Research and Development (R&D) Jobs in California

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

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All28,424 Engineering3,770 Sales2,846 Software Development2,262 Information Technology1,729 Project and Program Management1,497 Finance and Accounting1,257 Healthcare Services - Allied Health1,186 Business Operations1,133 Product Management960 Customer Service884 Education services881 Data and Analytics837 Supply Chain / Logistics / Procurement642 Administrative & Clerical Support627 Food and Beverage Services612 Research and Development (R&D)556 Marketing487 Human Resources414 Healthcare Services - Nursing400 Skilled Trades - Manufacturing and Industrial364 Legal and Compliance352 Protective Services317 Skilled Trades - General Labor283 Business Development276 Environment, Health, and Safety236 Quality Assurance229 Skilled Trades - Construction206 Creative and Art Services199 Transportation Services186 Healthcare Services - Advanced Practice161 Communications and Public Affairs133 Skilled Trades - Maintenance and Repair98 Design91 Skilled Trades - Mechanical and Electrical73 Social Services57 Custodial Services3 Healthcare Services - Pharmacy3

Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
Vertex	VertexVertex Fall Co-op 2026, Data and Computational Sciences OnsiteFull Time, Internship2mo	San Diego, California	$62k - $104k/yr	2mo	View
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBattery Cathode Postdoctoral Fellow OnsiteFull Time2mo	Berkeley, California	----	2mo	View
Varda Space Industries	Varda Space IndustriesGuidance, Navigation & Controls (GNC) Internship - Fall 2026 OnsiteInternship2mo	El Segundo, California	$69k/yr	2mo	View
Varda Space Industries	Varda Space IndustriesAerodynamics & Analysis Internship - Fall 2026 OnsiteFull Time, Internship2mo	El Segundo, California	$69k/yr	2mo	View
CoreWeave	CoreWeaveVP of Product, Research and Training Infrastructure HybridFull Time2mo	Bellevue or Livingston or New York or San Francisco or Sunnyvale	$233k - $341k/yr	2mo	View
xAI	xAIMember of Technical Staff - Model Training HybridFull Time2mo	Austin or London or New York or Palo Alto or Seattle	----	2mo	View
LLNL	LLNLUncertainty Quantification for Surrogate Models Postdoctoral Researcher OnsiteFull Time2mo	Livermore, California	$138k/yr	2mo	View
LLNL	LLNLMachine Learning - Postdoctoral Researcher OnsiteFull Time2mo	Livermore, California	$138k/yr	2mo	View
Scale AI	Scale AIResearch Scientist, Agent Robustness OnsiteFull Time2mo	San Francisco or New York	$197k - $247k/yr	2mo	View
Scale AI	Scale AIResearch Scientist, AI Controls and Monitoring OnsiteFull Time2mo	San Francisco or New York	$197k - $247k/yr	2mo	View
Notion	NotionUser Researcher, Growth HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco or New York	$160k - $200k/yr	2mo	View
Amat	AmatPhysicist/ Scientist- Quantum Program OnsiteFull Time2mo	Santa Clara, California	$161k - $221k/yr	2mo	View
Live Nation	Live NationLN Media & Sponsorship \|\| Director, Fan and Partner Research (Contract) OnsiteContract2mo	New York or Beverly Hills	$135k - $156k/yr	2mo	View
LLNL	LLNLMesoscale Modeling – Postdoctoral Researcher OnsiteFull Time2mo	Livermore, California	----	2mo	View
Anthropic	AnthropicPolicy Design Manager, Age-Appropriate Design HybridFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2mo	San Francisco or New York City	$245k - $285k/yr	2mo	View
LLNL	LLNLDislocation Analysis Computational Materials Science – Postdoctoral Researcher OnsiteFull Time2mo	Livermore, California	$123k/yr	2mo	View
Adobe	AdobeDirector of Research & Strategy, Adobe Express RemoteFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$170k - $323k/yr	2mo	View
Amat	AmatPhysicist/Scientist Machine Learning OnsiteFull Time2mo	Santa Clara, California	$138k - $190k/yr	2mo	View
Electronic Arts	Electronic ArtsConsumer Insights Director HybridFull Time2mo	Los Angeles, California	$183k - $276k/yr	2mo	View
Novartis	NovartisSenior Principal Scientist/Associate Director PK Sciences (DUAL LEVEL POSTING) HybridFull Time2mo	Cambridge or San Diego	$139k - $270k/yr	2mo	View
Novartis	NovartisPrincipal Scientist I or II, PK Sciences Therapeutic Areas (DUAL LEVEL POSTING) HybridFull Time2mo	Cambridge or San Diego	$109k - $222k/yr	2mo	View
BlackRock	BlackRockAssociate, Quantitative Research HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco or Sausalito	$133k - $162k/yr	2mo	View
Nvidia	NvidiaDirector of Engineering, End to End Autonomous Driving OnsiteFull Time2mo	Santa Clara, California	$320k - $489k/yr	2mo	View
Tempus	TempusStaff AI Scientist - AI Products / Life Sciences RemoteFull Time2mo	Chicago or Redwood City or New York City	$200k - $260k/yr	2mo	View
Asana	AsanaHead of R&D Operations HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$269k - $316k/yr	2mo	View
Mercor	MercorResearch Engineer – Benchmarking, Evals & Failure Analysis OnsiteFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$130k - $500k/yr	2mo	View
