Research and Development (R&D) Jobs in California

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668 research and development (r&d) roles open in California right now. The hard part is picking which ones to chase.

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All30,619 Engineering4,341 Sales3,418 Software Development2,238 Project and Program Management1,840 Finance and Accounting1,297 Information Technology1,081 Healthcare Services - Allied Health1,029 Product Management925 Education services872 Food and Beverage Services861 Supply Chain / Logistics / Procurement843 Customer Service769 Business Operations716 Marketing706 Data and Analytics687 Research and Development (R&D)668 Human Resources587 Administrative & Clerical Support579 Legal and Compliance530 Healthcare Services - Nursing530 Skilled Trades - Manufacturing and Industrial481 Protective Services446 Business Development430 Skilled Trades - Maintenance and Repair369 Design261 Skilled Trades - Mechanical and Electrical254 Communications and Public Affairs250 Quality Assurance229 Custodial Services204 Transportation Services184 Environment, Health, and Safety174 Healthcare Services - Advanced Practice168 Creative and Art Services156 Skilled Trades - Construction143 Social Services127 Skilled Trades - General Labor89 Finance79 Healthcare Services - Pharmacy68 Consulting Services34 Media and Communications32 Retail and Wholesale27 Hospitality and Tourism5 Research and Development5 Transportation and Logistics2 Healthcare Services - Veterinary2 Government Agencies and Departments2 Data2 Customer Success1 Administrative1 Manufacturing1 Accounting1 Operations1 Legal1 Creative1 Software Engineering1 Product1

Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteRSCH ADM 3 RP HybridFull Timetoday	San Francisco, California	$100k - $118k/yr	today	View
First Solar (US)	First Solar (US)Development Engineer Technician II OnsiteFull Timetoday	Santa Clara, California	$63k - $89k/yr	today	View
Meta	MetaResearch Engineer - MSL FAIR Foundations OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Menlo Park, California	$122k - $181k/yr	yesterday	View
Department of the Navy	Department of the NavyOPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYST OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	San Diego, California	$122k - $158k/yr	yesterday	View
Chapman University	Chapman UniversityPT Lab Tech, Limited Term OnsitePart Timeyesterday	Irvine, California	$48k/yr	yesterday	View
chapman	chapmanResearch Laboratory Technician - Limited Term OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Orange, California	$46k - $52k/yr	yesterday	View
Google	GoogleStudent Researcher, PhD, Fall 2026 OnsiteInternshipyesterday	Mountain View or Ann Arbor or Atlanta or Austin or Cambridge or Chicago or Irvine or Kirkland or Los Angeles or Madison or New York or Palo Alto or Pittsburgh or Goleta or San Bruno or Seattle or San Francisco or Sunnyvale or Washington D.C.	$118k - $157k/yr	yesterday	View
Google	GoogleStudent Researcher, BS/MS, Fall 2026 OnsiteInternshipyesterday	Mountain View or Ann Arbor or Atlanta or Austin or Cambridge or Chicago or Irvine or Kirkland or Los Angeles or Madison or New York or Palo Alto or Princeton or Pittsburgh or San Bruno or Seattle or San Francisco or Sunnyvale or Washington D.C.	$98k - $131k/yr	yesterday	View
chapman	chapmanFT Laboratory Technician, Limited Term OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Orange, California	$46k/yr	yesterday	View
Sandia National Laboratories	Sandia National LaboratoriesEarly Career W87-1 Weapon R&D Electrical Engineer - Drive Next-Generation National Security Technologies, Onsite OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Livermore, California	$122k - $238k/yr	yesterday	View
Sandia National Laboratories	Sandia National LaboratoriesEarly Career R&D Electrical Engineer - Weapon Response & Analysis, Onsite OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Albuquerque or Livermore or Amarillo	$102k - $200k/yr	yesterday	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCSr. Applied Scientist, Fauna Robotics OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Sunnyvale, California	----	yesterday	View
Sandia National Laboratories	Sandia National LaboratoriesPostdoctoral Appointee - Shock Physics, Onsite OnsiteFull Time, Temporaryyesterday	Livermore, California	----	yesterday	View
Department of the Navy	Department of the NavyGEOGRAPHER OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Camp Pendleton, California	$85k - $111k/yr	yesterday	View
DeepMind	DeepMindStaff Research Engineer and Scientist, Gemini Post-Training, DeepMind OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Mountain View, California	$207k - $301k/yr	yesterday	View
Thomson Reuters	Thomson ReutersLead Applied Scientist, Search & Information Retrieval RemoteFull Timeyesterday	New York City or Toronto	$148k - $274k/yr	yesterday	View
Msd	MsdSenior Scientist, Respiratory Biology (Discovery Research) OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorshipyesterday	South San Francisco, California	$131k - $207k/yr	yesterday	View
Msd	MsdSenior Scientist, Respiratory Discovery (Biology & Translational Models) OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorshipyesterday	South San Francisco, California	$131k - $207k/yr	yesterday	View
Lilly	LillyAssociate Chemist / Biochemist OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Pasadena, California	$71k - $187k/yr	yesterday	View
Jj	JjSenior Principal Scientist, Preclinical Safety & Translational Sciences-Translational Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics HybridFull Time2d	Spring House or San Diego	$137k - $236k/yr	2d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonSenior Principal Scientist, Preclinical Safety & Translational Sciences-Translational Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics HybridFull Time2d	San Diego or Spring House	$137k - $236k/yr	2d	View
Preferential Rehire and Recall	Preferential Rehire and RecallDuraMat Degradation Analysis Postdoctoral Fellow OnsiteFull Time3d	Berkeley, California	$96k - $107k/yr	3d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCManager III, Applied Science, PXT Central Science OnsiteFull Time3d	Boston or Bellevue or Seattle or Arlington or San Francisco	$184k - $286k/yr	3d	View
Meta	MetaResearch Scientist, ML H-W/S-W Codesign OnsiteFull Time3d	Sunnyvale, California	$154k - $217k/yr	3d	View
Apple	AppleAI Research Scientist: Multimodal Foundation Models - Architecture, Pre-Training & Distillation OnsiteFull Time3d	Sunnyvale, California	----	3d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteSRA IV HybridFull Time4d	San Francisco, California	$82k - $112k/yr	4d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteCLIN RSCH CRD OnsiteFull Time4d	San Francisco or San Francisco	$80k/yr	4d	View
Apple	AppleAIML - Machine Learning Manager, Red Teaming - Responsible AI and Safety OnsiteFull Time4d	California	----	4d	View
Uber	UberSr Applied Scientist HybridFull Time4d	San Francisco or New York City	$190k - $211k/yr	4d	View
DeepMind	DeepMindResearch Scientist, Gemini Commercial Intelligence, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time4d	Mountain View, California	$207k - $301k/yr	4d	View
Rivian	RivianStaff Research Engineer, Autonomy VLM OnsiteFull Time4d	Palo Alto, California	$265k - $331k/yr	4d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCApplied Scientist, Sponsored Products Off-Search Auction OnsiteFull Time4d	Seattle or New York or Palo Alto	----	4d	View
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryDuraMat Degradation Analysis Postdoctoral Fellow OnsiteFull Time4d	Berkeley, California	$96k - $107k/yr	4d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteSenior Clinical Research Coordinator Cardiology OnsiteFull Time4d	San Francisco, California	----	4d	View
Lila Sciences	Lila SciencesSenior ML Scientist, Biological Systems OnsiteFull Time4d	San Francisco, California	$268k - $336k/yr	4d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonManager Preclinical Research HybridFull Time4d	Irvine, California	$117k - $201k/yr	4d	View
Novartis	NovartisPrincipal Scientist I OnsiteFull Time4d	Emeryville, California	$109k - $202k/yr	4d	View
Jj	JjSenior Scientist Biostatistics HybridFull Time4d	Beerse or Spring House or San Diego	$73k - $115k/yr	4d	View
Jj	JjManager Preclinical Research HybridFull Time4d	Irvine, California	$117k - $201k/yr	4d	View
Jj	JjScientist II, Preclinical Research HybridFull Time4d	Irvine, California	$92k - $148k/yr	4d	View
Capitalone	CapitaloneApplied Researcher I (AI Foundations, Recommendation Systems, Personalization, Reinforcement Learning) OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship4d	Cambridge or McLean or San Jose or New York	$219k - $272k/yr	4d	View
Msd	MsdDirector R&D Technical Lead – Animal Health HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship4d	San Diego or Cambridgeshire	----	4d	View
Msd	MsdScientist, Immunology Discovery OnsiteFull Time4d	San Diego, California	$87k - $137k/yr	4d	View
Pfizer	PfizerHead of AI Clinical Excellence HybridFull Time4d	Collegeville or San Diego or Cambridge or Bothell or New York City	$177k - $294k/yr	4d	View
Tempus	TempusPrincipal Scientist – Data Insights & Hypothesis Design HybridFull Time4d	Chicago or Redwood City or New York City or California or New York	$150k - $200k/yr	4d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonSystems Verification Engineer OnsiteFull Time4d	Santa Clara, California	$87k - $140k/yr	4d	View
Pfizer	PfizerDirector, Clinical Development Scientist (Non-MD) HybridFull Time4d	Collegeville or La Jolla or Lake Forest or Cambridge or Groton or New York City	$177k - $294k/yr	4d	View
Intuitive	IntuitiveSr Director, Translational Research Scientist - MD/PhD RemoteFull Time4d	Sunnyvale, California	$254k - $380k/yr	4d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicLife Sciences Operator, Lead HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship4d	San Francisco, California	$300k - $320k/yr	4d	View
Lam Research	Lam ResearchStaff Computational Chemistry/MD Engineer HybridFull Time4d	Fremont, California	$141k - $307k/yr	4d	View

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Research and Development (R&D) Jobs in California, updated daily

668 open research and development (r&d) roles in California, pulled directly from company career pages and refreshed daily, newest first. Pick a role and apply with a resume tailored to it using ApplyBolt.