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

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

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All12,644 Engineering2,757 Sales789 Software Development1,545 Project and Program Management1,271 Finance and Accounting695 Information Technology675 Healthcare Services - Allied Health47 Product Management752 Education services83 Food and Beverage Services37 Supply Chain / Logistics / Procurement306 Customer Service96 Business Operations316 Marketing455 Data and Analytics436 Research and Development (R&D)332 Human Resources333 Administrative & Clerical Support74 Healthcare Services - Nursing36 Legal and Compliance348 Skilled Trades - Manufacturing and Industrial72 Protective Services52 Business Development324 Skilled Trades - Maintenance and Repair34 Design179 Skilled Trades - Mechanical and Electrical43 Communications and Public Affairs144 Quality Assurance106 Custodial Services2 Transportation Services16 Environment, Health, and Safety60 Healthcare Services - Advanced Practice56 Creative and Art Services59 Skilled Trades - Construction24 Social Services5 Skilled Trades - General Labor0 Finance35 Healthcare Services - Pharmacy6 Consulting Services21 Media and Communications11 Retail and Wholesale1 Research and Development2 Hospitality and Tourism1 Government Agencies and Departments1 Transportation and Logistics0 Healthcare Services - Veterinary0 Data1 Operations1 Manufacturing1 Accounting0 Legal0 Customer Success1 Administrative0 Product1 Creative1 Software Engineering1

Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCSr. Applied Scientist, Fauna Robotics OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Sunnyvale, California	----	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 Discovery (Biology & Translational Models) OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorshipyesterday	South San Francisco, California	$131k - $207k/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
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 Time4d	Sunnyvale, California	----	4d	View
Apple	AppleAIML - Machine Learning Manager, Red Teaming - Responsible AI and Safety OnsiteFull Time4d	California	----	4d	View
Rivian	RivianStaff Research Engineer, Autonomy VLM OnsiteFull Time4d	Palo Alto, California	$265k - $331k/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	JjManager Preclinical Research HybridFull Time4d	Irvine, California	$117k - $201k/yr	4d	View
Msd	MsdDirector R&D Technical Lead – Animal Health HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship4d	San Diego or Cambridgeshire	----	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
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 Time5d	Sunnyvale, California	$254k - $380k/yr	5d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicLife Sciences Operator, Lead HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship5d	San Francisco, California	$300k - $320k/yr	5d	View
Lam Research	Lam ResearchStaff Computational Chemistry/MD Engineer HybridFull Time5d	Fremont, California	$141k - $307k/yr	5d	View
Lam Research	Lam ResearchSenior Staff Computational Materials Engineer - MLIPs HybridFull Time5d	Fremont, California	$166k - $350k/yr	5d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicResearch Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational) HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship5d	San Francisco, California	$300k - $320k/yr	5d	View
Meta	MetaResearch Scientist, Optical Systems OnsiteFull Time5d	Redmond or Pasadena	$122k - $181k/yr	5d	View
DeepMind	DeepMindResearch Scientist, Multimodal Alignment, Safety and Fairness, DeepMind OnsiteFull Time5d	Mountain View or New York City or Kirkland	$147k - $211k/yr	5d	View
First Solar (US)	First Solar (US)Development Engineering Supervisor OnsiteFull Time5d	Santa Clara, California	$89k - $127k/yr	5d	View
YouTube	YouTubeSenior UX Researcher, YouTube Shopping Ads, AdsTube OnsiteFull Time5d	New York or Mountain View	$159k - $231k/yr	5d	View
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	Amazon Web Services, Inc.Sr. Applied Scientist, AWS Automated Reasoning OnsiteFull Time5d	Boston or Austin or Seattle or Santa Clara or New York or Portland	$167k - $260k/yr	5d	View
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	Amazon Web Services, Inc.Applied Scientist, AWS Automated Reasoning OnsiteFull Time5d	Boston or Austin or Seattle or Santa Clara or New York or Portland	$143k - $223k/yr	5d	View
Ford Global Career Site	Ford Global Career SiteManager, Cloud Platform Quality Engineering HybridFull Time5d	Palo Alto, California	$167k - $317k/yr	5d	View
Amat	AmatMachine Learning Engineer OnsiteFull Time5d	Santa Clara, California	$184k - $253k/yr	5d	View
Iqvia	IqviaSenior Consultant, Evidence Synthesis, Indirect Treatment Comparison (ITC) RemoteFull Time5d	Durham or Kirkland or New Providence or San Francisco or New York or Rockville or Richmond or Boston or Providence or Rosemont or San Mateo or Falls Church or Marietta or Parsippany or Wayne	$110k - $274k/yr	5d	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonSr. Robotics and Controls Engineer HybridFull Time5d	Santa Clara, California	$125k - $201k/yr	5d	View
Msd	MsdDirector, Program Lead - Immunology OnsiteFull Time5d	North Wales or San Diego or Rahway	$173k - $273k/yr	5d	View
UCSF Career Site	UCSF Career SiteSr Clinical Research Coordinator Clinical Research Network Office HybridFull Time6d	Berkeley or San Francisco	$96k - $121k/yr	6d	View
Anthropic	AnthropicLead, Frontier Red Team (Cyber) HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship6d	San Francisco or New York City	----	6d	View
LBL	LBLDirector, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) OnsiteFull Time6d	Berkeley, California	$375k - $440k/yr	6d	View
LLNL	LLNLExport Licensing Analyst HybridFull Time6d	Livermore, California	$96k - $141k/yr	6d	View
Generalmotors	GeneralmotorsStaff Researcher, Vision science and Human Factors HybridFull Time6d	Warren or Mountain View	----	6d	View
Cisco	CiscoSenior AI Researcher HybridFull Time6d	San Francisco, California	$212k - $276k/yr	6d	View
Wells Fargo & Company	Wells Fargo & CompanySenior Lead AI Research Scientist – Foundation Models & Agentic AI HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship6d	Charlotte or San Francisco or West Des Moines or Irving or Tempe or Saint Louis or Minneapolis	$185k - $300k/yr	6d	View
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryDirector, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) OnsiteFull Time1w	Berkeley, California	$375k - $440k/yr	1w	View
Meta	MetaResearch Scientist, World Modelling OnsiteFull Time1w	Menlo Park, California	$154k - $217k/yr	1w	View
Google	GoogleResearch Scientist, Quantum Error Correction, Quantum AI OnsiteFull Time1w	Goleta or Los Angeles	$147k - $211k/yr	1w	View
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	Amazon Web Services, Inc.Principal AI Scientist, Telco Tech, AWS Industries OnsiteFull Time1w	Bellevue or New York or Dallas or Cupertino	$183k - $247k/yr	1w	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonSenior Director, Compound Development Team Leader- Neuropsychiatry HybridFull Time1w	Cambridge or Raritan or San Diego or Spring House or Titusville	$196k - $343k/yr	1w	View
Jj	JjCMSO, APAC and Preclinical Advisor HybridFull Time1w	Irvine, California	$232k - $401k/yr	1w	View
Johnson & Johnson	Johnson & JohnsonSr Specialist, Clinical Risk Management HybridFull Time1w	Irvine or Jacksonville	$94k - $152k/yr	1w	View
Jj	JjSenior Director, Compound Development Team Leader- Neuropsychiatry HybridFull Time1w	Titusville or Raritan or Spring House or San Diego or Cambridge	$196k - $343k/yr	1w	View
Thomson Reuters	Thomson ReutersPrincipal Scientist- Search HybridFull Time1w	New York City or San Francisco or Los Angeles or Irvine or McLean or Washington	$212k - $394k/yr	1w	View

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

332 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.