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

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

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All4,898 Engineering669 Sales345 Project and Program Management653 Software Development545 Information Technology410 Finance and Accounting225 Healthcare Services - Allied Health18 Education services30 Product Management283 Data and Analytics181 Supply Chain / Logistics / Procurement104 Legal and Compliance186 Customer Service36 Business Operations128 Research and Development (R&D)132 Healthcare Services - Nursing9 Marketing158 Human Resources104 Communications and Public Affairs131 Food and Beverage Services7 Protective Services32 Skilled Trades - Manufacturing and Industrial20 Business Development119 Administrative & Clerical Support34 Healthcare Services - Advanced Practice83 Skilled Trades - Maintenance and Repair13 Social Services13 Design73 Environment, Health, and Safety42 Skilled Trades - Mechanical and Electrical16 Transportation Services7 Skilled Trades - Construction13 Custodial Services0 Quality Assurance20 Consulting Services20 Skilled Trades - General Labor3 Healthcare Services - Pharmacy3 Creative and Art Services8 Healthcare Services - Veterinary6 Finance11 Legal1 Media and Communications1 Government Agencies and Departments1 Retail and Wholesale0 Research and Development0 Program Management1 Manufacturing0 Public Service0 Management1 Customer Success1 Product1 Program and Project Management0 Software Engineering1 Skilled Trades - Construction Maintenance0 Community and Social Services0 Agriculture0

