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23 research development chemist jobs at 18 companies in San Francisco, CA

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Chemist I/II - Environmental Services Department
San Jose, California, United States
$108k-$144k/yr OnsiteFull Time
City of San José
City of San José: Provides governance, public safety, and infrastructure for San José.
1+ YOEBachelor’s degree in chemistry, environmental chemistry, or related science; 1 year laboratory experience for Chemist I or 3 years water/wastewater laboratory experience for Chemist II; California driver’s license required.
Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft SharePoint, Power Automate, Gas Chromatography (GC), Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), Flow Injection Analysis (FIA), Ion Chromatography (IC), Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy (UV-VIS), Total Organic Carbon (TOC), Total Nitrogen (TN)
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Senior Chemist
Oakland, California, United States
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ReSource Chemical
ReSource Chemical: Produces bio-based monomers from carbon dioxide and biomass.
2+ YOEPhD in chemistry or a related field, over 2 years of industry experience, chemical process scale-up experience preferred, and strong analytical, documentation, project management, collaboration, and leadership skills.
FDCA, PTA, PET, CO2
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Principal Chemist
Petaluma, California, United States
$131k-$197k/yr OnsiteFull Time
LGC Group
LGC Group: Global life sciences measurement tools and laboratory services provider.
15+ YOEPhD in relevant chemistry field, 15+ years industry experience in oligonucleotide synthesis, expertise in solid-phase synthesis and analytical characterization (LC-MS, HPLC, CE, UV-Vis), project leadership, tech transfer, and mentoring.
LC-MS, HPLC, CE, UV-Vis
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Analytical Chemist
Fremont, California, United States
$38-$50/hr OnsiteFull Time
Oryx Advanced Materials
Oryx Advanced Materials: Manufacturer of high-performance materials for thin film deposition applications.
3+ YOEBachelor's degree in Chemistry, Materials Science, or related field; 3–7 years analytical laboratory experience; ICP-OES, LECO, CoA traceability, ISO 9001, record-keeping, and database management experience.
ICP-OES, LECO, DSC, ISO 9001
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Polymer Chemist/Plating Expert
Santa Clara, California, United States
$161k-$221k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Applied Materials
Applied MaterialsNASDAQ: AMAT: Produces equipment and services for chip and display manufacturing.
Expertise in electroplating and polymer chemistry, process development, troubleshooting, data analysis, mentoring, and transferring chemical processes to production.
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Chemist/Polymer Scientist (Ph.D.)
Menlo Park, California, United States
$140k-$162k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Exponent
ExponentNASDAQ: EXPO: Provides multidisciplinary scientific and engineering consulting for complex problems.
Ph.D. in chemistry/polymer/materials science, strong materials characterization and testing experience, knowledge of polymer properties and standards, excellent communication, ability to work on interdisciplinary teams and develop business.
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Analytical Chemist - Instrumentation & Systems
San Francisco, California, United States
$85k-$100k/yr FieldFull Time
Mariana Minerals
Mariana Minerals: Building software-first infrastructure to produce and refine critical minerals.
Bachelor's in chemistry or related, hands-on experience with ICP-OES/ICP-MS/Atomic Absorption preferred, mechanical aptitude, strong troubleshooting and communication skills, ability to travel up to 75%.
ICP-OES, ICP-MS, Atomic Absorption, multimeters, voltmeters
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Scientist II, Bioconjugation Chemist
San Rafael, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
BioMarin
BioMarinNASDAQ: BMRN: Develops and commercializes therapies for rare genetic diseases.
3+ YOEPhD in chemistry/biochemistry, 3–5+ years postdoctoral or industry experience in bioconjugation and organic synthesis, expertise with analytical characterization methods, strong communication and organizational skills.
HPLC, LC-MS, SDS-PAGE
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Production Chemist I - Temporary Non-Employee
Hercules, California, United States
$37/hr OnsiteFull Time, Temporary
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Bio-Rad LaboratoriesNYSE: BIO: Global provider of life science and clinical diagnostic products.
0+ YOEBachelor's degree in life science or related field; 0–3 years in manufacturing, with formulation experience preferred. Requires quality systems, cGMP, buffer preparation, equipment operation, math, problem-solving, and computer skills.
Standard Operating Procedures, Production Procedures, SAP, Excel, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP)
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Production Chemist I - Temporary Non-Employee
Hercules, California, United States
$37/hr OnsiteTemporary
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Bio-Rad LaboratoriesNYSE: BIO: Develops and manufactures products for life science research and diagnostics.
0+ YOEBachelor’s degree in life science or related field; 0–3 years in manufacturing biological or life science products. Requires math, problem-solving, Excel, computer skills, and quality-focused teamwork.
