Entry Level Research and Development (R&D) Jobs in California

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

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Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
First Solar (US)	First Solar (US)Development Engineer Technician II OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Santa Clara, California	$63k - $89k/yr	yesterday	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
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
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
Lilly	LillyAssociate Chemist / Biochemist OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Pasadena, California	$71k - $187k/yr	yesterday	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteCLIN RSCH CRD OnsiteFull Time4d	San Francisco or San Francisco	$80k/yr	4d	View
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryDuraMat Degradation Analysis Postdoctoral Fellow OnsiteFull Time4d	Berkeley, California	$96k - $107k/yr	4d	View
Jj	JjSenior Scientist Biostatistics HybridFull Time4d	Beerse or Spring House or San Diego	$73k - $115k/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
IonQ	IonQSenior Research Scientist - Fault Tolerant Quantum Algorithms HybridFull Time5d	Bothell or College Park or Toronto or Gothenburg or	$146k - $191k/yr	5d	View
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)HEAF Explosives Research Experimental Lead OnsiteFull Time5d	Livermore, California	$122k - $186k/yr	5d	View
First Solar (US)	First Solar (US)Development Engineer II OnsiteFull Time5d	Santa Clara, California	$105k - $142k/yr	5d	View
LLNL	LLNLDesign Physics - Postdoctoral Researcher HybridFull Time5d	Livermore, California	$136k/yr	5d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteCRC Melanoma and Cutaneous Oncology OnsiteFull Time5d	San Francisco, California	$80k - $93k/yr	5d	View
Meta	MetaVisiting Researcher, Meta Superintelligence Labs OnsiteFull Time5d	Menlo Park, California	$122k - $143k/yr	5d	View
Astrion	AstrionResearch Chemist OnsiteFull Time6d	Edwards AFB, California	$55k - $76k/yr	6d	View
Danaher	DanaherAdvanced Workflow Specialist - Confocal RemoteFull Time6d	Los Angeles or San Diego or Arizona or Nevada or New Mexico or Utah or Colorado	$90k - $110k/yr	6d	View
Novartis	NovartisPrincipal Scientist, Biophysicist OnsiteFull Time6d	La Jolla, California	$109k - $222k/yr	6d	View
chapman	chapmanUndergraduate Student Research Assistant OnsitePart Time, Temporary1w	Orange, California	$42k/yr	1w	View
LLNL	LLNLAnalytical Chemist - Academic Graduate Appointee OnsiteFull Time1w	Livermore, California	$81k - $93k/yr	1w	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SitePffiner ACRC HybridFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	----	1w	View
AstraZeneca	AstraZenecaAssociate Laboratory Operations OnsiteFull Time1w	Santa Monica, California	$91k - $136k/yr	1w	View
Accenture	AccentureSenior Case Study Proctor - 6385704 OnsiteFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	$120k - $141k/yr	1w	View
Accenture	AccentureCase Study Proctor Associate - 6384131 OnsiteFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	$46k - $67k/yr	1w	View
Pfizer	PfizerResearch & Development Rotational Program Associate OnsiteFull Time1w	San Diego or Cambridge or Bothell or Groton or Pearl River	$60k - $100k/yr	1w	View
Chapman University	Chapman UniversityAssistant, Statistical Research Programmer PT, Limited Term OnsitePart Time1w	Orange, California	$62k/yr	1w	View
Meta	MetaResearch Scientist Intern, Monetization Computer Vision (PhD) OnsiteInternship1w	Menlo Park, California	$92k - $146k/yr	1w	View
Prescient Edge	Prescient EdgeOperations Engineer OnsiteTemporary1w	San Diego, California	----	1w	View
DeepMind	DeepMindSenior Research Engineer, GenMedia Safety, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time1w	Mountain View or New York City or San Francisco	$174k - $253k/yr	1w	View
Latitude AI	Latitude AITriage Associate I (Contractor) OnsiteContract1w	Pittsburgh or Allen Park or Palo Alto	$53k - $80k/yr	1w	View
DeepMind	DeepMindResearch Scientist, Deep Learning, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time1w	Mountain View, California	$174k - $253k/yr	1w	View
chapman	chapmanResearch Coordinator (Berardi, V) OnsiteFull Time1w	Orange, California	$60k - $62k/yr	1w	View
DeepMind	DeepMindThreat Modeler Lead, CBRN, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time1w	New York or Mountain View	$174k - $253k/yr	1w	View
LBL	LBLQuantum Computing Simulation Postdoctoral Fellow HybridFull Time1w	California	$103k - $119k/yr	1w	View
Vrtx	VrtxHigh Throughput Biology Senior Research Associate OnsiteFull Time1w	San Diego, California	$75k - $113k/yr	1w	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteClinical Reseach Coordinator OnsiteFull Time1w	San Francisco, California	----	1w	View
Quest Diagnostics Careers	Quest Diagnostics CareersLab Associate II OnsiteFull Time1w	San Juan Capistrano, California	$47k - $60k/yr	1w	View
Sandia National Laboratories	Sandia National LaboratoriesEarly Career R&D Systems Engineer - Mk21 Fuze Systems Engineering, Onsite OnsiteFull Time1w	Livermore, California	$122k - $238k/yr	1w	View
Iqvia	IqviaLab Operations Associate OnsiteFull Time1w	Valencia, California	$25k - $53k/yr	1w	View
Vast	Vast2026 Fall Internship - Manufacturing OnsiteFull Time, Internship2w	Long Beach, California	$73k - $83k/yr	2w	View
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBioinformaticist Research Scientist (Joint Genome Institute) OnsiteFull Time, Temporary2w	Berkeley, California	$110k - $155k/yr	2w	View
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryChemical Lab Technician OnsiteFull Time, Temporary2w	Livermore, California	$91k - $133k/yr	2w	View
OpenAI	OpenAISubject Matter Expert, Investment Banking HybridFull Time2w	San Francisco, California	$185k - $205k/yr	2w	View

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

145 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.