Research Scientist Jobs in California
375 open Research Scientist jobs in California at 122 companies, including Amazon, Cisco and eBay. Updated daily from company career pages.
Amazon
Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
- Sr. Applied & Research Scientist - Safe Autonomy Frontiers (SAF) Lab, Safe Autonomy Frontiers (SAF) Lab Pasadena, California · $167,100.00 - $226,100.00 USD
- Research Engineer , Quick Science San Francisco, California · $193,300.00 - $261,500.00 USD
- Quantum Research Engineer, Quantum Computing Pasadena, California · $142,800.00 - $193,200.00 USD
- Postdoctoral Scholar - SAF Lab, Compass Pasadena, California · $142,800.00 - $193,200.00 USD
- Postdoctoral Researcher – Visual Localization & Navigation | Amazon Last Mile Santa Cruz, California · $171,600.00 - $222,200.00 USD
Cisco
Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment, and other technology services and products.
- AI Research Scientist III (Full Time) – United States San Francisco, California · $184,000.00 - $274,600.00
- AI Researcher San Jose, California · $216,300.00 - $322,900.00
- Principal AI Researcher, AISWP (Hybrid) Milpitas, California · $263,700.00 - $333,400.00 USD
- Senior AI Researcher, AISWP (Hybrid) Milpitas, California · $203,000.00 - $297,400.00
- Senior Lead AI Researcher , AISWP (Hybrid) Milpitas, California
2 more open roles at Cisco
eBay
eBay is an online marketplace that connects a global network of buyers and sellers.
Palo Alto Networks
- Sr Staff Security Researcher (AI-Assisted Vulnerability Research) Santa Clara, California · $139,600.00 - $225,775.00/yr
- Principal Applied AI Researcher (Prisma AIRS) Santa Clara, California · $163,200.00 - $264,000.00 USD
- Threat Hunting Researcher (Unit 42) Usa, California (Remote) · $117,000.00 - $189,200.00
- Principal Security Researcher (Advanced Threat Prevention) Santa Clara, California · $172,100.00 - $278,300.00 USD
- Principal Security Researcher (Malware Research - Anti-Virus Systems) Santa Clara, California · $172,100.00 - $278,300.00/yr
10 more open roles at Palo Alto Networks
Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that focuses on increasing the safety of large-scale AI systems.
- Staff Research Engineer, Multi-Agent Scaling San Francisco, California · $500,000 - $850,000 USD
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, RL Frontiers San Francisco, California · $500,000 - $850,000 USD
- Research Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed Systems San Francisco, California · $500,000 - $850,000 USD
- User Experience Researcher, Platform San Francisco, California · $305,000 - $385,000 USD
- Applied AI, Research Engineer San Francisco, California · $300,000 - $400,000 USD
30 more open roles at Anthropic
Figma
Figma is a design platform that develops web applications for interface design with offline features.
- Researcher, Figma Design San Francisco, California · $169,000 - $250,000 USD
- Researcher - Rapid Research San Francisco, California · $169,000 - $250,000 USD
- Researcher, Figma Agentic Experiences San Francisco, California · $169,000 - $250,000 USD
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an edge-to-cloud company that uses comprehensive solutions to accelerate business outcomes.
- HPE Labs - Senior QEC Researcher – Integrated HPC & Quantum Solutions Milpitas, California · $126,000 - $275,000 USD
- Principal AI Research Scientist (HPE Labs) Milpitas, California · $172,000 - $349,000 USD
- HPE Labs – AI/ML Research Scientist III Milpitas, California · $136,500 - $276,500 USD
- HPE Labs - Research Engineer Milpitas, California · $120,000 - $243,000 USD
Capital One
Capital One is a diversified banking company that offers early and later stage venture, and debt financing investments.
- Applied Researcher 4 (AI Foundations: Multimodal Guardrails and VLM's) San Jose, California · $218,700 - $272,300 USD
- Sr. Staff Applied Researcher San Francisco, California · $350,000 - $435,700 USD
- Staff Applied Researcher San Francisco, California · $306,300 - $381,300 USD
- Applied Researcher 4 (AI Foundations, LLM Customization and Finetuning) San Jose, California · $218,700 - $272,300 USD
- Applied Researcher 5 San Jose, California · $262,500 - $326,800 USD
11 more open roles at Capital One
Zscaler
Zscaler is a global cloud-based information security company that enables secure digital transformation for mobile and cloud.
Oura
Oura is a health technology company that makes and designs wellness wearable rings to track and improve sleep and performance.
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs, manufactures, and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services.
- Senior AI Researcher, On-Device LLM Efficiency San Diego, California · $159,100.00 - $238,700.00 USD
- Machine Learning Researcher San Diego, California
- Speech & Audio Research Engineer San Diego, California
- GPU Research Engineer San Diego, California
- CPU Performance Research Engineer Santa Clara, California · $175,600.00 - $263,400.00
3 more open roles at Qualcomm
Mistral AI
Mistral AI is an AI startup that provides developers and businesses access to open and portable generative AI solutions.
JP Morgan Chase
JP Morgan Chase is a global financial services provider that offers investment banking, asset management, treasury, and other services.
Ericsson
Ericsson is an information and communications technology company that offers network services.
LangChain
LangChain enables developers to accelerate their LLM application workflows by overseeing the entire project lifecycle.
Mercor
Mercor is a better way to hire. We're an AI-powered platform that sources, vets, and pays your next employees.
Decagon
- Research Engineer, Audio and Speech San Francisco, California · $200K - $400K USD
- Research Engineer, Safety San Francisco, California · $200K - $400K USD
- Senior Research Engineer, Safety San Francisco, California · $200K - $400K USD
- Research Engineer San Francisco, California · $200K - $400K USD
- Senior Research Engineer, Audio and Speech San Francisco, California · $200,000 - $400,000 USD
1 more open roles at Decagon
Exa
Exa is an embeddings-based search engine, built for AIs
Harvey
Harvey is a generative AI company building the future of professional services.
Updated 2026-10-10.