60 associate scientist jobs at 39 companies in Berkeley, CA

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Associate Scientist
South San Francisco, California, United States
$122k-$142k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cytokinetics
CytokineticsNasdaq: CYTK: Public U.S. specialty biopharmaceutical developing muscle activators and inhibitors for patients with cardiovascular and neuromuscular diseases.
4+ YOEBS in a relevant scientific discipline with 6+ years of industry experience or MS with 4+ years relevant experience; pharmaceutical formulation, drug product development, oral solid dosage, equipment operation, data analysis, and technical communication experience required.
high shear granulation, milling, blending, tableting, film coating, spray drying
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Associate Scientist, Virology
South San Francisco, California, United States
$80k-$120k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Centivax
Centivax: Clinical-stage biotechnology developing vaccines and therapies for durable, universal protection against diverse infectious threats.
2+ YOEM.S. in virology, molecular biology, microbiology, or related field, or B.S. with 2+ years relevant experience; viral assays, mammalian cell culture, biosafety, data analysis, and pathogen handling experience.
Electronic Lab Notebooks (ELN), GraphPad Prism, Python, R
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Associate Scientist 2
Concord, California, United States
$49k-$80k/yr FieldFull Time
Weston Solutions
Weston Solutions: 100% employee-owned environmental and infrastructure services firm committed to safety and providing measurable client value.
2+ YOEBachelor's or master's in environmental science, engineering, physical science, or life science; 2-5 years environmental investigation experience; U.S. citizenship; valid driver's license; ability to lift 50 lbs; willingness to travel and participate in on-call emergency response.
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Associate Scientist, Pharmacology
South San Francisco, California, United States
$115k-$125k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cartography Biosciences
Cartography Biosciences: Private oncology biotechnology developing antibody-based therapies designed to target tumors more precisely for patients with cancer.
3+ YOEMaster's or Bachelor's in Biology or related field; 3+ years hands-on lab experience; proficiency in tissue culture, T cell biology, in vitro functional assays, flow cytometry; strong analytical and organizational skills; on-site 5 days/week.
FlowJo, GraphPad Prism, Microsoft Excel, ELN
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Associate Scientist, Biology
Foster City, California, United States
$110k-$142k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Gilead Sciences
Gilead SciencesNASDAQ: GILD: Research-based biopharmaceutical developing innovative medicines.
4+ YOE4+ years with BS or 2+ years with MS in cancer immunology or related field; experience in cell-based assays, flow cytometry, molecular biology; strong communication and organizational skills.
flow cytometry, western blot, ELISA, Luminex, MSD, CRISPR/Cas9, RNAi
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Associate Scientist/Scientist, Bioassay – Analytical Development
Emeryville, California, United States
$95k-$135k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Zylidac Bio
Zylidac Bio: U.S. biologics CDMO providing cell-line development, manufacturing, fill-finish, and packaging for biopharmaceutical companies.
4+ YOEBachelor's degree with 4+ years or Master's with 2+ years in biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology, immunology, biotechnology or related; hands-on bioassay development, ELISA, qPCR, cell-based assays, mammalian cell culture, aseptic techniques; GMP experience.
ELISA, qPCR, SPR
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Associate Scientist - Process Sciences
South San Francisco, California, United States
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Neurona Therapeutics
Neurona Therapeutics: Privately held clinical-stage biotherapeutics developing allogeneic neural cell therapies for chronic diseases of the nervous system.
0+ YOEPh.D. in biochemical engineering or life sciences with 0-2 years industrial experience; experience in mammalian cell culture and stem cell expansion; flow cytometry, immunocytochemistry, bioreactor process development; cGMP familiarity preferred.
flow cytometry, immunocytochemistry, bioreactors
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Associate Scientist, Cell Biology
Foster City, California, United States
$110k-$142k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Kite Pharma
Kite Pharma: Kite is a Gilead-owned biopharmaceutical developing cancer immunotherapies for patients.
2+ YOEBachelor's degree with 4 years' experience or master's degree with 2 years' experience; biology-related background, flow cytometry, qPCR/ddPCR, immunology, cell culture, and analytical data skills.
Flow cytometry, quantitative PCR (qPCR), digital droplet PCR (ddPCR), ELISA, Luminex, MSD, FlowJo, GraphPad Prism, electronic lab notebook
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Associate Scientist/Scientist I, Molecular Function
Emeryville, California, United States
$132k-$167k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Profluent
Profluent: AI-first protein design developing generative models for medicine, agriculture, and biomanufacturing.
3+ YOEMS with 3+ years or PhD with 0-2 years industry experience in molecular biology, biochemistry, protein engineering, biophysics, or immunology; deep hands-on phage display and antibody discovery experience; strong molecular biology and NGS-based screening skills.
NGS, SPR, BLI, Octet, Hamilton, Tecan, LIMS
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Senior Associate Scientist, Bioanalytical Sciences
South San Francisco, California, United States
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Alector
AlectorNASDAQ: ALEC: Clinical-stage biotechnology developing brain-delivery therapies for patients with neurodegenerative diseases.
5+ YOEBS in biology/biochemistry/pharmacology/immunology with 5+ years industry experience or MS with 3+ years; hands-on PK/ADA/biomarker assay development; experience with antibodies, bispecifics, conjugated siRNA; ELISA/MSD platforms; GLP knowledge; CRO management.
