Research Scientist jobs in South San Francisco, California
As of 10 Nov 2026, 127 Research Scientist jobs are open in South San Francisco, California on company career pages; 30 were posted in the last 7 days and 6 in the last 24 hours.
30 new this week. Good roles fill fast. Members get them on day 1.
See the newest first →This week by level
| Level | New in the 7 days to 10 Nov 2026 |
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| Entry level | 11 |
| Lead / Manager | 7 |
| Senior | 5 |
| Intern | 4 |
| Mid level | 2 |
Posted in the last 24 hours
- Principal Scientist - Medicinal Chemistry2+ yrs · South San Francisco, California · posted 4 days ago · company shown to members
- Principal Scientist, Biochemical and Cellular Pharmacology4–12 yrs · South San Francisco, California · posted 4 days ago · company shown to members
- Senior Scientist I, Lentiviral Engineering & In Vitro Assay Development0–10 yrs · South San Francisco, California · posted 5 days ago · company shown to members
- Scientist II, ImmunologySouth San Francisco, California · posted 5 days ago · company shown to members
- Research Associate I, ImmunologySouth San Francisco, California · posted 5 days ago · company shown to members
New jobs go to members by email first; each one turns public here, with the company and the apply link, after 5 days.
Who’s hiring this week
- Amgen: 9 new · Research Scientist
- Thermo Fisher: 7 new · Research Scientist
- Genentech: 4 new · Research Scientist
- Vaxart: 2 new · Research Scientist
- Septerna: 2 new · Research Scientist
- Pliant Therapeutics, Inc.: 2 new · Research Scientist
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1–50 of 127, plus 19 newer ones with members for their first 5 days
| Role | Company | Location | Pay a year | Experience | Posted | Quick look |
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| Scientist I, Chemistry (Contract)Entry level, contract | Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. | South San Francisco, California Hybrid | – | 0–2 yrs | ||
Scientist I, Chemistry (Contract) at Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. Chemistry research
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| Scientist 3, Lung Biology & InflammationSenior | Genentech | South San Francisco, California Hybrid | – | – | ||
Scientist 3, Lung Biology & Inflammation at Genentech Lung biology and inflammation research scientist leading mechanistic and target discovery projects
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| Translational Sciences undergrad intern (Summer 2027)Intern | Amgen | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | – | ||
Translational Sciences undergrad intern (Summer 2027) at Amgen Lab research intern supporting human cell culture drug safety assays
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| Sr. Scientist, Electrochemical and Microarray DNA SynthesisSenior | AtlasBase | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | – | ||
Sr. Scientist, Electrochemical and Microarray DNA Synthesis at AtlasBase Electrochemical DNA synthesis research
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| Associate Scientist: Pharmaceutics, Solid Dosage PreparationEntry level | Thermo Fisher | South San Francisco, California | – | – | ||
Associate Scientist: Pharmaceutics, Solid Dosage Preparation at Thermo Fisher
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| Research AssociateEntry level | Planet Pharma Group | South San Francisco, California | $68k | – | ||
Research Associate at Planet Pharma Group Research associate
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| Scientist, Laboratory Animal Resources (On-site) | MSD (Merck & Co., Inc.) | South San Francisco, California On-site | $139k | – | ||
Scientist, Laboratory Animal Resources (On-site) at MSD (Merck & Co., Inc.) Laboratory animal resources and care
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| Senior Scientist I/II, In Vitro PharmacologySenior | Gordian Biotechnology | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | – | ||
Senior Scientist I/II, In Vitro Pharmacology at Gordian Biotechnology In vitro pharmacology research
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| Principal Research Scientist I, In Vivo CAR-T BiologyLead / Manager | Abbvie | South San Francisco, California | – | 14+ yrs | ||
Principal Research Scientist I, In Vivo CAR-T Biology at Abbvie In vivo CAR-T biology research
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| US – Scientist I – COEntry level | Advanced Clinical | South San Francisco, California | – | – | ||
US – Scientist I – CO at Advanced Clinical Scientist research work
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| Associate Scientist I, BiochemistrySenior | Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. | South San Francisco, California | – | 7+ yrs | ||
Associate Scientist I, Biochemistry at Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. Biochemistry research
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| Senior /Principal Scientist- (Multiple Sclerosis)Senior | Genentech | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | 3+ yrs | ||
Senior /Principal Scientist- (Multiple Sclerosis) at Genentech Translational biomarker and drug development scientist for multiple sclerosis
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| Technical Development Principal Scientist, Mass Spectrometry Characterization LeadLead / Manager | Genentech | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | 4–6 yrs | ||
Technical Development Principal Scientist, Mass Spectrometry Characterization Lead at Genentech Lead mass spectrometry characterization of biologic therapeutics
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| Associate Scientist: Pharmaceutics, Solid Dosage PreparationEntry level | Thermo Fisher | South San Francisco, California | – | – | ||
Associate Scientist: Pharmaceutics, Solid Dosage Preparation at Thermo Fisher
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| Undergraduate Intern-R&D -Oncology Research (Summer 2027)Intern | Amgen | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | – | ||
