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Slingshot Biosciences

Associate Scientist – Flow Cytometry (Contract)

Emeryville, California, United States · On-site

$105k–$152k/yr

Mid level

Slingshot Biosciences is a fast-growing life sciences company with a platform technology and paradigm-shifting mission to make precision-engineered cell mimics the gold standard for all cell-based assay controls. We are …

Skills: Flow Cytometry, Spectral Flow Cytometry, Antibody Panel Design, FloJo, Data Analysis

Senior Agent Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

$200k–$300k/yr

Senior

Role: Senior Agent Software Engineer Who we are Cline is building open-source AI agents for everyone. What started as the leading open-source AI coding agent has grown into a broader effort to make capable, transparent, …

Skills: TypeScript, Node.js, Python, Go, Rust

Senior Staff RF Design Engineer - Unmanned Aircraft Systems

San Diego, California, United States · On-site

$115k–$200k/yr

Senior+

TrellisWare launched in 2000 with an innovative culture striving to push technological boundaries in the area of wireless communications. We are now a worldwide leader in highly advanced algorithms, waveforms, and commun…

Skills: RF Design, Analog Circuit Design, Transceiver Design, Frequency Conversion, PLL Design

Clinical Nurse Specialist - NICU Full time Days

Mission Hills, California, United States · On-site

$68/hr–$108/hr

Mid level

Clinical Nurse Specialist - NICU- F/T Day- Exempt in Mission Hills, CA. This position reports to the Director of Education. Provides an optimal practice environment that ensures the delivery of quality patient care throu…

Skills: Clinical Leadership, Neonatal Intensive Care, Research, Quality Improvement, Case Management

Medical Director / Senior Medical Director

Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote OK

$265k–$320k/yr

Senior+$406M raised

Position: Medical Director / Senior Medical Director Department: Clinical Development Location: Remote with up to 20% domestic travel Reports To: Executive Director, Clinical Development Position Summary Angitia Biopharm…

Skills: Clinical Development Leadership, Medical Monitoring, Protocol Development, Rare Disease Research, Clinical Trial Oversight

Mobile Phlebotomist

Manteca, California, United States · On-site

$18/hr–$19/hr

Entry level

Pay Range: $18-$19, depending on experience TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: o Employee will drive their personal vehicle (unless other accommodations are made) to client facilities (mostly nursing homes) as directed by compa…

Skills: Phlebotomy, Venipuncture, Patient Identification, Specimen Preservation, Medical Terminology

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Los Angeles, CA, USA

Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote Solely

$140k–$200k/yr

Senior

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news artic…

Skills: Python, Bash, Linux, Docker, Infrastructure-as-Code

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Palo Alto, CA, USA

Palo Alto, California, United States · Remote Solely

$140k–$200k/yr

Senior

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news artic…

Skills: Python, Bash, Linux, Docker, Infrastructure-as-Code

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure & Acquisition - Anaheim, CA, USA

Anaheim, California, United States · Remote Solely

$140k–$200k/yr

Senior

The mission of Speechify is to make sure that reading is never a barrier to learning. Over 50 million people use Speechify’s text-to-speech products to turn whatever they’re reading – PDFs, books, Google Docs, news artic…

Skills: Python, Bash, Linux, Docker, Infrastructure-as-Code

Conservator, Textiles

Los Angeles, California, United States · On-site

$80k–$93k/yr

Senior

Conservator, Textiles (Regular, Full-Time) Conservation Center Reporting to the Senior Conservator, Textiles, the Conservator, Textiles examines and treats works of art from LACMA’s collection using scientific meth…

Skills: Textile Conservation, Art Preservation, Art Restoration, Technical Documentation, Condition Reporting

Research Scientist / Engineer – Reinforcement Learning Infrastructure

Redwood City, California, United States · Hybrid

Senior$1.1B raised

You'll build the systems that make reinforcement learning work at frontier scale — coupling policy optimization with large fleets of inference workers, agentic environments, and the reward and verification systems that t…

Skills: Reinforcement Learning, Distributed Systems, PyTorch, LLM Post-training, PPO

