Research and Development (R&D) Jobs in California

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All28,776 Engineering3,860 Sales2,865 Software Development2,307 Information Technology1,753 Project and Program Management1,515 Finance and Accounting1,273 Healthcare Services - Allied Health1,190 Business Operations1,148 Product Management978 Customer Service890 Education services885 Data and Analytics848 Supply Chain / Logistics / Procurement647 Administrative & Clerical Support630 Food and Beverage Services619 Research and Development (R&D)567 Marketing492 Human Resources419 Healthcare Services - Nursing400 Skilled Trades - Manufacturing and Industrial370 Legal and Compliance356 Protective Services317 Skilled Trades - General Labor285 Business Development282 Environment, Health, and Safety237 Quality Assurance234 Skilled Trades - Construction206 Creative and Art Services201 Transportation Services187 Healthcare Services - Advanced Practice161 Communications and Public Affairs134 Skilled Trades - Maintenance and Repair99 Design93 Skilled Trades - Mechanical and Electrical73 Social Services57 Custodial Services4 Healthcare Services - Pharmacy3

Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	Amazon Web Services, Inc.Applied Scientist, AWS Automated Reasoning OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Santa Clara or Boston or New York or Portland or Austin or Seattle	$143k - $223k/yr	yesterday	View
Google	GoogleQuantitative UX Researcher, Search Ads OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	New York or Mountain View or Irvine	$132k - $189k/yr	yesterday	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteClinical Research Coordinator OnsiteFull Time2d	Oakland, California	$80k - $112k/yr	2d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteClinical Research Manager OnsiteFull Time2d	San Francisco, California	$130k - $150k/yr	2d	View
Google	GoogleStaff AI Research Engineer, Large User Models OnsiteFull Time2d	Mountain View, California	$207k - $300k/yr	2d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicResearch Scientist, Life Sciences OnsiteFull Time2d	San Francisco, California	$300k - $320k/yr	2d	View
Edison Scientific	Edison ScientificAI Engineer - Forward Deployed OnsiteFull Time2d	San Francisco or New York or Boston or Remote (U.S. Only)	$200k - $350k/yr	2d	View
Adventist Health	Adventist HealthCommunity Impact Intern OnsiteFull Time2d	Roseville, California	----	2d	View
LLNL	LLNLMachine Learning Physics Graduate Student OnsiteInternship2d	Livermore, California	$81k - $98k/yr	2d	View
LLNL	LLNLFacility Safety Officer OnsiteFull Time2d	Livermore, California	$125k - $186k/yr	2d	View
California State University	California State UniversityArchaeolgical Specialist, Research Technician II, Temporary OnsiteFull Time, Temporary2d	Sonoma, California	$61k - $88k/yr	2d	View
Lockheed Martin	Lockheed MartinSenior Requirements and Verification Systems Engineer OnsiteFull Time2d	Sunnyvale, California	$90k - $178k/yr	2d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCResearch Scientist, Private Brands Intelligence - SCIT Science OnsiteFull Time2d	Seattle or San Diego	$136k - $184k/yr	2d	View
SpaceX	SpaceXMaterials Engineer (Materials Laboratory) OnsiteFull Time3d	Hawthorne, California	$100k - $140k/yr	3d	View
OpenAI	OpenAIDeveloper Education Lead HybridFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$198k - $335k/yr	3d	View
WSP	WSPOn Call Archaeology Field Technician OnsiteContract3d	Los Angeles, California	$78k - $92k/yr	3d	View
AccorHotel	AccorHotelHousekeeping Analyst OnsiteFull Time3d	Long Beach, California	$62k/yr	3d	View
Cisco	CiscoDirector - AI Research and Engineering Efficiency (Circuit Platform) HybridFull Time3d	San Jose, California	$292k - $369k/yr	3d	View
Nvidia	NvidiaSenior Developer Relations Manager – Agriscience HybridFull Time3d	Santa Clara or	$184k - $288k/yr	3d	View
MSD	MSDAssociate Principal Scientist, Respiratory Discovery OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship3d	South San Francisco, California	$160k - $251k/yr	3d	View