Undergraduate Intern-R&D -Oncology Research (Summer 2027) at Amgen Oncology discovery research lab internship
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| Principal Scientist, Integrated Computational and Experimental Inflammation DiscoveryLead / Manager | Amgen | South San Francisco, California | – | 2+ yrs | ||
Principal Scientist, Integrated Computational and Experimental Inflammation Discovery at Amgen Principal scientist combining wet-lab inflammation research with AI/ML computational discovery
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| Grad Intern – R&D Translational Immunology (Summer 2027)Intern | Amgen | South San Francisco, California On-site | $80k | – | ||
Grad Intern – R&D Translational Immunology (Summer 2027) at Amgen Graduate research internship developing in vitro hematopoietic immunotoxicity assays for drug safety
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| Principal Scientist, Integrated Computational and Experimental Inflammation DiscoveryLead / Manager | Amgen | South San Francisco, California | – | 2+ yrs | ||
Principal Scientist, Integrated Computational and Experimental Inflammation Discovery at Amgen Computational and experimental inflammation drug discovery research
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| FSP Scientist - Formulations, Drug Delivery | Thermo Fisher | South San Francisco, California | – | – | ||
FSP Scientist - Formulations, Drug Delivery at Thermo Fisher Formulations and drug delivery scientific work
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| FSP Scientist - Formulations, Drug Delivery | Thermo Fisher | South San Francisco, California | $74k | – | ||
FSP Scientist - Formulations, Drug Delivery at Thermo Fisher Formulations and drug delivery scientific work
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| FSP Scientist - Formulations, Drug Delivery | Thermo Fisher | South San Francisco, California | $74k | – | ||
FSP Scientist - Formulations, Drug Delivery at Thermo Fisher Formulations and drug delivery scientific work
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| Grad Intern – R&D Translational Immunology (Summer 2027)Intern | Amgen | South San Francisco, California On-site | $80k | – | ||
Grad Intern – R&D Translational Immunology (Summer 2027) at Amgen R&D translational immunology intern developing in vitro hematopoietic safety models for drug candidates
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| Principal Scientist, Translational Immunology & Antibody Discovery InnovationLead / Manager | MSD (Merck & Co., Inc.) | South San Francisco, California | $227k | – | ||
Principal Scientist, Translational Immunology & Antibody Discovery Innovation at MSD (Merck & Co., Inc.) Translational immunology and antibody discovery research
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| Associate Scientist - Synthetic Molecule Analytical ChemistryEntry level | Thermo Fisher | South San Francisco, California | $67k | 0–2 yrs | ||
Associate Scientist - Synthetic Molecule Analytical Chemistry at Thermo Fisher Synthetic molecule analytical chemistry research
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| Associate Scientist - Synthetic Molecule Analytical ChemistryEntry level | Thermo Fisher | South San Francisco, California | $67k | 0–2 yrs | ||
Associate Scientist - Synthetic Molecule Analytical Chemistry at Thermo Fisher Synthetic molecule analytical chemistry research
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| Associate Scientist - Synthetic Molecule Analytical ChemistryEntry level | Thermo Fisher | South San Francisco, California | $67k | 0–2 yrs | ||
Associate Scientist - Synthetic Molecule Analytical Chemistry at Thermo Fisher Synthetic molecule analytical chemistry research
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| Scientist 3, Microscopy SpecialistSenior | Genentech | South San Francisco, California On-site | $148k | 5+ yrs | ||
Scientist 3, Microscopy Specialist at Genentech Microscopy specialist supporting drug discovery imaging
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| Senior Principal Scientist Integrated Technology, Computation & Experimental BiologySenior | Amgen | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | 3+ yrs | ||
Senior Principal Scientist Integrated Technology, Computation & Experimental Biology at Amgen Senior scientific leader integrating human biology, computation and experimental testing for inflammation drug discovery
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| Senior Principal Scientist Integrated Technology, Computation & Experimental BiologySenior | Amgen | South San Francisco, California | – | 3+ yrs | ||
Senior Principal Scientist Integrated Technology, Computation & Experimental Biology at Amgen Senior scientific leader integrating computational biology, AI and experimental biology for inflammation drug discovery
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| Scientist II | Genentech | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | 5+ yrs | ||
Scientist II at Genentech LC-MS metabolomics and lipidomics lab work with automated sample prep
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| Scientist - Formulations, Drug Delivery | Thermo Fisher | South San Francisco, California | $74k | – | ||
Scientist - Formulations, Drug Delivery at Thermo Fisher Drug delivery formulation science
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| Scientific Associate Director, Oncology ResearchDirector | Amgen | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | – | ||
Scientific Associate Director, Oncology Research at Amgen Lead oncology research portfolio for T-cell engager and antibody-drug conjugate cancer therapies
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| Scientific Associate Director, Oncology ResearchDirector | Amgen | South San Francisco, California | – | – | ||
Scientific Associate Director, Oncology Research at Amgen Lead oncology research portfolio of T-cell engager and antibody-drug conjugate programs for solid tumors
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| Senior Manager, Publications- ImmunologyLead / Manager | Abbvie | South San Francisco, California | – | – | ||