Company	Job	Location	Salary	Posted
Microsoft	MicrosoftPrincipal Applied Scientist HybridFull Timeyesterday	Redmond, Washington	$143k - $275k/yr	yesterday	View
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPost Doctorate RA - Isotope Geochemist/Mass Spectrometrist HybridFull Time, Temporaryyesterday	Richland, Washington	$69k - $119k/yr	yesterday	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCResearch Lead, AWS Economic Development OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Arlington or Seattle	$139k - $187k/yr	yesterday	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCSenior Applied Scientist, Catalog System Services Science OnsiteFull Timeyesterday	Seattle, Washington	$167k - $226k/yr	yesterday	View
Pae	PaeIntelligence Analyst - Senior OnsiteFull Time2d	Washington, District of Columbia	$120k - $160k/yr	2d	View
Pae	PaeCounterintelligence Specialist - Senior OnsiteFull Time2d	Washington, District of Columbia	$120k - $160k/yr	2d	View
Customs and Border Protection	Customs and Border ProtectionEconomist OnsiteFull Time2d	Washington, District of Columbia	$144k - $187k/yr	2d	View
State of Washington, WA	State of Washington, WAInvasive Freshwater Mussel Monitoring Lead - Fish & Wildlife Biologist 4 - Permanent - 2026-05919 OnsiteFull Time4d	Ridgefield, Washington	$71k - $96k/yr	4d	View
State of Washington, WA	State of Washington, WACultural Resources Policy & Consultation Specialist - Environmental Planner 4 - Permanent-2026-05802 HybridFull Time4d	Olympia, Washington	$77k - $103k/yr	4d	View
Meta	MetaRobotic Controls Researcher OnsiteFull Time4d	Redmond, Washington	$122k - $181k/yr	4d	View
Amazon.com LLC	Amazon.com LLCPrincipal Applied Scientist, Alexa International Tech OnsiteFull Time4d	Bellevue, Washington	$199k - $269k/yr	4d	View
Vrtx	VrtxExecutive Director, Regulatory Strategy, Cell & Gene Therapy HybridFull Time5d	Boston or Washington or Cambridge or London	$268k - $402k/yr	5d	View
Meta	MetaResearch Scientist, Optical Systems OnsiteFull Time5d	Redmond or Pasadena	$122k - $181k/yr	5d	View
MTSI	MTSIIntelligence Analyst – All Source OnsiteFull Time5d	Washington, District of Columbia	$180k - $220k/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
Google	GoogleNovel AI Lead Methodologist OnsiteFull Time5d	Washington D.C. or Atlanta or Austin or Kirkland or Seattle	$171k - $248k/yr	5d	View
Amazon Web Services, Inc.	Amazon Web Services, Inc.Senior Applied Scientist - Predictive Scoring, AWS Marketing Science OnsiteFull Time5d	Austin or Seattle or Arlington or New York	$167k - $226k/yr	5d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCManager, Research Science, Special Projects OnsiteFull Time5d	Seattle, Washington	$175k - $237k/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
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCSr Applied Scientist, Support Agent Intelligence and Evaluation OnsiteFull Time6d	Seattle, Washington	$167k - $226k/yr	6d	View
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.	Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.Sr Applied Scientist, Responsible AI OnsiteFull Time6d	Seattle, Washington	$167k - $226k/yr	6d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCApplied Scientist, Special Projects OnsiteFull Time6d	Seattle, Washington	$136k - $184k/yr	6d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCApplied Scientist, AWS Science of Security OnsiteFull Time6d	Seattle or Arlington or New York	$143k - $223k/yr	6d	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCSenior Applied Scientist, AWS Science of Security OnsiteFull Time6d	Seattle or Arlington or New York or Portland	$167k - $249k/yr	6d	View
Meta	MetaResearch Acoustic Systems Engineer OnsiteFull Time1w	Redmond, Washington	$173k - $245k/yr	1w	View
Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & Apps	Microsoft – AI, Cloud, Productivity, Computing, Gaming & AppsPrincipal Applied Scientist (200031304) OnsiteFull Time1w	Redmond, Washington	----	1w	View
State of Washington	State of WashingtonIncome Tax Analysis Coordinator (TPS4) HybridFull Time1w	Tumwater, Washington	$89k - $119k/yr	1w	View
Amazon.com Services LLC	Amazon.com Services LLCPrincipal Applied Scientist, Personalization OnsiteFull Time1w	Seattle, Washington	----	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
Novartis	NovartisAD, Precision Medicine Liaison (Southeast) Full Time1w	Atlanta or Miami or Washington or Florida or Georgia or Maryland or Virginia or North Carolina or South Carolina or Alabama or Mississippi or Tennessee or Kentucky or Indiana	$146k - $270k/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
Microsoft	MicrosoftSr. Security Delivery Expert HybridFull Time1w	Redmond or Reston or Palo Alto	$120k - $235k/yr	1w	View
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPost Doctorate RA - Mass Spectrometry OnsiteFull Time, Temporary1w	Richland, Washington	$69k - $119k/yr	1w	View
University of Washington	University of WashingtonPostdoctoral Scholar - Evans School Policy Analysis and Research Group (EPAR) OnsiteFull Time1w	Seattle, Washington	$82k - $84k/yr	1w	View
Expedia	ExpediaSenior Machine Learning Scientist - Agentic Experience OnsiteFull Time1w	San Jose or Austin or Seattle	$173k - $262k/yr	1w	View
Anthropic	AnthropicSafeguards Enforcement Analyst, Radiological & Nuclear Harms HybridFull Time1w	United States or San Francisco or New York City or Washington	$245k - $285k/yr	1w	View
Sandia National Laboratories	Sandia National LaboratoriesCleared Experienced R&D Systems Research Analyst - Naval Reactor Safeguards, Part-Time, Onsite OnsitePart Time1w	Washington, District Of Columbia	$121k - $243k/yr	1w	View
Apple	AppleStaff Machine Learning Research Engineer, App Store Search OnsiteFull Time1w	Seattle, Washington	----	1w	View
Vrtx	VrtxMfg Operations Associate Director - Biologics, Drug Substance HybridFull Time1w	Seattle, Washington	$160k - $240k/yr	1w	View
Microsoft	MicrosoftPrincipal Security Researcher HybridFull Time1w	Redmond or San Francisco	$143k - $275k/yr	1w	View
UnitedHealth Group	UnitedHealth GroupSenior AI/ML Applied Scientist - Remote RemoteFull Time1w	----	$130k - $163k/yr	1w	View
Snapchat	SnapchatStaff Research Scientist, User Modeling and Personalization OnsiteFull Time1w	Bellevue, Washington	$229k - $343k/yr	1w	View
State of Washington	State of WashingtonClimate Change: Greenhouse Gas Inventory Unit Supervisor (Natural Resource Scientist 4) HybridFull Time1w	Lacey, Washington	$91k - $122k/yr	1w	View
Iqvia	IqviaManager, RHEMA HybridFull Time2w	Washington, District of Columbia	$96k - $239k/yr	2w	View
Nvidia	NvidiaSenior AI Security Researcher HybridFull Time2w	Durham or North Carolina or Texas or Virginia or Washington or California	$224k - $431k/yr	2w	View
Google	GoogleAgentic Safety and Ecosystem Architect, Trust and Safety OnsiteFull Time2w	Kirkland or Austin	$141k - $206k/yr	2w	View
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory	Pacific Northwest National LaboratoryPost Doctorate RA - Chemical Physics Theory - Molecular Electronic Structure OnsiteTemporary, Full Time2w	Richland, Washington	$69k - $119k/yr	2w	View
Vrtx	VrtxImmunology Senior Research Scientist - Flow Cytometry OnsiteFull Time2w	Seattle, Washington	$124k - $186k/yr	2w	View
Vrtx	VrtxImmunology Senior Research Scientist - Spatial Transcriptomics OnsiteFull Time2w	Seattle, Washington	$124k - $186k/yr	2w	View

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

132 open research and development (r&d) roles in Washington, pulled directly from company career pages and refreshed daily, newest first. Pick a role and apply with a resume tailored to it using ApplyBolt.