Science & Research Jobs in San Francisco, CA (Now Hiring) — 1,946 open — Page 9

Medical Director, Early Phase Clinical Development

San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid

$300k–$330k/yr

Senior$300M raised

Medical Director, Early Phase Clinical Development Location: Thousand Oaks, CA or San Francisco, CA Reports To: Executive Director, Clinical Development The Medical Director will support the planning, execution, oversigh…

Skills: Clinical Development, Medical Monitoring, Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacovigilance, Protocol Development

Control Systems Software Engineer, Robotics

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

$380k–$460k/yr

Senior$201B raised

About the Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-ed…

Skills: Robotics, Control systems, C++, Rust, Motion control

Clinical Research Coordinator - Endocrinology (Part-Time)

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

$40/hr–$64/hr

Entry level

This 50% position (20 hours per week) will involve conducting on-site study visits at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco (Mission Bay) and Oakland. Flexibility is required, since the needs of the study wi…

Skills: Clinical research coordination, Participant recruitment, Data entry, Regulatory maintenance, IRB submissions

Accounting Manager

San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid

$150k–$190k/yr

Senior$300M raised

Job Title: Manager/Senior Manager Accounting Location: San Francisco, CA (hybrid) Position Type: Full Time Reports to: VP, Corporate Controller Position Summary Latigo Biotherapeutics is seeking a hands-on Accounting Man…

Skills: Accounting, Financial Reporting, GAAP, Month-end Close, Reconciliations

Clinical Research Coordinator - Division of HIV

San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid

$40/hr–$64/hr

Entry level

Job Summary: The Clinical Research Coordinator will perform independently or with general direction at the fully operational journey level of the series to execute, manage, and coordinate research protocols, as directed …

Skills: Clinical research coordination, Data collection, Participant recruitment, Informed consent, Regulatory compliance

Research Scientist II

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

$143k–$271k/yr

Mid level$3M raised

The Opportunity The Speech AI Lab at Adobe Research is seeking a Senior Audio Research Scientist to join our speech generative AI and multimodal research efforts, based in San Francisco. This role is ideal for researcher…

Skills: Speech AI, Generative AI, Audio modeling, Multimodal learning, Machine learning

Clinical Research Coordinator - Cancer Immunotherapy Research & Clinical Translation Program

San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid

$40/hr–$64/hr

Mid level

Job Summary: The Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) is seeking a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) to join the Cancer Immunotherapy Research & Clinical Translation (CIRCT) Program within the Divis…

Skills: Clinical research, Oncology, Data management, Regulatory compliance, Patient recruitment

Research Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Mid level

Research Engineer At XDOF, we’re at an inflection point. Frontier labs are racing to build general-purpose robots, and high-quality training data is the bottleneck. We’re building the foundation behind the foundation mod…

Skills: C++, CUDA, Python, Machine Learning, Performance Optimization

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Member of Technical Staff - AI/ML Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

$110k–$200k/yr

Senior

Technology that speaks your language Domera Labs builds Ami, the first AI companion for seniors. Ami brings the power of a smartphone into a more human form: voice-first and deeply personalized We at Domera Labs are reth…

Skills: Python, Deep learning, LLMs, Speech models, ASR

Research Scientist (diffusion)

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Senior$58M raised

We are Genmo, a research lab dedicated to building open, state-of-the-art models for video generation towards unlocking the right brain of AGI. Join us in shaping the future of AI and pushing the boundaries of what's pos…

Skills: Diffusion Models, Text-to-Video Generation, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Python

Hardware Physicist

San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid

Senior

Midjourney is seeking physicists to develop revolutionary quantum hardware technologies. Minimum qualifications: Multiple years of experience working in experimental quantum physics (Ph.D.-level or similar) Proficiency i…

Skills: Experimental quantum physics, Laser-based optical measurements, Optics, Optoelectronics, Photodetectors