Msd	MsdSenior Scientist, Respiratory Discovery OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship3d	South San Francisco, California	$131k - $207k/yr	3d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonSystems Integration Engineer - Compute Tower OnsiteFull Time3d	Santa Clara, California	$106k - $171k/yr	3d	View
Jj	JjDirector, Immunology Scientific Innovation HybridFull Time3d	Spring House or Cambridge or La Jolla	----	3d	View
Jj	JjDirector, Clinical Translational Safety Lead HybridFull Time3d	San Diego or Cambridge or Titusville or Spring House or Beerse	$199k - $343k/yr	3d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonDirector, Clinical Translational Safety Lead HybridFull Time3d	San Diego or Cambridge or Titusville or Spring House or Beerse	$199k - $343k/yr	3d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonManager Systems Integration (Robotics) OnsiteFull Time3d	Santa Clara, California	$134k - $231k/yr	3d	View
Novartis	NovartisPrincipal Scientist I, Oncology Pharmacology OnsiteFull Time3d	San Diego, California	$94k - $174k/yr	3d	View
Thomson Reuters	Thomson ReutersSenior UX Researcher HybridFull Time3d	Toronto or Minneapolis	$105k - $155k/yr	3d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonPrincipal R&D Validation Engineer HybridFull Time3d	Irvine or	$117k - $201k/yr	3d	View
Department of Veterans Affairs	Department of Veterans AffairsResearch Health Science Specialist OnsiteContract3d	Palo Alto, California	----	3d	View
Astrazeneca	AstrazenecaScientist OnsiteFull Time3d	Santa Monica, California	$91k - $136k/yr	3d	View
Lilly	LillyDirector, Discovery Bioinformatics Oncology OnsiteFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$194k - $339k/yr	3d	View
LLNL	LLNLMechanical Technologist/Senior Mechanical Technologist - Jupiter Laser Facility OnsiteFull Time3d	Livermore, California	$91k - $133k/yr	3d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteClinical Research Coordinator Nephrology OnsiteFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$80k/yr	3d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteStaff Research Associate 2 OnsiteFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$79k/yr	3d	View
Meta	MetaVisiting Faculty, AI and Systems Co-design Team OnsiteFull Time3d	Menlo Park, California	$88.46 - $257k/yr	3d	View
Meta	MetaPostdoctoral Researcher, AI and Systems Co-design Team OnsiteFull Time3d	Menlo Park, California	$122k - $181k/yr	3d	View
Google	GoogleSenior UX Researcher, LearnX OnsiteFull Time3d	Mountain View or New York	$159k - $231k/yr	3d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteGrants Specialist OnsiteFull Time3d	San Francisco, California	$90k - $120k/yr	3d	View
Google	GoogleDirector, Research and Collaborations, Future of Work OnsiteFull Time3d	Mountain View or New York or San Francisco	$262k - $365k/yr	3d	View
Skyworks	SkyworksAI & Machine Learning Summer/Fall Co-Op (June '26 - Dec '26) (Irvine, CA, US) OnsiteInternship3d	Irvine, California	$54k - $99k/yr	3d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCSr Manager, Applied Science, Alexa for Shopping (Rufus) OnsiteFull Time3d	Seattle or Palo Alto	$252k - $340k/yr	3d	View
CoreWeave	CoreWeaveExecutive Researcher HybridFull Time3d	New York City or Livingston or Bellevue or Sunnyvale or San Francisco	$150k - $190k/yr	3d	View
Danaher	DanaherResearch Scientist II OnsiteFull Time4d	Sunnyvale, California	$100k - $120k/yr	4d	View
Iqvia	IqviaCRA 2/Senior CRA 1 OnsiteFull Time4d	Durham or Columbia or Phoenix or Gilbert or San Francisco or Annapolis or Chicago or Glendale or New York City or Sacramento or Houston or Indianapolis or Rockville or Carlsbad or Dallas	$90k - $175k/yr	4d	View
Iqvia	IqviaCRA 2/Senior CRA OnsiteFull Time4d	Durham or Gilbert or Phoenix or San Francisco or New York City or Indianapolis or Sacramento or Scottsdale or Chicago or Carlsbad or Dallas or Houston	$87k - $169k/yr	4d	View
Novartis	NovartisRegional Director of Medical Science Liaison, Cardiovascular and Metabolic (CVM) RemoteFull Time4d	Los Angeles or San Diego or San Francisco	$225k - $419k/yr	4d	View
Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.	Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.Senior Product OS and DevOps Engineer OnsiteFull Time4d	Santa Clara, California	$125k - $201k/yr	4d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonR&D, Instruments & Accessories Engineer OnsiteFull Time4d	Santa Clara, California	$145k - $165k/yr	4d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonDirector, Clinical Development, Interventional Oncology (INTO) HybridFull Time, Contract, Temporary, Internship, Part Time, Seasonal, Volunteer4d	New Brunswick or Boston or Horsham or Raritan or San Diego or Spring House or Titusville	$164k - $283k/yr	4d	View
Tempus	TempusMachine Learning Scientist, Applied Machine Learning and Agentic AI, Pharma R&D OnsiteFull Time4d	New York City or Boston or Redwood City or Chicago	$100k - $160k/yr	4d	View
Adobe	AdobeSenior Applied Researcher OnsiteFull Time4d	San Jose or Seattle or San Francisco	$143k - $271k/yr	4d	View
Adaption	AdaptionSenior Research Scientist RemoteFull Time4d	San Francisco or New York or Toronto or Europe or San Francisco or North America	----	4d	View
Iovance Biotherapeutics	Iovance BiotherapeuticsSenior Clinical Scientist [Contract] HybridContract5d	San Carlos, California	$77 - $90/yr	5d	View
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.Microwave Design Engineer, Amazon Center for Quantum Computing OnsiteFull Time6d	Pasadena, California	$143k - $193k/yr	6d	View
Kinder's	Kinder'sVice President, Innovation HybridFull Time6d	Walnut Creek, California	$275k - $300k/yr	6d	View
LLNL	LLNLBioinformatics Scientist OnsiteFull Time6d	Livermore, California	$176k - $223k/yr	6d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicMember of Staff, AI & Rule of Law HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship6d	San Francisco, California	$295k - $345k/yr	6d	View
Meta	MetaResearch Scientist, HW/SW Co-Design (PhD) OnsiteFull Time6d	Menlo Park, California	$122k - $181k/yr	6d	View
Spectra Tech	Spectra TechRCT OnsiteFull Time6d	Berkeley, California	----	6d	View
UCSF Campus BU	UCSF Campus BUClinical Research Supervisor OnsiteFull Time6d	San Francisco, California	$115k - $130k/yr	6d	View
Intuitive	IntuitiveDirector of Clinical Affairs HybridFull Time6d	Sunnyvale, California	$204k - $360k/yr	6d	View
OpenAI	OpenAIRE/RS, Data Understanding - Foundations OnsiteFull Time6d	San Francisco, California	----	6d	View
OpenAI	OpenAIRE/RS, Data Understanding (MM) HybridFull Time6d	San Francisco, California	----	6d	View
Google	GoogleResearch Scientist, Efficient AI OnsiteFull Time6d	Mountain View, California	$147k - $211k/yr	6d	View
DeepMind	DeepMindResearch Scientist, Frontier Health, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time6d	Mountain View, California	$174k - $252k/yr	6d	View
Google	GoogleUX Researcher, XR Experiences OnsiteFull Time6d	San Jose or New York or Los Angeles or San Francisco	$132k - $189k/yr	6d	View
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.Quantum Research Engineer, Quantum Computing OnsiteFull Time6d	Pasadena, California	$143k - $193k/yr	6d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCPrincipal Applied Scientist, Music Catalog and Search, Amazon Music Search and Catalog OnsiteFull Time6d	Sunnyvale or San Francisco	$229k - $309k/yr	6d	View
Palo Alto Networks	Palo Alto NetworksSr. Staff Security Researcher OnsiteFull Time1w	Santa Clara or San Francisco or San Jose	$140k - $226k/yr	1w	View
Novartis	NovartisPatent Attorney HybridFull Time1w	Cambridge or San Diego	$204k - $380k/yr	1w	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonDesign for Reliability Engineer HybridFull Time1w	Santa Clara, California	$106k - $170k/yr	1w	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonSenior Director, Knowledge Management & Retrieval Strategy HybridFull Time1w	Cambridge or La Jolla or Spring House or Titusville	$196k - $343k/yr	1w	View
Generalmotors	GeneralmotorsSenior Vehicle Design Researcher HybridFull Time1w	Sunnyvale or Warren	$106k - $165k/yr	1w	View
Applied Materials	Applied MaterialsAI Research Scientist (Generative Models for Scientific Discovery) OnsiteFull Time1w	Santa Clara, California	$131k - $180k/yr	1w	View
Pony.ai	Pony.aiResearch Intern - Deep Learning OnsiteInternship1w	Fremont, California	$84k - $120k/yr	1w	View