LLNL	LLNLDesign Physics Division - Postdoctoral Researcher HybridFull Time2mo	Livermore, California	$136k/yr	2mo	View
Chapman University	Chapman UniversityStudent Research Assistant OnsitePart Time2mo	Orange, California	$35k/yr	2mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIMachine Learning Engineer, Integrity OnsiteFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	----	2mo	View
Iqvia	IqviaCRA 1, IQVIA Biotech OnsiteFull Time2mo	Durham or San Francisco or Cleveland or Tampa or Columbus or Collegeville or Marietta or Chicago or Henderson or Overland Park or Kansas City or New York City or Elizabethton or Ithaca or Las Vegas or Houston or Lexington or Rockville or Pleasant View or Dallas or Philadelphia or Boston or Fairfax or Salt Lake City or San Antonio or Rosemont or Fort Worth or Indianapolis or Bloomington or Franklin or Austin or Carlsbad	$72k - $120k/yr	2mo	View
Iqvia	IqviaSr. CRA 1, Oncology, IQVIA Biotech OnsiteFull Time2mo	Durham or San Francisco or Austin or Tampa or St Louis or Jefferson City or Collegeville or Chicago or Overland Park or Cleveland or New York or Ithaca or Houston or Lexington or Dallas or Philadelphia or South Bend or Las Vegas or Indianapolis or Boston or Salt Lake City or San Antonio or Rosemont or Franklin or Carlsbad or Orchard Park	$87k - $169k/yr	2mo	View
chapman	chapmanStudent Research Assistant OnsitePart Time2mo	Orange, California	$40k/yr	2mo	View
Superhuman	SuperhumanStaff User Researcher HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$240k - $300k/yr	2mo	View
Danaher	DanaherField Applications Scientist- Microscope and Digital Imaging RemoteFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$80k - $85k/yr	2mo	View
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratorySr Energy Researcher (Eng/Env Policy Researcher IV) HybridFull Time2mo	Berkeley, California	$168k - $253k/yr	2mo	View
Nvidia	NvidiaPrincipal Perception Engineer, Obstacle Foundation Models - Autonomous Vehicles OnsiteFull Time2mo	Santa Clara, California	$272k - $431k/yr	2mo	View
Nvidia	NvidiaDirector, Perception - Autonomous Vehicles OnsiteFull Time2mo	Santa Clara, California	$320k - $489k/yr	2mo	View
Precision Castparts	Precision Castparts1st Shift Lab Tech Level 1 OnsiteFull Time2mo	North Hollywood, California	----	2mo	View
Edison Scientific	Edison ScientificApplied AI Engineer OnsiteFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$160k - $280k/yr	2mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearch Engineer/Scientist - Human Alignment, Consumer Devices HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$380k - $445k/yr	2mo	View
Anthropic	AnthropicTransformative AI Research Economist, Economic Research OnsiteFull TimeVisa Sponsorship2mo	San Francisco, California	$300k - $405k/yr	2mo	View
Anthropic	AnthropicAnalyst, The Anthropic Institute HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$295k - $345k/yr	2mo	View
First Solar	First SolarDevelopment Engineer I OnsiteFull Time2mo	Santa Clara, California	$89k - $127k/yr	2mo	View
OpenAI	OpenAIResearcher, Loss of Control OnsiteFull Time2mo	San Francisco, California	$295k - $445k/yr	2mo	View
Adobe	AdobeStaff Quantitative UX Researcher, Frame.io HybridFull Time2mo	San Francisco or San Jose or New York or North America	$140k - $266k/yr	2mo	View
Sonyglobal	SonyglobalIntern, Advanced Computer Graphics Research OnsiteInternship, Full Time3mo	Culver City, California	$104k/yr	3mo	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftResearch Intern - Applied Speech Research OnsiteInternship4mo	Berkeley or Burlington	$81k - $159k/yr	4mo	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftResearch Intern - AI Network Observability OnsiteInternship6mo	Mountain View or Redmond	$81k - $159k/yr	6mo	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftResearch Intern - AI Systems & Architecture OnsiteInternship6mo	Mountain View or Redmond	$81k - $159k/yr	6mo	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftResearch Intern - Training Methods for LLM Efficiency OnsiteInternship6mo	Mountain View, California	$81k - $159k/yr	6mo	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftResearch Intern - AI Hardware OnsiteInternship6mo	Redmond or Vancouver	$67k - $132k/yr	6mo	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftResearch Intern - Artificial Intelligence OnsiteInternship6mo	Redmond or Vancouver	$66k - $128k/yr	6mo	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftResearch Intern - Gray Systems Lab (GSL) OnsiteInternship6mo	Redmond or Mountain View or Madison	$81k - $159k/yr	6mo	View
Roblox	Roblox[Summer 2026] Applied Scientist - Intern OnsiteInternship, Full Time7mo	San Mateo, California	$150k/yr	7mo	View
Adobe	Adobe2026 University Graduate - Research Scientist/Engineer OnsiteFull Time8mo	San Jose, California	$121k - $229k/yr	8mo	View
Adobe	Adobe2026 AI/ML Intern - Machine Learning Engineer Intern HybridFull Time8mo	San Jose or San Francisco or Seattle	$94k - $127k/yr	8mo	View

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

556 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.