Research Scientist jobs in Santa Clara, California

28 open Research Scientist jobs in Santa Clara, California (2 posted in the last 7 days), collected from employers’ own career pages and checked twice a day. Every listing links to the company’s site to apply.

Latest openings

• Senior Research Engineering Scientist

  ServiceNow · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-10-21
• Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Researcher

  Keysight Technologies, Inc. · Santa Clara
  Posted 2025-09-08
• Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) Researcher

  Keysight Technologies, Inc. · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-09-02
• Staff Research Scientist

  ServiceNow · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-10-14
• Differentiable Simulation Research Intern - Summer 2027

  Nvidia · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-10-12
• R&D Mass Spectrometry Instrument Scientist

  Agilent Technologies · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-10-12
• Physicist / Scientist IV (E4)

  Appliedmaterials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-06-24
• Materials Scientist – ALD Coating Technology

  Appliedmaterials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-07-20
• Physicist/Scientist V

  Appliedmaterials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-08-26
• Director, Physicist/Scientist - Lasers

  Appliedmaterials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-08-27
• AI Materials Research Engineer

  Appliedmaterials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-08-28
• New College Grad - Physicist/Scientist III - PhD (2027 Summer Cohort)

  Appliedmaterials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-09-15
• New College Grad Physicist/Scientist (PhD - Santa Clara, CA_

  Appliedmaterials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-09-22
• Wi-Fi researcher and Delegate

  Ericsson · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-09-02
• Principal Security Researcher (Decoder)

  Palo Alto Networks · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-06-29
• Postdoctoral Fellow – Materials Engineering & Advanced Microfabrication - Next-Gen Sequencing and Diagnostics Systems, Research & Early Development

  Roche Holding · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-10-02
• Sr. Staff Image Scientist

  OMNIVISION · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-02-10
• Silicon photonics and heterogenous integration R&D engineer

  Coherent Corp. Philippines · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-09-09
• Senior Technologist USA

  First Solar (US) · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-06-16
• Physicist / Scientist IV (E4)

  Applied Materials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-06-24
• Materials Scientist – ALD Coating Technology

  Applied Materials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-07-20
• Physicist/Scientist V

  Applied Materials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-08-26
• Director, Physicist/Scientist - Lasers

  Applied Materials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-08-27
• AI Materials Research Engineer

  Applied Materials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-08-28
• New College Grad - Physicist/Scientist III - PhD (2027 Summer Cohort)

  Applied Materials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-09-15
• New College Grad Physicist/Scientist (PhD - Santa Clara, CA_

  Applied Materials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-09-22
• ElectroPlating Expert

  Applied Materials · Santa Clara
  Posted 2026-09-28
• Researcher 1

  Nissan · Santa Clara · Hybrid
  Posted 2026-09-18

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Other roles in Santa Clara, California

• Software Engineer 304
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• Engineer (other) 160
• Machine Learning / AI Engineer 140
• Product Manager 122
• Executive / Director 112
• Intern / Trainee 98
• Mechanical Engineer 89
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• QA / Test Engineer 66
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• Retail Sales Associate 61
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• Solutions / Software Architect 56
• Store / Shift Manager 49
• Manufacturing / Industrial Engineer 47
• Security Engineer 45
• Embedded / Firmware Engineer 40
• Account Manager / Key Account 38
• Quality Engineer 37
• Systems / Network Administrator 29

Questions

How many Research Scientist jobs are open in Santa Clara, California right now?

28 listings are open on OpeningsFirst today, all from employers’ own career pages. 1 more were posted in the last 5 days and went to subscribers first.

Which companies are hiring for Research Scientist roles in Santa Clara, California?

Recent openings here come from ServiceNow, Keysight Technologies, Inc., Nvidia, Agilent Technologies, Appliedmaterials, Ericsson, Palo Alto Networks, Roche Holding.

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