LLNL	LLNLOrganic Synthesis and Automation - Academic Graduate Appointee OnsiteInternship1w	Livermore, California	$81k - $93k/yr	1w	View
DeepMind	DeepMindResearch Engineer, Agentic Security & Privacy Post-Training for Gemini, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time1w	Mountain View or New York or San Francisco	$174k - $252k/yr	1w	View
DeepMind	DeepMindDirector, UX, Integrated Assistant, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time1w	Mountain View or New York or San Francisco	$344k - $383k/yr	1w	View
Meta	MetaResearch Scientist, Post-Training (Tech Leadership)- Meta Superintelligence Labs OnsiteFull Time1w	Menlo Park, California	$219k - $301k/yr	1w	View
Plaid	PlaidSenior Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco or New York City or Seattle	$229k - $315k/yr	1w	View
U.S. Customs and Border Protection	U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionOperational Psychologist HybridFull Time1w	----	$126k - $164k/yr	1w	View
Scale AI	Scale AIHead of Policy & Security Research Lab OnsiteFull Time1w	San Francisco or Washington	$198k - $247k/yr	1w	View
Google	GoogleSenior UX Quantitative Researcher, Human Factors OnsiteFull Time1w	San Jose or Miami or New York or San Francisco	$159k - $231k/yr	1w	View
Google	GoogleQualitative UX Researcher, Customer Engagement and AI OnsiteFull Time1w	Mountain View, California	$132k - $189k/yr	1w	View
Samsung Research America Internship	Samsung Research America Internship2026 Fall Intern, Computer Vision/AI OnsiteInternship1w	Mountain View, California	$100k - $131k/yr	1w	View
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryTechnology Commercialization Associate in Bay Area, California, United States HybridFull Time1w	Berkeley, California	$105k - $145k/yr	1w	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonManager, UX Design HybridFull Time1w	Santa Clara, California	$134k - $231k/yr	1w	View
Msd	MsdSenior Scientist, In Vivo Cardiometabolic Diseases OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship1w	South San Francisco, California	$131k - $207k/yr	1w	View
Cisco	CiscoPrincipal Machine Learning Engineer RemoteFull Time1w	San Jose or Pleasanton or Houston or Iselin or Denver or Seattle or New York or Irvine or Boston or Brooklyn or San Diego or Bellevue or Milpitas or Austin or Mountain View or Raleigh–Durham (RTP) or Los Altos or Redwood City or San Francisco or Santa Clara or San Mateo or Dallas or Sunnyvale or Palo Alto	$292k - $369k/yr	1w	View
Intel	IntelNeuromorphic/AI Research Scientist HybridFull Time1w	Santa Clara or Phoenix or Folsom or Hillsboro or Austin	$171k - $315k/yr	1w	View
Varda Space Industries	Varda Space IndustriesPrincipal Scientist, Analytical Sciences OnsiteFull Time1w	El Segundo, California	$170k - $215k/yr	1w	View
Google	GoogleSenior Research Scientist, Superconducting Digital Electronics, Quantum AI OnsiteFull Time1w	Cambridge or Mountain View or Seattle or San Francisco or Washington D.C. or Goleta	$174k - $252k/yr	1w	View
Arthur D. Little US	Arthur D. Little USSummer Business Analyst 2027 HybridInternship1w	Boston or New York or San Francisco	$48k - $96k/yr	1w	View
DataForce by TransPerfect	DataForce by TransPerfectKipper Onsite Audio Collection - Korean (Cupertino) OnsiteContract1w	Cupertino or San Jose or Sunnyvale	----	1w	View
051094-DFW EAST 1	051094-DFW EAST 1Applied AI ML Researcher Director OnsiteFull Time1w	Palo Alto or New York or Jersey City	----	1w	View
Chapman University	Chapman UniversityPostdoctoral Research Fellow, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Summer-Fall 2026 OnsiteFull Time1w	Irvine, California	$70k/yr	1w	View
Danaher	DanaherSenior Scientist, Clinical Research OnsiteFull Time1w	Sunnyvale, California	$116k - $160k/yr	1w	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonSenior Director, Neuroimmunology Research HybridFull Time1w	Spring House or Cambridge or San Diego	$196k - $343k/yr	1w	View
Generalmotors	GeneralmotorsAI/ML Staff Researcher HybridFull Time1w	Mountain View or Warren	----	1w	View

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

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