14 ml research engineer jobs at 10 companies in Poway, CA

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Founding Machine Learning / AI Search Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$160k-$310k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Build the ML and AI search behind HiringCafe — ranking, recommenders, retrieval, and LLM agents that surface jobs people would never find on their own.
Python, PyTorch, Elasticsearch, LLMs
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Senior AI Research Quantization Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$141k-$211k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Qualcomm
QualcommNASDAQ: QCOM: Designs and manufactures semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products.
1+ YOEDegree in CS/Engineering/Information Systems (BS/MS/PhD) with 1+ years ML or related experience (varies by degree). Experience in quantization, efficient inference, model compression; Python and PyTorch proficiency; strong communication and critical thinking.
Python, PyTorch, AI Model Efficiency Toolkit (AIMET)
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Video Research Engineer (Multiple Levels)
San Diego or Hsinchu or United States or Germany or Taiwan
$179k-$268k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Qualcomm
QualcommNASDAQ: QCOM: Designs and manufactures semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products.
4+ YOEAdvanced degree in EE/CS/Math/Physics; 4+ years experience (varies by degree). Expertise in video/image coding (HEVC, VVC), ML methods, C/C++, MATLAB, PyTorch/TensorFlow, publications or patents preferred.
C, C++, MATLAB, PyTorch, TensorFlow
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ML Engineer - Evaluation Analysis, Metric and Data Strategy
Culver City or Cupertino or San Diego or Seattle
HybridFull Time
Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
5+ YOE5+ years in applied science or evaluation research; strong statistics; production user data experience; Python or R; metrics frameworks design.
Python, pandas, scipy, scikit-learn, R
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Senior Autonomy Engineer
San Diego, California, United States
$152k-$183k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Brain Corp
Brain Corp: Develops AI software for commercial autonomous mobile robots.
5+ YOESenior level autonomy/ML engineer with 5+ years of experience; strong Python/C++ in Linux; ROS2 experience; proven ability to deploy research to production.
PyTorch, JAX, ROS 2, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, Gazebo, TensorRT, ONNX, CUDA
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Staff Research Scientist - Tokamak Expermntl Science
San Diego or Princeton
$111k-$178k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Princeton University
Princeton University: A private Ivy League research university.
3+ YOEPhD in plasma physics/nuclear engineering, 3+ years post-PhD experience, strong analytical and English communication skills, experience with real-time diagnostics, control and computing, and AI/ML for real-time applications.
Plasma Control System (PCS), AI/ML
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Machine Learning Compiler Engineer
New York City or Austin or San Diego or Raleigh
$201k-$301k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Qualcomm
QualcommNASDAQ: QCOM: Designs and manufactures semiconductors and wireless telecommunications products.
6+ YOEExperience in compiler development, computer architecture, machine learning, and software engineering; degree in CS/math/engineering; strong communication and research skills; experience with ML compiler tools and generative AI workflows.
MLIR, LinAlg, Affine, PyTorch 2.0, TVM, Triton, LLVM, Hexagon-MLIR, Hexagon Neural Signal Processor, Adreno GPUs
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer
Santa Barbara or San Diego or San Francisco or Denver
$200k-$250k/yr RemoteFull Time
AppFolio
AppFolioNASDAQ: APPF: Provides cloud-based property and investment management software.
Production ML infra on AWS; ML tooling; cost discipline; collaboration with ML researchers and engineers.
Python, Docker, CI/CD, AWS, ECS, SageMaker, GPUs, LangChain, LangGraph, TensorRT, Triton
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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Technical Lead
Boston or Encinitas
$195k-$263k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Paperless Parts
Paperless Parts: Cloud-based quoting software for custom part manufacturers.
8+ YOE8+ years in R&D/ML roles, technical degree in CS or applied math required, experience with ML lifecycle and MLOps (e.g., AWS SageMaker), strong communication and mentorship skills; US citizenship or green card required.
AWS SageMaker
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Scientist, Computational Chemist & MLOps Engineer
Madison or Pasadena or San Diego or Verona
$100k-$125k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals
Arrowhead PharmaceuticalsNASDAQ: ARWR: Develops RNAi medicines to treat genetic and intractable diseases.
Bachelor's or Master's in a related field; strong Python, Linux, and Git skills; foundational statistics and ML knowledge; experience with biological/omics datasets, reproducible workflows, and scientific software; PhD preferred for senior levels.
Python, Linux, Git, HPC
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Location Estimation Scientist, Sensing & Connectivity
San Diego, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Strong background in signal processing, ML, software engineering; advanced degree or equivalent experience; production systems experience.
Python, Java, Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Data Infrastructure
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Translational Post Doctoral Researcher - Agentic AI for Neurodegeneration
Titusville or Cambridge or Raritan or Spring House or San Diego
$79k-$128k/yr HybridFull Time, Contract
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & JohnsonNYSE: JNJ: Provides pharmaceutical products and medical technology healthcare solutions.
PhD (recent) in neuroscience or related field, deep neurodegeneration knowledge, multi-modal data experience, familiarity with agentic AI and LLM orchestration, proficiency in Python and ML/data engineering.
LangGraph, DSPy, Python, Neo4j, Neptune, AWS, Azure
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Translational Post Doctoral Researcher - Agentic AI for Neurodegeneration
Titusville or Raritan or Spring House or San Diego or Cambridge
$79k-$128k/yr HybridFull Time, Contract
Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & JohnsonNYSE: JNJ: Develops and manufactures pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices.
PhD (recent) in neuroscience or related field; deep neurodegeneration knowledge; hands-on experience with ≥2 modalities (imaging, pathology, omics, clinical); familiarity with agentic AI/LLMs; proficiency in Python and ML/data engineering; strong communication.
LangGraph, DSPy, Python, Neo4j, Neptune, AWS, Azure
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Principal Scientist, Early Pipeline Development
La Jolla, California, United States
$109k-$222k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Novartis
NovartisNew York Stock Exchange: NVS: Develops and manufactures innovative prescription medicines for patients.
3+ YOEPhD in bioprocessing/biochemical engineering/gene therapy,3+ years process development experience,people management,downstream purification expertise,AKTA experience,and strong communication and problem-solving skills.
AKTA purification systems, electronic lab notebook, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning (ML)
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Machine Learning Scientist - Physics-Informed
San Diego, California, United States
$135k-$203k/yr OnsiteFull Time
ASML
ASMLNASDAQ: ASML: Manufactures lithography systems used to print patterns on wafers.
3+ YOEPhD (3+ yrs) or Master's (6+ yrs) in math/physics/engineering; extensive experience in physics-informed ML, model integration, data pipelines, optimization and deep learning; strong Python and software skills.
Python, PyTorch, JAX, C/C++, MATLAB, MLflow, Apache Spark, Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Google Distributed Cloud Edge (GDCE), Microsoft Azure Databricks