Full Stack Developer - AI Marketplace

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

$140k–$210k/yr

Mid level$326M raised

Wanna join the adventure? Loft Orbital flies other people's payloads and software on standardized satellites, and we are building the first marketplace for space-based AI applications: the store where partners publish, d…

Skills: Full stack development, TypeScript, React, Python, Go

Spring ’27 Intern – ML / Perception / Robotics

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Entry level

About Us At moss.ag, we build robots to go where humans won't, digitizing the physical outdoor world to make it machine-readable. Starting with tree farms — where a single field holds millions of plants no human has ever…

Skills: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics, Python, C++

Senior Software Engineer, Controls

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

$150k–$250k/yr

Senior

The Mission GRAM is a self replication company creating populations of insectoids for the physical economy. Our first research frontier is self-preservation: the base case of physical self-replication. Our machines will …

Skills: C++, Python, ROS 2, Robotics, Control systems

Senior Magnetics Engineer, Electro-Permanent Magnets

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

$160k–$200k/yr

Mid level

The Mission GRAM is a self replication company creating populations of insectoids for the physical economy. Our first research frontier is self-preservation: the base case of physical self-replication. Our machines will …

Skills: Magnetic circuit design, Finite-element analysis, Ansys Maxwell, COMSOL, JMAG

Senior Geotechnical Associate

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

$130k–$170k/yr

Senior+

Thornton Tomasetti applies engineering and scientific principles to solve the world’s challenges. An independent organization of creative thinkers and innovative doers collaborating from offices worldwide, our mission is…

Skills: Geotechnical Engineering, Forensic Investigation, Litigation Support, Risk Loss Consulting, Repair Design

Founding AI Research Lead - Agentic AI Lab

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Senior

Founding AI Research Lead - Agentic AI Lab San Francisco Bay Area | Full time Backed by 8VC, we are building a world-class team to tackle one of industry's most critical problems: trusted AI for enterprise operations. Ab…

Skills: Machine Learning, PyTorch, Reinforcement Learning, Sequence Modeling, Data Engineering

Forward Deployed Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Mid level$7M raised

We’re building the scientific intelligence platform for the physical world, to accelerate breakthroughs in semiconductors, batteries, advanced materials, aerospace, and beyond. These industries represent trillions in spe…

Skills: Technical troubleshooting, Data analysis, Product configuration, Prototyping, Scientific fluency

Software Engineer, Infrastructure

San Francisco, California, United States · On-site

Mid level$7M raised

We’re building the scientific intelligence platform for the physical world, to accelerate breakthroughs in semiconductors, batteries, advanced materials, aerospace, and beyond. These industries represent trillions in spe…

Skills: Kubernetes, Cloud Infrastructure, Linux, Networking, Infrastructure-as-code

Clinical Trial Associate (Early Phase)

San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid

$85k–$100k/yr

Mid level$300M raised

Latigo is seeking a highly organized and detailed oriented Clinical Trial Associate to provide operational and administrative support for Latigo-sponsored clinical trials. This position will support the Clinical Operatio…

Skills: Clinical trial operations, Trial Master File (TMF), eTMF, Study start-up, Regulatory compliance

Frequently asked questions

How much do Science & Research jobs in San Francisco, CA pay?

Based on 1377 listings with disclosed salaries, most science & research jobs in San Francisco, CA pay between $101k–$305k per year. Individual offers vary with seniority, company size, and specialization.

How many Science & Research jobs are open in San Francisco, CA right now?

There are currently 1,946 open science & research positions in San Francisco, CA listed on Clera. New openings are added daily as companies post roles.

Which companies are hiring for Science & Research roles in San Francisco, CA?

Companies currently hiring include UCSF Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, OpenAI, Anthropic, Sutter Health, Astranis Space Technologies, among others. Browse the listings above to see every active employer.

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Yes — 766 of the 1946 open science & research positions offer remote or hybrid work (129 remote, 637 hybrid).

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