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Berkeley or London or United States
$141k-$930k/yr HybridFull Time
Resolution
Resolution: Conducts research on aligning artificial superintelligence with human intent.
Graduate degree (bachelor's required; PhD or equivalent preferred) in a relevant field, track record of research and technical writing, strong mathematical background, experience with empirical or theoretical research, willingness to use AI tools.
Slack
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Research Scientist, Applied Science
Palo Alto or Paris or Abu Dhabi
$175k-$270k/yr OnsiteFull Time
GenBio AI
GenBio AI: Developing AI foundation models to simulate and program biology.
PhD (or equivalent) in CS/AI/Computational Biology, proven publication record, experience translating ML research to biology, computational discovery experience, collaboration with experimental scientists, and software engineering best practices.
AlphaFold2, AlphaFold3, RosettaFold
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Research Scientist
San Jose or Santa Barbara
$150k-$350k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Alpha Design AI
Alpha Design AI: AI-native EDA platform for semiconductor design and verification.
Degree in CS/ML/EE or equivalent research experience; deep expertise in large language models, deep learning and AI agent architectures; experience with large-scale model training and productionizing research; strong Python and ML framework skills.
PyTorch, JAX, Python, Electronic Design Automation (EDA), RTL, LLMs
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Research Scientist
San Francisco or Palo Alto
$150k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Parallel
Parallel: Build web infrastructure and search APIs for AI agents.
Deep intuition on modern models and training; expertise in transformer, search, and recommendation model interactions; focus on applied research that can be productized at scale.
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Research Scientist
Los Angeles, California, United States
$117k-$135k/yr OnsiteFull Time
University of Southern California
University of Southern California: Private research university providing higher education and healthcare services.
5+ YOEPhD and 5 years of related research experience required, with advanced quantitative and qualitative skills, publishing experience, project management, and supervisory experience.
LLM
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Research Scientist
Redwood City, California, United States
$115k-$130k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Galvanize Therapeutics
Galvanize Therapeutics: Developer of pulsed electric field energy medical devices.
4+ YOEAdvanced degree in biological sciences or biomedical engineering, 4+ years of research experience, and expertise in in vitro/in vivo evaluation, imaging, ELISA, fluorescent microscopy, and flow cytometry.
ELISA, fluorescent microscopy, flow cytometry, Pulsed Electric Field Systems
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Research Scientist
Berkeley, California, United States
$202k-$429k/yr HybridFull Time
Eleos AI Research
Eleos AI Research: Nonprofit research organization studying AI consciousness and moral status.
Design and run empirical ML research on AI well-being; strong publication record; experimental design and engineering skills; familiarity with AI welfare/safety; PhD preferred.
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Research Scientist
Sacramento County, California, United States
$7k-$10k/mo HybridFull Time, Temporary
State Controller's Office
State Controller's Office: California's fiscal controller managing state financial operations and assets.
Research experience with molecular techniques, bacteriology, virology, data analysis, and database management; ability to lead scientific projects, lift 25 pounds, walk uneven terrain, and operate state vehicles.
Polymerase chain reaction
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Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Engram
Engram: Developing persistent memory layers for enterprise AI systems.
Deep ML background with research track record; expertise in continual learning, memory architectures, parameter-efficient fine-tuning, retrieval, synthetic data, or agents; strong systems understanding and technical communication.
LoRA, prefix tuning, state-space methods, LLM, KV cache, RL
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Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
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Tabula Bio
Tabula Bio: An AI-first therapeutics using physics-based modeling and experimental data to design bacteriophage therapies.
Ph.D. in physics or related (or equivalent research experience); strong numerical methods, large-scale simulation, PDE modeling, statistical mechanics, optimization, HPC; fluency in Python; PyTorch familiarity a plus; collaborative with wet lab.
Python, PyTorch, High-performance computing
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Research Scientist II
San Diego, California, United States
$34/hr OnsitePart Time, Contract
San Diego State University Research Foundation
San Diego State University Research Foundation: Administers research grants and programs for San Diego State University.
2+ YOEDoctoral or equivalent degree and at least two years of postdoctoral research. Requires independent complex research experience and California residency within commuting distance of SDSU.
NMR, GC-MS, LC-MS, UV-Vis spectroscopy
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Research Scientist, Google Research
Mountain View, California, United States
$174k-$252k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Google
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL: Provides online search, advertising, cloud computing, and consumer electronics.
2+ YOEPhD in computer science or related field, 2 years leading a research agenda, core ML model development, LLM training and generative models, publications, and 2 years coding experience preferred.
LLM, Gemini, CVPR, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR
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Research Scientist, Quantitative Growth Research
Menlo Park or New York City or San Francisco
$147k-$208k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Meta
MetaNASDAQ: META: Develops social networking platforms and virtual reality technologies.
PhD in a quantitative field, quantitative research and causal inference experience, statistical modeling expertise, programming with Python, R, or SQL, and experience delivering independent research projects.
Python, R, SQL
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Manager, Research Scientist
San Francisco or New York City
$290k-$363k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Scale AI
Scale AI: Provides data and infrastructure for training artificial intelligence models.
5+ YOE5+ years research experience (PhD preferred) in ML/DL/generative models/agents/RL, track record of top-tier publications, experience leading research teams, excellent written and verbal communication.
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Senior Research Scientist
Orange, California, United States
$85k-$90k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Chapman University
Chapman University: A private university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
1+ YOEPh.D. in philosophy/psychology/neuroscience, 1+ year postdoctoral research, 5+ peer-reviewed publications, proficiency with MATLAB/JASP/R, EEG experience, strong writing and presentation skills.
MATLAB, JASP, R, EEG
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Staff Research Scientist
Foster City, California, United States
$169k-$271k/yr HybridFull Time
Visa
VisaNYSE: V: Global payment technology facilitating electronic funds transfers.
PhD in a quantitative field, extensive experience in ML/deep learning and generative models, strong publication record, and software engineering skills (Python); ability to lead research and collaborate cross-functionally.
Python
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Research Scientist
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Pantograph
Pantograph: Building generally intelligent, affordable robots using internet-scale video training.
Experience with large-scale pretraining, self-supervised or goal-conditioned RL, robotics or video sequence modeling, and training models on large GPU clusters; strong scientific rigor.
JAX, Kubernetes
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Research Scientist
Pasadena or United States
$100k-$135k/yr RemoteFull Time
Carbon Mapper
Carbon Mapper: Detects and quantifies greenhouse gas emissions using satellite technology.
Graduate degree in physical/environmental/earth/applied sciences, experience with methane emission sectors and remote sensing, ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.
Git
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Research Scientist
Thousand Oaks, California, United States
$91k-$121k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Teledyne Technologies
Teledyne TechnologiesNYSE: TDY: Manufactures sensors, cameras, and electronics for aerospace and defense.
M.S. or Ph.D. in engineering or physics, 0–5 years relevant experience, strong heat transfer and fluid dynamics background, hands-on experimental lab experience, data analysis skills, familiarity with ANSYS Fluent/Icepak/Workbench, US citizenship required.
ANSYS Fluent, Icepak, Workbench
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Research Scientist
Palo Alto, California, United States
$120k-$140k/yr OnsiteFull Time
LVIS
LVIS: AI software for diagnosing and treating neurological brain disorders.
5+ YOEPhD in EE/CS/Math/Physics/Statistics,5+ years time-series and signal processing experience,proficient in Python with PyTorch/SciPy/Numpy,ML/DL expertise,algorithm development and strong communication.
Python, PyTorch, SciPy, Numpy
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