13 research program assistant jobs at 7 companies in Watsonville, CA

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Elephant Seal Program Assistant
Santa Cruz, California, United States
$27/hr OnsitePart Time
University of California
University of California: Operates public universities, research centers, and medical systems.
2+ YOEHigh school diploma or equivalent plus lab/field experience; ability to collect field data, operate in remote rugged conditions, valid California driver's license, pass background check, and work variable schedule including weekends.
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Principal Security Researcher (AI-Assisted Vulnerability Research)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$163k-$263k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Provides enterprise-grade network, cloud, and endpoint security software.
7+ YOEMaster's degree or equivalent, 7+ years in vulnerability or offensive security research, strong programming and systems knowledge, experience with fuzzing, reverse engineering, AI-assisted workflows, and producing high-impact security research artifacts.
LLMs, AI agents, Fuzzing, Static analysis, Dynamic analysis, Reverse engineering, Exploitability analysis, Security automation, Program analysis
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Sr Staff Security Researcher (AI-Assisted Vulnerability Research)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$140k-$226k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Provides enterprise-grade network, cloud, and endpoint security software.
5+ YOEMaster's in CS/Cybersecurity or equivalent, 5+ years vulnerability/security research, demonstrated original research outputs, expertise in reverse engineering, fuzzing, exploitability analysis, strong programming and communication skills.
LLMs, AI agents, fuzzing, static analysis, dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, program analysis, security automation
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Sr Principal Security Researcher (AI-Assisted Vulnerability Research)
Santa Clara, California, United States
$163k-$263k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto NetworksNASDAQ: PANW: Provides enterprise-grade network, cloud, and endpoint security software.
10+ YOEMaster's or equivalent experience, 10+ years in vulnerability/reverse engineering/fuzzing/security research, strong programming and OS/network knowledge, experience with LLMs/AI agents and security automation, strong written communication.
LLMs, AI agents, fuzzing, static analysis, dynamic analysis, program analysis, reverse engineering, GitHub
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Pharmacoepidemiology - Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor
Stanford, California, United States
$200k-$397k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Stanford University
Stanford University: Provides higher education, scientific research, and clinical healthcare.
Doctoral degree or MD/PharmD with epidemiology training; expertise in pharmacoepidemiology and large health-care datasets; record of research productivity and teaching; ability to develop independent externally funded research program.
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Curatorial Assistant, Asian American Art Initiative
Stanford, California, United States
$30-$39/hr HybridFull Time
Stanford University
Stanford University: Private research university providing academic education and medical services.
1+ YOEBachelor's degree (or equivalent) plus 1+ year relevant experience; strong research, writing, communication, and organizational skills; Microsoft Office proficiency; interest in modern, contemporary, and Asian American art.
Microsoft Office
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Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Santa Clara, California, United States
$105k-$117k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University: Private Jesuit university in Silicon Valley providing diverse education.
0.25+ YOETerminal degree (Ph.D. or foreign equivalent) with ≥3 months postdoctoral experience, demonstrated inclusive teaching and mentoring, and ability to establish externally funded undergraduate research program in biochemistry.
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Physical AI Distributed Systems Researcher
St. Louis or Denver or Sunnyvale
RemoteFull Time
Real-Time Innovations
Real-Time Innovations: Software framework provider for autonomous and distributed systems.
Ph.D. in CS, Robotics, EE or related; research expertise in distributed or physical autonomous systems; experimental thesis or real-world experience; strong programming and AI-assisted development skills; proposal writing and project leadership; U.S. Person required.
Connext
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Voice Assistant
Austin or San Jose
HybridFull Time
Roku
RokuNASDAQ: ROKU: Operates a TV streaming platform and sells streaming hardware.
5+ YOE5+ years applying ML/AI to NLU/ASR, experience with big data systems and production ML model deployment; strong CS and algorithm skills; programming in Java/Python/C++ preferred.
Spark, EMR, S3, Airflow, Java, Python, C++, transformer-based models, LLM, ASR, NLU
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Neural-Assisted Video Coding Intern (Sunnyvale, US)
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$55-$62/hr HybridFull Time, Internship
Dolby
DolbyNYSE: DLB: Develops and licenses audio and visual entertainment technologies.
Working toward a PhD in EE/CE (or recent graduate); expertise in video compression standards, deep learning, and image/video coding; strong Python/C/C++ programming and PyTorch experience; excellent communication and research skills.
Python, C, C++, PyTorch
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Neural-Assisted Video Coding Intern
Sunnyvale or San Francisco
$55-$62/hr HybridFull Time, Internship
Dolby Laboratories
Dolby LaboratoriesNYSE: DLB: Develops audio and video signal processing and compression technologies.
PhD student in EE/CE or recent graduate; experience with video compression (H.265/HEVC, H.266/VVC), deep learning, Python/C/C++ programming, PyTorch, strong research and communication skills; available full-time Mon–Fri for 6 months starting Sept 21, 2026.
Python, C, C++, PyTorch, H.265/HEVC, H.266/VVC
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Comparative Politics, Open Rank Faculty Position in Political Science
Stanford, California, United States
$144k-$373k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Stanford University
Stanford University: Provides higher education, scientific research, and clinical healthcare.
PhD (or enrolled for assistant rank); demonstrated world-class research program, excellence in teaching and mentoring, and evidence of impactful scholarship for tenured applicants.
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Open Field, Open Rank Faculty Position in Political Science
Stanford, California, United States
$144k-$373k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Stanford University
Stanford University: Provides higher education, scientific research, and clinical healthcare.
PhD (or enrolled with completion by appointment for assistant rank), demonstrated research program, excellence in teaching and mentoring, three references, teaching materials and application dossier as specified.