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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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Applied Scientist
13 months ago
Koah · San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull-time$200K – $300K a yearScience & research
Koah Labs is building the ad network to power the next generation of AI-native products. Our mission is to help publishers monetize and help advertisers reach the right audience — without compromising speed, UX, or privacy.
Applied Scientist
13 months ago
Quilter · Los Angeles, California, United States
RemoteFull-timeMid level$180K – $200K a yearScience & research
At Quilter, we are helping electrical engineers save time and accomplish more by automating the tedious and time-consuming task of designing printed circuit boards (PCBs). Our small team is composed of experts in electrical engineering, electromagnetic simulation, ML/AI, and…
Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Chemical Biology
13 months ago
General Proximity · San Francisco, California, United States
SeniorScience & research
We are seeking an experienced chemical biologist with medicinal chemistry training to be a founding member of our Chemistry/Drug Discovery Team. In this position, you will work with both our Chemistry and Platform Teams in the development of our core drug discovery technology…
Applied Scientist III
13 months ago
InMobi · San Mateo, California, United States
Full-timeSenior$148.2K – $216.5K a yearScience & research
We are looking for an Applied Scientist III to join our algorithmic and research science team. You’ll work on mathematically rigorous, research-driven problems at production scale. This role sits at the intersection of theory and application, designing algorithms that combine…
Head of Research
13 months ago
Gamut · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeDirector$50K – $500K a yearScience & research
As Head of Research, you’ll own Gamut’s research agenda and build an applied research organization focused on making agents radically more reliable and capable. You’ll define the roadmap across agent planning, tool orchestration, evaluation, and safety; lead hands-on…
Research Scientist, Ultrasound Imaging
13 months ago
Nudge · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeScience & research
As a research scientist focused on ultrasound imaging at Nudge, you will:
Research Associate, Hibernation
13 months ago
Until · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$90K – $100K a yearScience & research
We are seeking an experienced, motivated and detail-oriented full-time Research Associate to join our hibernation team. In this role, you will contribute directly to advancing our mission by developing and refining whole-body cryoprotectant perfusion protocols. Your initial…
Tissue Culture Lab Technician (2nd Shift)
13 months ago
Ohalo · South San Francisco, California, United States
Full-timeFrom $33.00 an hourScience & research
Ohalo Genetics is seeking a highly motivated technician to work in the area of micropropagation and plant tissue culture. The successful candidate will be detail-oriented, enthusiastic about hands-on work, and responsible. Prior experience in a sterile work environment, plant…
Researcher, Figma Agentic Experiences
13 months ago
Figma · San Francisco, California, United States +2
Full-timeSenior$169K – $250K a yearScience & research
Help Figma grow and innovate by delivering strategic research and recommendations and materially influencing the vision and strategy for Figma’s Agentic Experiences; Partner closely with product leaders to identify opportunities, generate strategy, and define success; Break…
Scientist/Senior Scientist
13 months ago
NewLimit · South San Francisco, California, United States
Senior$130K – $180K a yearScience & research
NewLimit is seeking an scientist with experience in discovery biology to join our Vascular therapeutic team. Our Vascular program is developing reprogramming medicines to restore youthful function in aged endothelial cells for the treatment of renal, cardiometabolic, and…
Forward Deployed Research Scientist, Life Sciences
13 months ago
Goodfire · San Francisco, California, United States
$220K – $315K a yearScience & research
Scientific AI models trained to model natural systems are revolutionizing research across scientific domains, including protein interaction prediction, protein design, disease prediction, and materials discovery. We’re looking for a Forward Deployed Research Scientist (Biology)…
Applied Researcher, Audio
13 months ago
Cartesia · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$200K – $350K a yearScience & research
You will be responsible for leading research at the frontier of realtime conversation and human AI interaction. You will contribute across the stack to novel architectures, data, and evals for realtime audio, and translate them into state-of-the-art models used in voice agents…
AI Research Scientist
13 months ago
Collate · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteScience & research
Collate is an AI document generation platform for life sciences. We automate paperwork with AI, helping our customers get life-saving innovations to patients years faster. Collate is an end-to-end solution, powering every step of drug, diagnostic, and medical device…
Research Scientist
13 months ago
Intology · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeScience & research
Join our core R&D team building end-to-end automated research systems.
Technical Governance Researcher
14 months ago
Machine Intelligence Research Institute · Berkeley, California, United States
Full-time$120K – $200K a yearScience & research
We are looking to build a dynamic and versatile team that can quickly produce a large range of research outputs for the technical governance space. Please feel free to fill out this form, or contact us at techgov@intelligence.org.
AI Anime Researcher - LLM
14 months ago
Spellbrush · San Francisco, California, United States
Full-timeScience & research
You will join a small but extremely talented team to define a new kind of video game experience. You'll work alongside top otaku minds in the industry, including the creator of Warudo and Cytoid, a Google Deepmind veteran behind Project Astra, and top-tier AI researchers.
Research Technician
14 months ago
Solcoa Industries · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$100K – $145K a yearScience & research
We’re looking for Research Technicians to build, modify and troubleshoot the equipment behind our rare-earth metal production process. You’ll assemble experimental hardware, run high-temperature and vacuum systems, and work closely with engineers to test ideas and improve…
Member of Technical Staff - Computational Biologist
14 months ago
Valthos · New York, United States +1
On-siteFull-timeLead / staffScience & research
Contribute to shaping and executing the Valthos-wide research and development roadmap; Identify large-scale biological datasets appropriate for training frontier biological models, and build workflows and infrastructure for processing these datasets; Design, build, and apply…
Research Scientist
14 months ago
Dyna Robotics · Redwood City, California, United States
On-siteFull-time$200K – $400K a yearScience & research
Dyna Robotics builds general-purpose robots powered by a proprietary embodied AI foundation model with top-in-industry generalization and real-world performance. Already deployed with customers across multiple industries, our robots do commercial-grade work in the physical…
Research Scientist - World-Action Foundation Model, Robotics
14 months ago
Applied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$126K – $423K a yearScience & research
We 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…

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