6,403 researcher jobs at 1,370 companies in Berkeley, CA

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San Francisco, California, United States
$120k-$140k/yr HybridFull Time
Outset
Outset: AI-moderated research platform that helps research teams run interviews, recruit participants, and synthesize customer insights.
3+ YOE3-5+ years in research, insights, consulting, or strategy with strong hands-on qualitative research experience; comfortable owning studies and leading customers; working knowledge of participant recruitment; strong communication; proactive and detail-oriented.
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San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Ando
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.
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Researcher, Multimodal Safety
San Francisco, California, United States
$295k-$445k/yr HybridFull Time
OpenAI
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.
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Founding Researcher
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Origamics
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.
JAX, PyTorch, TensorFlow, CI
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Researcher - Rapid Research
San Francisco or New York City or United States
$169k-$250k/yr RemoteFull Time
Figma
FigmaNYSE: FIG: Collaborative design and product development platform.
7+ YOE7+ years research experience in high-growth product organizations, UX/design agencies, or strategic consultancies; proficiency in mixed methods research; strong product judgment and communication; ability to ramp up quickly and deliver recommendations in 1-2 week sprints.
Figma
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Founding Researcher
San Francisco, California, United States
$400k-$500k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Miso Labs
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.
PyTorch, CUDA, H100, STT, LLM, TTS
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Interdisciplinary Researcher
San Jose, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
ByteDance
ByteDance: Global technology specializing in AI-powered content platforms.
5+ YOE5+ years research in geopolitics, policy, or strategic analysis; ability to lead end-to-end research, synthesize interdisciplinary information, brief senior executives, and maintain expert networks.
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ML Researcher
Emeryville, California, United States
$160k-$260k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Monarch Crops
Monarch Crops: Agricultural biotechnology developing non-toxic spatial repellents to protect crops from insects.
Ph.D. or equivalent research record, strong Python and machine-learning framework skills, and experience with open-ended research, distribution shift, and noisy, limited, multimodal, or experimental datasets.
Python
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UX Researcher
Barcelona or Sant Cugat del Vallès or Palo Alto
HybridFull Time
Nacar Design
Nacar Design: Strategic design agency helping organizations create products, services, and experiences through industrial, digital, and service design.
3+ YOERequires 3–6 years conducting digital product research, qualitative and quantitative methods, full research lifecycle experience, workshop leadership, English and Spanish proficiency, strategic thinking, organization, accessibility awareness, and collaboration.
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Researcher, World Models
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Menlo Research
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.
PyTorch, JAX
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Standards Researcher
San Francisco, California, United States
$140k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Security Level 5
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.
NIST, ICD 705
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Quantitative Researcher
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Hyperbolic
Hyperbolic: Open-access AI cloud platform providing GPU compute and inference services to startups, researchers, developers, and enterprises.
5+ YOERequires 5+ years in quantitative research, trading, or structuring; derivatives pricing and hedging expertise; Python programming; dynamic pricing and risk-modeling experience; and the ability to structure financial products.
Python
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Professional Researcher
San Francisco, California, United States
$97k-$257k/yr OnsiteFull Time
University of California, San Francisco
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.
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User Researcher
San Jose, California, United States
$108k-$209k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Short-form mobile video and social media platform.
1+ YOEBachelor's degree or higher in Psychology, Statistics, Sociology, Marketing, Economics, International Trade or related field; at least 1 year of market and user research experience with qualitative and quantitative studies.
SPSS, SQL
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User Researcher
San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull Time
Plaud
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.
SPSS, Python, R, Gemini, Claude Code
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Security Researcher
New York City or San Francisco
OnsiteFull Time
Strix
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.
Python
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Senior AI Researcher
San Francisco, California, United States
$200k-$325k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Ivo
Ivo: AI-powered contract intelligence platform serving in-house legal and procurement teams at enterprise companies.
PhD or equivalent industry research experience in quantitative field; deep hands-on LLM and deep learning research; strong communication and shipping-oriented mindset.
PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, Microsoft Word
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Applied Researcher
Pittsburgh or Mountain View or San Francisco or Seattle
$223k-$396k/yr HybridFull Time
Aurora Innovation, Inc.
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 expertise in VLM/VLA models; hands-on experience with model failure points; ability to translate research into production code; strong Python and modern C++ programming.
Python, C++
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Senior Researcher
Santa Clara, California, United States
$133k-$190k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Fujitsu
FujitsuTokyo Stock Exchange: 6702: Global information and communications technology services and solutions provider.
PhD or near completion in machine learning, computer science, neuroscience, mathematics, statistics, physics, or related field; demonstrated research ability; experience with deep-learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow; strong collaboration and communication skills.
PyTorch, TensorFlow