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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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121–140 of 886 jobs
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States +2
Lead / staff$268K – $384K a yearScience & researchWe're building a talent-dense, high-agency AI safety team at Lila that will engage all core teams within the organization (science, model training, lab integration, etc.), to identify and mitigate risks from scientific superintelligence while retaining the core scientific…
Lila Sciences · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States +2
Lead / staff$268K – $384K a yearScience & researchWe're building a talent-dense, high-agency AI safety team at Lila that will engage all core teams within the organization (science, model training, lab integration, etc.), to identify and mitigate risks from scientific superintelligence while retaining the core scientific…
AI Research Scientist
2 weeks agoTanium · Addison, Texas, United States +4
HybridEntry level$143K – $219K a yearScience & researchTanium is seeking an AI Research Scientist. This role reports to our Sr. Director AI and Applied Research leading AI design, prototyping, and experimentation across Tanium products and solutions. As an AI Research Scientist, you will collaborate across engineering and product…
Laboratory Services Coordinator
2 weeks agoPlanned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest · San Diego, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeMid level$23.00 an hourScience & researchPerform a high volume of data entry of test request and results information into LIS.; Log in daily lab room temperature and compile at the end of the month for the manager to sign.; Receive and sort incoming specimens; accession and batch specimens for runs; and file, store,…
Staff Biologist - On-Call
2 weeks agoTrue Environmental · San Luis Obispo, California, United States
HybridPart-timeLead / staff$25.00 – $34.00 an hourScience & researchPrimary responsibilities include supporting wildlife and botanical field surveys, aquatic resource delineation, data interpretation, and preparing associated survey reports.; Seasonal tasks include construction monitoring for permit compliance.; This role is part-time variable…
Senior Scientist, Systems Integration
2 weeks agoQuantum-Si · San Diego, California, United States
Senior$135K – $155K a yearScience & researchScientific Systems Integration and Characterization:
Staff Applied Scientist, AdTech
2 weeks agoLaunch Potato · Los Angeles, California, United States +3
RemoteLead / staff$175K – $200K a yearScience & researchYou'll build the models that decide which carrier each auto insurance shopper sees on our click wall. The goal is to send every user to the carrier most likely to convert them, so carriers see our traffic convert and raise their bids. You'll also own the buying models behind…
Part-Time Chemistry Lab Tech
2 weeks agoCertified Group · Turlock, California, United States
Part-timeMid level$19.00 – $21.00 an hourScience & researchAssist in the chemical testing of food products, ingredients, and other matrices with primary functions in solution and reagent preparation, sample homogenization, proximate analysis chemistry instrument use (balance, oven, furnace, and extractors), chemistry extractions and…
Vals AI · San Francisco, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeLead / staff$130K – $185K a yearScience & researchWe are looking for an exceptional researcher to design and build the next generation of AI benchmarks for catching misaligned behavior in frontier models and agents, e.g., reward hacking, scheming, deception, loss of control, multi-agent safety, etc. You will create…
Research Program Manager, Sensors
2 weeks agoHRL Laboratories · Malibu, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeSenior$154.5K – $197.9K a yearScience & researchThis role provides end-to-end accountability for cost, schedule, and contractual compliance during execution of government technical programs. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in government contracting, development-to-production transitions, and managing…
Scientist, mRNA Downstream Purification
2 weeks agoNewLimit · South San Francisco, California, United States
Entry level$120K – $155K a yearScience & researchWe are seeking a Scientist to lead downstream process development for the mRNA Engineering team. In this role, you will design, optimize, and scale purification processes for mRNA drug substance.
Scientist, mRNA Analytical Development
2 weeks agoNewLimit · South San Francisco, California, United States
Entry level$120K – $155K a yearScience & researchWe are seeking a Scientist to establish and grow NewLimit's mRNA analytical testing suite. In this role, you will lead the development of analytical methods to characterize our DNA templates and mRNAs. The assays you build will drive mRNA process development efforts as our…
Senior Scientist, Ensemble–Function Mapping
2 weeks agoAstera Institute · Emerybille, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeSenior$200K – $250K a yearScience & researchThe Astera Institute is seeking a full-time Senior Scientist, Ensemble–Function Mapping to lead a computational team that turns conformational ensembles into predictions of protein function. This growing team will develop methods that connect ensembles to allosteric coupling,…
Lab Operations Supervisor
2 weeks agoEikon Therapeutics · Millbrae, California, United States
Manager$87K – $105K a yearScience & researchAs the Lab Ops Supervisor, you will oversee day-to-day operations of our chemistry labs, supervise 1 direct report (lab support technician), directly report to the Senior Director, and work closely with research teams to ensure optimal lab performance. You will be responsible…
Scientist, Research- Oncology Diagnostics
2 weeks agoNatera · San Carlos, California, United States
Mid level$116.8K – $146K a yearScience & researchLead projects and drive substantial components of larger programs to develop and optimize assay workflows, including planning, testing, protocol development, and troubleshooting.; Independently tackle problems of moderate-to-complex scope, recognizing when alternative methods…
Staff Scientist, Molecular Biology Research
2 weeks agoNatera · San Carlos, California, United States
$157.3K – $196.6K a yearScience & researchNatera is looking for a highly motivated and creative Staff Scientist to be a key member of our Molecular Biology Research Team. As a successful candidate, you will work on initiating, directing and driving to completion pre-product scientific research to expand Natera's…
Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology Research
2 weeks agoNatera · San Carlos, California, United States
Senior$116.8K – $146K a yearScience & researchWe are looking for a Senior Scientist to join our highly collaborative Molecular Biology Research team. The Senior Scientist, will plan, design, and execute laboratory research to advance Natera’s growing liquid biopsy-based early cancer detection product portfolio. For this…
Mariana Minerals · San Francisco, California, United States +1
On-siteFull-time$85K – $100K a yearScience & researchTravel to Mariana Minerals lab sites to troubleshoot and resolve issues with analytical techniques, instruments, data quality and method performance; Help bring new lab systems online and integrated at new sites, starting with Lithium One; Implement, program and maintain…
Senior Scientist I, Cheminformatics
2 weeks agoEikon Therapeutics · Millbrae, California, United States
Senior$178K – $215.3K a yearScience & researchWe seek a Senior Scientist with a demonstrated ability of successfully applying Cheminformatics and ML technologies to drive the discovery programs. You will collaborate closely with computational chemists, medicinal chemists, software engineers and machine learning experts to…
Prolific Machines · Emeryville, California, United States
On-siteFull-timeEntry level$85K – $115K a yearScience & researchConduct experiments independently, collect and analyze data in a timely manner, and maintain detailed documentation in electronic lab notebooks.; Conduct experiments at the Automation/CLD interface and establish efficient automation workflows (Tecan or Hamilton) for CLD…
Updated 07 Nov 2026 10:21 UTC from the OptiTalent job library.