4,699 researcher jobs at 1,341 companies in Fairfax, CA
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Ando: Private software building work messaging for teams where AI agents collaborate as coworkers.
Applied research experience in model evaluation, benchmarking, or failure analysis; strong technical communication; work samples or code demonstrating evaluation or benchmarking skills.
MakerMaker: Private U.S. AI research building autonomous research agents for recursive self-improvement.
5+ YOE5+ years hands-on ML research; strong written communication; PyTorch/Jax; able to run experiments at scale; comfortable with ambiguity; published at NeurIPS/ICML/ICLR.
OpenAI: AI research and deployment focused on beneficial AGI.
Experienced researcher in multimodal models, with expertise in vision-language, multimodal evaluation, post-training interventions, and strong research and engineering judgment.
Origamics: Builds physics-informed AI models that generate fabrication-ready circuit boards for hardware engineers.
Deep experience applying ML to physical or engineering systems; experience with JAX, PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar; scientific computing expertise; research depth in ML, EE, or applied physics preferred.
Miso Labs: San Francis AI lab building foundation voice models for companies creating voice agents.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field, hands-on research and engineering on model training, experience with PyTorch and CUDA, ability to own long-term research outcomes.
Notion: Collaborative workspace for notes, projects, and AI tools.
3+ YOE3+ years UX research in industry; strong qualitative and quantitative research skills, AI fluency, systems thinking, data fluency, and excellent communication to translate insights into product decisions.
New York City or Livingston or Bellevue or Sunnyvale or San Francisco
$150k-$190k/yrHybridFull Time
CoreWeaveNasdaq: CRWV: Specialized cloud provider for large-scale AI and machine learning.
6+ YOE6–10+ years in executive search research, talent intelligence, or executive sourcing for VP+/C-level roles; strong primary research, AI sourcing, and automation experience; ability to deliver polished, executive-ready materials.
AI sourcing platforms, Talent intelligence platforms, Primary research tools, Automation tools, LinkedIn
Pi Security: Private cybersecurity startup providing an agentic product security platform that helps organizations detect, fix, and prevent vulnerabilities.
8+ YOE8+ years in security research or applied security engineering, startup/0→1 experience, research-to-product track record, strong programming (Python/Go/TypeScript), LLM fluency, experiment and benchmark design, and US or Israel work authorization.
Menlo Research: Applied R&D lab building open-source humanoid robots and robotics software for developers, engineers, and researchers.
Experience building and evaluating world models for multi-modal sensor data, strong self-supervised learning and data skills, ability to implement and ship research, PyTorch/JAX familiarity.
Beijing or Shanghai or Hong Kong or San Francisco or London
OnsiteFull Time, Contract
MiniMaxHKEX: 0100: Global AI developing multimodal foundation models and applications.
Senior domain expertise, deep integration of large models/ML methods, track record of end-to-end execution and industry impact; ability to publish and collaborate across research and product teams.
Tableau: -owned visual analytics software helping organizations see, understand, and act on data.
7+ YOE7+ years in UX, product design, or technology research, including 2+ years in a large matrixed organization; mixed-methods expertise, AI fluency, enterprise software familiarity, portfolio, and a relevant university degree required.
Security Level 5: Nonprofit developing AI security standards for frontier labs against nation-state threats.
Security research or standards experience; ability to read NIST, ICD 705, and vendor documentation, synthesize primary sources, and write clearly and precisely under editorial pressure.
Pittsburgh or Mountain View or San Francisco or Seattle
$223k-$396k/yrHybridFull Time
Aurora Innovation, Inc.NASDAQ: AUR: Self-driving technology developing hardware, software, and data services for autonomous trucking and passenger mobility.
PhD in AI, Computer Science, or Robotics; deep VLM/VLA expertise; production research experience; strong Python; modern C++ preferred; mentoring and supercomputing experience.
Vision-Language Models (VLM), Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, Python, C++
RobloxNYSE: RBLX: Global platform for user-created immersive digital experiences.
4+ YOE4+ years as a UX or product researcher; degree or equivalent experience in a social science field; mixed-methods expertise; strong qualitative, quantitative, analytical, collaboration, and communication skills.
Gallup: Global analytics and advisory firm providing public-opinion research and workplace services to leaders and organizations.
6+ YOEBachelor's or equivalent experience, 6+ years end-to-end user research in tech, expertise in qualitative and mixed methods, experience shaping research strategy, strong communication, and experience using AI tools to enhance research workflows.
University of California, San Francisco: Public research university dedicated to health sciences and patient care.
2+ MgmtDoctorate or equivalent in a related biomedical field required; PhD preferred. Requires research development expertise and preferred experience in therapeutics, regulation, grants, publications, international projects, and scientist supervision.
Plaud: AI note-taking hardware and software serving professionals with voice recording, transcription, and meeting-summary tools.
Hands-on hardware user research experience, end-to-end study ownership, quantitative and qualitative analysis skills, proficiency with SPSS/Python/R, and ability to translate insights into product decisions.
1X World Model Lab: Private AI and robotics developing humanoid home robots for household assistance.
Strong Python and PyTorch; experience in model/data, data or ML infrastructure, or evaluation; degree in CS/ML or related (graduate preferred); track record of published research or deployed production systems.
Strix: Private U.S. cybersecurity providing autonomous AI penetration testing for applications, APIs, code, cloud, and infrastructure.
3+ YOE3+ years of hands-on offensive security experience, deep web application security and exploitation expertise, and Python or similar programming experience. CVEs, research, CTFs, or bug bounty experience preferred.