Research and Development (R&D) Jobs in California

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

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All levels No Experience Required111 Entry Level188 Mid Level125 Senior Level386

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All33,215 Engineering4,281 Sales2,854 Software Development2,647 Project and Program Management1,825 Finance and Accounting1,640 Business Operations1,484 Food and Beverage Services1,186 Information Technology1,100 Healthcare Services - Allied Health1,061 Supply Chain / Logistics / Procurement940 Education services936 Product Management886 Customer Service868 Marketing857 Research and Development (R&D)814 Healthcare Services - Nursing754 Administrative & Clerical Support684 Data and Analytics619 Human Resources607 Legal and Compliance588 Business Development521 Protective Services515 Skilled Trades - Manufacturing and Industrial446 Skilled Trades - Maintenance and Repair441 Quality Assurance424 Design419 Skilled Trades - Mechanical and Electrical309 Custodial Services283 Healthcare Services - Advanced Practice241 Communications and Public Affairs231 Transportation Services198 Environment, Health, and Safety186 Creative and Art Services151 Social Services138 Skilled Trades - Construction108 Healthcare Services - Pharmacy85 Skilled Trades - General Labor45 Finance22 Consulting Services12 Media and Communications10 Manufacturing and Industrial9 Risk Management6 Architecture6 Healthcare Services - Veterinary6 Government Agencies and Departments5 Hospitality and Tourism4 Architecture and Engineering4 Strategy and Program Management4 Business Strategy3 Artificial Intelligence3 Business Consulting3 Utilities3 Software Engineering3 Transportation and Logistics2 Developer Relations2 Audit and Compliance2 Communications2 Insurance and Claims2 Management2 Strategy2 Cybersecurity2 Construction2 Strategy and Consulting2 Enterprise Architecture1 Insurance and Risk Underwriting1 Insurance Services1 Insurance and Risk Management1 Banking and Financial Services1 Professional Services1 Risk and Compliance1 Construction and Trades1 Operations and Program Management1 Solutions Architect1 Retail and Wholesale1 Sales Operations1 Business Consulting and Strategy1 Automotive Services1 Insurance1 Strategy and Operations1 Management Consulting1 Operations1 Strategy and Innovation1 Content and Public Affairs1 Architect1 Insurance claims consultant1 Production1 Technicians1 Management and Program Management1 Client Management1 Program Management1 Facilities Management1 Policy and Compliance1 Technology Strategy Enablement1 Investment and Research1 Supply Chain1 Solutions Architecture1 Fundraising1 Architecture, Engineering & Technology1 Data1 Healthcare1

Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
Amazon	AmazonApplied Scientist II, Search Ranking, Search Ranking OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Palo Alto or Seattle	$143k - $222k/yr	yesterday	View
Amazon	AmazonApplied Scientist, Neuron ARG, Annapurna ML OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Seattle or Cupertino	$143k - $222k/yr	yesterday	View
Samsung Research America	Samsung Research AmericaResearch Engineer, Android Security OnsiteFull Time2d	Mountain View, California	$164k - $225k/yr	2d	View
Apple	AppleMachine Learning Researcher Multi-Modal Reasoning OnsiteFull Time2d	Cupertino or Seattle or California or Washington	----	2d	View
Reality Labs	Reality LabsResearch Scientist - Multi-modal AI & Efficient Generative Models OnsiteFull Time2d	Redmond or Burlingame	$184k - $257k/yr	2d	View
Uber	UberSr Scientist, Tech - Science HybridFull Time2d	San Francisco or Seattle or New York City	$190k - $211k/yr	2d	View
Google	GoogleResearch Scientist, Modeling of Readout and Reset, Quantum OnsiteFull Time2d	Goleta or Los Angeles	$147k - $210k/yr	2d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicApplied AI, Research Engineer HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2d	San Francisco or New York City	$300k - $400k/yr	2d	View
Google DeepMind	Google DeepMindResearch Scientist, Verified Code Generation, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time2d	Mountain View or London	$174k - $252k/yr	2d	View
Chapman University	Chapman UniversityStudent Research Assistant - Professor Karen Snedker OnsitePart Time, Temporary2d	Orange, California	$37k/yr	2d	View
Chapman University	Chapman UniversityStudent Research Assistant - Professor Renee Hudson OnsitePart Time, Temporary2d	Orange, California	$37k/yr	2d	View
Chapman University	Chapman UniversityStudent Research Assistant OnsitePart Time, Temporary2d	Orange, California	$40k/yr	2d	View
Google DeepMind	Google DeepMindPost-training Agentic Research Scientist, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time2d	Mountain View or New York City	$174k - $252k/yr	2d	View
Amazon	AmazonApplied Scientist, Alexa Enterprise OnsiteFull Time2d	Boston or Sunnyvale or Seattle or Los Angeles	$143k - $222k/yr	2d	View
Amazon	AmazonSr. Applied Scientist, Alexa Enterprise OnsiteFull Time2d	Boston or Sunnyvale or Seattle	$167k - $260k/yr	2d	View
Google	GoogleResearch Scientist, Paradigms of Intelligence OnsiteFull Time2d	Montreal or Toronto or Cambridge or New York City	$147k - $210k/yr	2d	View
Google	GoogleML Research Scientist, Audio Algorithms OnsiteFull Time2d	Mountain View or Irvine or Los Angeles County	$174k - $252k/yr	2d	View
EWOR GmbH	EWOR GmbHAgriTech Behavioral Scientist (100 % remote) (m/f/d) RemoteFull Time2d	Sacramento or Europe or North America or South America	----	2d	View
Paze	PazeSr. Director, User Experience - Paze HybridFull Time2d	New York City or Scottsdale or San Francisco or Chicago	$240k - $300k/yr	2d	View
T. Rowe Price	T. Rowe Price2027 Digital Assets Strategy Internship Program HybridInternship, Full Time2d	Baltimore or Colorado or Washington or United States or Maryland or New York or California or District of Columbia	$75k/yr	2d	View
Skyworks Solutions	Skyworks SolutionsAI / ML Winter/Spring Co-Op (Jan-June OnsiteFull Time, Internship2d	Irvine, California	$54k - $99k/yr	2d	View
Johnson & Johnson MedTech	Johnson & Johnson MedTechClinical Trial Specialist OnsiteFull Time2d	Santa Clara, California	$92k - $148k/yr	2d	View
NVIDIA	NVIDIAPrincipal Research Scientist, Synthetic Data Generation HybridFull Time2d	Santa Clara or Colorado or California or New York or Massachusetts	$272k - $431k/yr	2d	View
Merck Research Laboratories	Merck Research LaboratoriesAssociate Scientist, Postdoctoral Fellow - Metabolic Disease (Onsite) OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2d	South San Francisco, California	$72k - $113k/yr	2d	View
Eli Lilly and Company	Eli Lilly and CompanySenior Biologist - Protein Engineering OnsiteFull Time2d	San Diego, California	$89k - $162k/yr	2d	View
IQVIA	IQVIAAssociate, Healthcare & Analytics Strategy Consulting (MASC, Hybrid) HybridFull Time2d	Boston or San Francisco	$65k - $164k/yr	2d	View
Meta	MetaAI Research Scientist, Robotics - Meta Superintelligence Labs OnsiteFull Time3d	Menlo Park, California	$154k - $217k/yr	3d	View
Meta	MetaResearch Scientist, Server Demand OnsiteFull Time3d	Bellevue or Menlo Park or Seattle	$271k - $347k/yr	3d	View
Intuitive	IntuitiveAnalytical Development, Senior Manager OnsiteFull Time3d	Sunnyvale, California	$168k - $252k/yr	3d	View
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryNuclear Criticality Safety Research Staff Member HybridFull Time3d	Livermore, California	$146k - $223k/yr	3d	View
Juul Labs	Juul LabsSenior Research Associate OnsiteFull Time3d	Mountain View, California	$143k - $175k/yr	3d	View
Chapman University	Chapman UniversityStudent Research Assistant - Professor Vivian Yan-Gonzalez OnsitePart Time, Temporary3d	Orange, California	$37k/yr	3d	View
Apple	AppleResearch Scientist, Applied Machine Learning Security (Agent Systems), SEAR OnsiteFull Time3d	Cupertino or North America	----	3d	View
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryAcademic Graduate Appointee, Bioengineering and Advanced Manufacturing OnsiteFull Time, Temporary3d	Livermore, California	$90k - $111k/yr	3d	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Agent Safety, Oversight and System Mitigations HybridFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$380k - $500k/yr	3d	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Agent Safety, Training and Evaluations HybridFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$380k - $500k/yr	3d	View
Google	GoogleDirector, Research Commercialization (AI Blackbelts), Cloud AI OnsiteFull Time3d	Sunnyvale, California	$307k - $427k/yr	3d	View
Intuitive	IntuitiveStaff Biostatistician RemoteFull Time3d	Sunnyvale, California	$163k - $260k/yr	3d	View
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryExperimental Low-Energy Nuclear Physics - Postdoctoral Researcher HybridFull Time, Temporary3d	Livermore or South Bend	$123k/yr	3d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCApplied Scientist, Amazon Stores Finance Science OnsiteFull Time3d	Sunnyvale or Bellevue or Seattle	$136k - $184k/yr	3d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCMember of Technical Staff, Frontier AI & Robotics (FAR) OnsiteFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$150k - $300k/yr	3d	View
Sandia National Laboratories	Sandia National LaboratoriesIntern, R&D Graduate Year Round - Systems Analysis, Remote RemotePart Time, Internship, Temporary3d	Livermore, California	----	3d	View
Google DeepMind	Google DeepMindSenior Research Scientist, Gemini Omni, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time3d	Mountain View or San Francisco	$174k - $252k/yr	3d	View
University of California, San Francisco	University of California, San FranciscoJunior Specialist – Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Laboratory for Musculoskeletal Crosstalk OnsiteFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$57k - $61k/yr	3d	View
University of California, San Francisco	University of California, San FranciscoMorrison Lab – Junior/Assistant/Associate/Full Specialist OnsiteFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$57k - $202k/yr	3d	View
University of California, San Francisco	University of California, San FranciscoProfessional Researcher OnsiteFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$141k - $257k/yr	3d	View
University of California, San Francisco	University of California, San FranciscoStaff Research Associate 2 - Pediatric Nephrology (Part-Time/Limited) OnsitePart Time, Temporary3d	San Francisco, California	$68k - $110k/yr	3d	View
Apple	AppleAIML - Machine Learning Researcher, Foundation Models OnsiteFull Time3d	Cupertino or San Francisco	----	3d	View
Accenture	AccentureConsumer Insights Research Senior Analyst HybridFull Time3d	New York City or Boston or Chicago or California or Cleveland or Colorado or United States or Illinois or Maine or Maryland or Massachusetts or Minnesota or New York or New Jersey or Virginia or Washington	$51k - $150k/yr	3d	View
Eli Lilly and Company	Eli Lilly and CompanyAdvisor - Biochemistry Lead OnsiteFull Time3d	Pasadena or Indianapolis	$138k - $224k/yr	3d	View

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

814 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.