Senior Manager, Publications- Immunology at Abbvie Scientific publications management in immunology
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| Research Associate, BiochemistryEntry level | AtlasBase | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | – | ||
Research Associate, Biochemistry at AtlasBase Biochemistry research
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| Senior Principal Scientist, Skin Biology and InflammationSenior | Amgen | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | 3+ yrs | ||
Senior Principal Scientist, Skin Biology and Inflammation at Amgen Senior scientific leader in skin biology and inflammation research
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| Senior Principal Scientist, Skin Biology and InflammationSenior | Amgen | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | 3+ yrs | ||
Senior Principal Scientist, Skin Biology and Inflammation at Amgen Senior scientific leader in skin biology and inflammation research
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| Scientist II | Planet Pharma Group | South San Francisco, California | – | 3+ yrs | ||
Scientist II at Planet Pharma Group Scientific research
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| Scientist | Planet Pharma Group | South San Francisco, California | – | – | ||
Scientist at Planet Pharma Group Scientific research
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| Conjugation Scientist | PerkinElmer | South San Francisco, California | – | – | ||
Conjugation Scientist at PerkinElmer Conjugation research science
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| Principal Scientist – Translational Medicine (Tumor Microenvironment)Lead / Manager | Genentech | South San Francisco, California | – | 3–5 yrs | ||
Principal Scientist – Translational Medicine (Tumor Microenvironment) at Genentech Translational medicine biomarker scientist for oncology clinical programs
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| Postdoctoral Fellow - Multimodal Technologies & Complex Human Models, Regev and Chen LabsEntry level | Genentech | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | – | ||
Postdoctoral Fellow - Multimodal Technologies & Complex Human Models, Regev and Chen Labs at Genentech Postdoctoral research developing single-cell and spatial omics assays and computational methods for complex human in vitro models
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| Scientist 3, Cell Therapy T cell DifferentiationSenior | Genentech | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | 3+ yrs | ||
Scientist 3, Cell Therapy T cell Differentiation at Genentech IPSC-to-T cell differentiation research scientist for cell therapy
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| Mass Spectrometry Automation Engineer / Scientist II | Planet Pharma Group | South San Francisco, California | – | – | ||
Mass Spectrometry Automation Engineer / Scientist II at Planet Pharma Group Lab mass spectrometry automation engineering and science
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| Scientist | Planet Pharma Group | South San Francisco, California | – | 2+ yrs | ||
Scientist at Planet Pharma Group Scientific research
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| Associate ScientistEntry level | Planet Pharma Group | South San Francisco, California | – | 2+ yrs | ||
Associate Scientist at Planet Pharma Group Scientific associate work
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| Scientist 1, Vector EngineeringEntry level | Gordian Biotechnology | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | – | ||
Scientist 1, Vector Engineering at Gordian Biotechnology Vector engineering research
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| Scientist 3 Translational Medicine (Cardiovascular and Metabolism) | Genentech | South San Francisco, California On-site | – | 0–6 yrs | ||
Scientist 3 Translational Medicine (Cardiovascular and Metabolism) at Genentech Translational biomarker scientist combining wet-lab assay development with -omics data analysis for cardiovascular and metabolism drug programs
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| Senior Scientist Single Cell Assay and Technology DevelopmentSenior | Xaira Therapeutics | South San Francisco, California | – | 4+ yrs | ||
Senior Scientist Single Cell Assay and Technology Development at Xaira Therapeutics Single cell assay and technology development
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| Senior Associate Scientist, High Throughput Protein ProductionSenior | Xaira Therapeutics | South San Francisco, California | – | 5+ yrs | ||
Senior Associate Scientist, High Throughput Protein Production at Xaira Therapeutics High throughput protein production science
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- How many Research Scientist jobs are open in South San Francisco, California right now?
- 127 listings are open on OpeningsFirst today, all from employers’ own career pages. 19 newer ones went to members by email, within hours of being posted.
- Which companies are hiring for Research Scientist jobs in South San Francisco, California this week?
- In the week to 10 November 2026, the most new Research Scientist jobs in South San Francisco, California came from Amgen (9, Research Scientist); Thermo Fisher (7, Research Scientist); Genentech (4, Research Scientist); Vaxart (2, Research Scientist); Septerna (2, Research Scientist).
- How many Research Scientist jobs in South San Francisco, California were posted in the last 24 hours?
- 6 new Research Scientist jobs went up on employers’ career pages in South San Francisco, California in the 24 hours to 10 November 2026. Members get them by email the same day; they turn public here after 5 days.
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- OpeningsFirst emails new Research Scientist jobs in South San Francisco, California the day employers post them on their own career pages, checking 108,056 career sites. Many never reach LinkedIn. Listings older than 5 days are free to browse here; 127 are open on this page now.
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