ELISA, MSD, Agilent Bravo, Hamilton, Tecan, Gyrolab, Benchling, Watson LIMS, Graphpad Prism, Softmax Pro
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Associate Scientist III, Cardiac Modeling
South San Francisco, California, United States
$107k-$114k/yr OnsiteFull Time
insitro
insitro: Private AI-driven drug discovery developing medicines for patients using human biology, machine learning, and automated experiments.
2+ YOEBachelor’s or master’s degree in biology, biochemistry, or related discipline; 2+ years of biotech/biopharma experience; hands-on iPSC-CM culture, differentiation, disease modeling, molecular assays, and functional cardiomyocyte assays.
Virtual Human, TherML, CRISPR, PCR, RT-qPCR, Western Blot, ML
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Associate Scientist II, Immunoassay Development
San Carlos, California, United States
$105k-$123k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Vaxcyte
VaxcyteNasdaq: PCVX: Clinical-stage vaccine developing broad-spectrum vaccines against bacterial infections for children and adults worldwide.
2+ YOEBS in biochemistry, immunology, analytical chemistry, biological sciences or related with 2+ years biopharma lab experience, or MS with 1+ year; hands-on immunoassay experience; familiarity with ELISA, MSD, bead-based assays; strong documentation and safety skills.
ELISA, MSD, electrochemiluminescence-based assays, bead-based assays, multiplex assays, ELN
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Associate Scientist, Cell Line Development
South San Francisco, California, United States
$106k-$138k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Denali Therapeutics
Denali TherapeuticsNASDAQ: DNLI: Developing barrier-crossing medicines for people with neurodegenerative, lysosomal storage, and other serious diseases
2+ YOEBA/BS or MS in molecular biology, biochemistry, or cell biology; 2+ years lab experience; proficiency in mammalian cell culture and protein characterization; experience with JMP, Excel, and DOE; strong communication skills.
JMP, Microsoft Excel, Octet, SDS-PAGE, Caliper, HPLC, qPCR, Western blot, flow cytometry
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Associate Data Scientist
New York City or Chicago or Boston or San Francisco or Arizona or California or Colorado or Florida or Georgia or Illinois or Massachusetts or North Carolina or New Jersey or Nevada or New York or Oregon or Tennessee or Texas or Utah or Virginia or Ontario
$110k-$140k/yr RemoteFull Time
Jerry
Jerry: AI-powered insurance brokerage and car-care app helping American drivers compare coverage, maintain vehicles, and drive safely.
1+ YOE1+ years experience in consulting, investment banking, or high-growth tech; strong analytical skills; SQL or Python; clear communication; ability to own ambiguous problems.
SQL, Clickhouse, Metabase, Python, Jupyter Hub, GitHub
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Associate Data Scientist
Palo Alto, California, United States
$100k-$130k/yr HybridFull Time
Quantifind
Quantifind: Private SaaS helping financial institutions and government agencies detect financial crime with AI.
1+ YOEMS or higher in Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science; 1+ year professional industry experience; strong programming in Python and Scala/Java or R; SQL and/or Spark; knowledge of data structures and algorithm complexity.
SQL, Python, PySpark, Scala, Java, R, Spark, Large Language Models (LLMs)
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Associate Scientist I, Technology Access Program
Fremont, California, United States
$85k-$97k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Alamar Biosciences
Alamar BiosciencesNasdaq Global Select Market: ALMR: Public biotechnology developing proteomics instruments, assays, and software for researchers studying early disease detection.
1+ YOEBachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant scientific discipline, 1+ year of hands-on laboratory experience, attention to detail, multi-step procedure execution, data interpretation, troubleshooting, and communication skills.
Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)
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Senior/Principal Associate Scientist, Mammalian Physiology
South San Francisco, California, United States
$130k-$161k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Calico
Calico: Alphabet-founded biotechnology studying human aging and developing potential medicines for age-related diseases.
6+ YOEBS/MS in physiology, biology, genetics, neuroscience or related field with 6-8+ years in vivo mammalian model experience; proficiency in in vivo experiments, primary cell culture, biochemical/molecular assays, histology, immunofluorescence; basic statistics; on-site 5 days/week.
Prism
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Senior Associate Scientist, Analytical Science (Contract)
South San Francisco, California, United States
$45-$50/hr OnsiteContract
Allogene Therapeutics
Allogene TherapeuticsNasdaq Global Select Market: ALLO: Clinical-stage biotechnology developing off-the-shelf allogeneic CAR T-cell therapies for cancer and autoimmune disease patients.
Bachelor's or master's degree in immunology, molecular biology, or related field; analytical laboratory experience with qPCR, ddPCR, western blot, ELISA, mammalian cells, and data analysis.
qPCR, ddPCR, Western blot, ELISA, electronic laboratory notebooks
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Associate Principal Scientist, Clinical Research
West Point or South San Francisco or Boston or Rahway +1 more
$142k-$224k/yr HybridFull Time
MSD
MSDNYSE: MRK: We use leading-edge science to save and improve lives.
11+ YOEDegree in Life Sciences; Bachelor's +11 years, Master's +8, or PhD +3 related experience; at least 3 years Phase 1 clinical trial experience; GCP/ICH knowledge; project management and scientific writing skills.
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Associate Scientist II, PD Downstream
Fremont, California, United States
$75k-$80k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Bionova Scientific
Bionova Scientific: Privately held biologics CDMO developing and manufacturing recombinant proteins and plasmid DNA for biopharmaceutical companies.
2+ YOEBS/MS in biological sciences or related; 2-4 years relevant industry experience; in-depth understanding of protein chemistry and purification processes; strong communication and problem-solving skills; ability to lift up to 40 pounds.
AKTA, JMP