Research Scientist / Engineer – Foundation Model: Core Research

Redwood City, California, United States · Hybrid

Senior$1.1B raised

You'll architect the reasoning core at the heart of Luma's world-modeling — the intelligence governing the world-simulations behind products like Dream Machine and Ray3. This is core research that powers everything Luma …

Skills: Machine Learning, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, Distributed Computing

Simulation Researcher/Engineer

Redwood City, California, United States · Hybrid

Senior$1.1B raised

You'll help define the simulation substrate Luma uses to train general-purpose robot policies — a faithful, controllable simulation of the world built on our generative video and 3D models. You'll sit at the boundary bet…

Skills: Robotics Simulation, Computer Graphics, Physics-based Modeling, Generative 3D, Python

Research Scientist / Engineer – Performance Optimization

Redwood City, California, United States · Hybrid

Senior$1.1B raised

You'll make Luma's multimodal models fast — profiling and optimizing GPU, CPU, and accelerator code so they train efficiently and deploy at scale without sacrificing quality. You'll write the kernels and operations that …

Skills: Triton, CUDA, PyTorch, GPU Optimization, Transformer Architectures

Product Manager, Applied Research

Redwood City, California, United States · Hybrid

$225k–$325k/yr

Senior+$1.1B raised

You'll own the bridge between Luma's frontier research and its products — Canvas, Agents, and the model platform — making sure what researchers build is shaped by what customers need, and what ships takes full advantage …

Skills: Product Strategy, Applied Research, Artificial Intelligence, Multimodal AI, Python

Senior Staff Engineer, Discrete Planning (R5440)

San Diego, California, United States · On-site

$230k–$350k/yr

Senior$3.6B raised

Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software and V-BAT and X-B…

Skills: Discrete Optimization, Motion Planning, C++, Integer Linear Programming, Mixed Integer Linear Programming

Developer Relations (DevRel)

San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid

Mid level

About Menlo Menlo Research is an Applied R&D lab building Asimov, an open-source humanoid robot platform, and the full software stack that powers it. Our mission is to make humanoid labor economically viable, turning sof…

Skills: Robotics, Developer Relations, Mechatronics, AI, Hardware Assembly

Prototype Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Mid level

Physical Intelligence is bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world. We are a team of engineers, scientists, roboticists, and company builders developing foundation models and learning algorithms to power the ro…

Skills: Mechanical Design, Electrical Engineering, Sensor Integration, CAD, PCB Design

Backend Engineer, Core Systems

San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid

$175k–$200k/yr

Senior

About Midjourney Midjourney is an independent research lab exploring new mediums of thought and expanding the imaginative powers of the human species. We are a small, self-funded team focused on design, human infrastruct…

Skills: Backend Engineering, API Design, Data Modeling, Observability, Production Operations

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Forestry Stewardship Coordinator (Six Rivers National Forest)

Willow Creek, California, United States · On-site

$29/hr–$34/hr

Mid level

Job DetailsJob Location: Willow Creek, CAPosition Type: StaffSalary Range: $29.00 - $34.00 HourlyJob Category: Forestry & Fuels Reduction Great Basin Institute (GBI), founded at the University of Nevada, Reno, is a missi…

Skills: Forestry Stewardship, Contract Administration, Project Planning, Silviculture, Fuels Management

Frequently asked questions

How much do Science & Research jobs in California pay?

Based on 11610 listings with disclosed salaries, most science & research jobs in California pay between $102k–$250k per year. Individual offers vary with seniority, company size, and specialization.

How many Science & Research jobs are open in California right now?

There are currently 18,374 open science & research positions in California listed on Clera. New openings are added daily as companies post roles.

Which companies are hiring for Science & Research roles in California?

Companies currently hiring include Applied Materials, Northrop Grumman, Google, Apple, Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, Inc., among others. Browse the listings above to see every active employer.

Are there remote or hybrid Science & Research jobs in California?

Yes — 3886 of the 18374 open science & research positions offer remote or hybrid work (979 remote, 2907 hybrid).

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