SAP, Microsoft Excel, Standard Operating Procedures, Production Procedures, GDP, GMP, current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), OSHA
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Computational Chemist (Machine Learning) I / II
Berkeley, California, United States
$165k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Aralez Bio
Aralez Bio: Produces noncanonical amino acids for drug development through biocatalysis.
2+ YOEPh.D. or Master’s in computational chemistry/chemoinformatics,2+ years post-grad experience,expertise in ML for molecular property prediction,chemoinformatics (RDKit),Python,data pipelines,SQL,strong communication with lab scientists.
RDKit, REINVENT, Python, numpy, pandas, scipy, SQL
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Project Chemist/Data Validator
Denver or Boise or Boston or Burlington or Cleveland or Costa Mesa or Dayton or Detroit or Greenville or Hartford or Kansas City or Manchester or Parsippany or Oakland or Phoenix or Portland or Rochester or San Diego or San Jose or Tucson or Walnut Creek or Richmond or New York City or Seattle or Vancouver or Spokane or Honolulu or Maui or Portland or Grand Rapids or Missoula or Cincinnati or Annapolis or Helena or Elko or Bethlehem or Butte or Raleigh or Holicong or Princeton or Washington or Charlotte or White Plains or Cherry Hill
$65k-$85k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Haley & Aldrich
Haley & Aldrich: Provides environmental and geotechnical engineering consulting services.
4+ YOEBachelor's degree in chemistry, environmental science, geology, mathematics, statistics, or related field; 4+ years of environmental data validation experience; EQuIS and laboratory information systems proficiency.
Laboratory Information Management systems, EQuIS, National Functional Guidelines
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Scientist/Sr. Scientist, Computational Chemistry
San Francisco, California, United States
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General Proximity
General Proximity: Develops proximity-based medicines to treat undruggable disease proteins.
3+ YOEPhD-preferred computational chemist with 3+ years in pharma/biotech, hands-on SBDD and ligand-based design, experience with cheminformatics, AI/ML molecular design, Python and RDKit, and cross-functional collaboration.
Schrödinger, MOE, CCDC tools, ChemAxon, KNIME, Pipeline Pilot, RDKit, DataWarrior, Spotfire, AlphaFold, Python
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Scientist, Electrolyte Chemistry
Hayward, California, United States
$130k-$175k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Voya Energy
Voya Energy: Commercializing metal-based fuel systems for clean off-grid electricity.
Proven ability to invent and advance novel chemistries, experience developing electrolytes for electrochemical systems, and ability to work in a fast-paced R&D startup.
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Associate Director/Director, Medicinal Chemistry
San Francisco, California, United States
$160k-$240k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Rezo Therapeutics
Rezo Therapeutics: Developing a network biology platform for therapeutic drug discovery
7+ YOEPhD in chemistry (or BS with extensive experience) with 7+ years industrial medicinal chemistry experience, deep SBDD and ADME expertise, program leadership and external team management, strong communication and mentorship skills.
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Scientist II/Senior Scientist, Computational Chemistry, Drug Discovery
Cambridge or London or San Francisco
$141k-$218k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Lila Sciences
Lila Sciences: Develops an AI platform for autonomous scientific research and discovery.
PhD or equivalent experience in computational chemistry or related field; practical drug-discovery computational chemistry experience; protein-ligand modeling; fluency in Python and computational chemistry libraries; strong collaboration and communication skills.
Python, RDKit, Biopython, OpenMM, MDAnalysis
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Scientist 1, Small Molecule, Process Chemistry (Temporary)
South San Francisco, California, United States
$75-$95/hr RemoteContract, Part Time
Aligos Therapeutics
Aligos TherapeuticsNASDAQ: ALGS: Clinical-stage biotechnology developing treatments for liver and viral diseases.
8+ YOEAdvanced degree in synthetic organic chemistry, 8+ years small-molecule process chemistry, strong GMP/regulatory knowledge, data analysis and technical writing, Microsoft Word/Excel and Adobe Acrobat proficiency.
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat
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Clinical Chemistry Scientist
Contra Costa County or Sacramento
$7k-$10k/mo OnsiteFull Time
State Controller's Office
State Controller's Office: California's fiscal controller managing state financial operations and assets.
Valid California Clinical Chemist, Clinical Laboratory Scientist Generalist, or Clinical Genetic Molecular Biologist Scientist license; scientific research experience and relevant academic background required.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)
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Machine Learning Scientist - Small Molecule Drug Design
Basel or Welwyn or San Francisco
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Roche
RocheSIX Swiss Exchange: ROG: Develops and manufactures pharmaceutical medicines and diagnostic solutions.
PhD or equivalent required; deep ML expertise (GNNs, sequence models, RL), structure-driven modelling experience, fluent in Python, RDKit, OpenEye, PyTorch/JAX, publication record, collaborative with chemists/structural biologists.
Python, RDKit, OpenEye, PyTorch, JAX, GitHub, GitLab
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