundation model development, spanning pre-training, continued training, and post-training for…
Vice President, Translational Research
4 months ago
Revolution Medicines · Redwood City, California, United States
Executive$294K – $367K a yearScience & research
As a Vice President reporting to the SVP of Translational Research in Biology, the individual will collaborate with colleagues in Research and Development to serve as the scientific and organizational leader of the Cancer Pharmacology function and help shape the translational…
Principal Guidance, Navigation & Controls Scientist
4 months ago
GRVTY · Ventura, California, United States
Lead / staff$270K – $300K a yearScience & research
GRVTY is seeking a Principal Guidance, Navigation & Controls (GNC) Scientist to serve as a technical authority for autonomous vehicle GNC capabilities and advanced navigation products and software. In this role you will lead the design and analysis of navigation and control…
Research Scientist
4 months ago
Tabula Bio · San Francisco, California, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeScience & research
We are hiring a Research Scientist to help build the computational and physics-based modeling core of the company.

Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.