Research Engineer jobs in San Francisco Bay Area
There are 54 open Research Engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area on Linora right now, pulled daily from company career pages across Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, and Workday. Typical pay runs $320k to $485k.
Updated 2026-06-03. Figures come from live job postings and refresh daily.
25 of these Research Engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area were posted in the last 30 days.
Pay on these live postings runs about $320k to $485k, across 26 roles that list a range.
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- Research Engineer (New Grad)Genmo · San Francisco HQWe are Genmo, a research lab dedicated to building open, state-of-the-art models for video generation towards unlocking the right brain of AGI. Join…1 day ago
- Senior Research Engineer, Robot IntelligenceSamsung Research America · 665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USALab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through…$158,800 – $218,1002 days ago
- Senior Staff Research Engineer, Robot IntelligenceSamsung Research America · 665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USALab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through…$197,800 – $296,6002 days ago
- Staff Research Engineer, Robot IntelligenceSamsung Research America · 665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USALab Summary: The Robot Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is a new facility dedicated to advancing the field of robotics through…$179,200 – $246,1502 days ago
- Senior Research Engineer - Video SearchNvidia · US, CA, Santa ClaraNVIDIA is the platform upon which every new AI-powered application is built. We are seeking a senior research engineer to design and build video…3 days ago
- Research Engineer, Safeguards LabsAnthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $850,0003 days ago
- Research Engineer, AIBiohub · Redwood City, CA (Hybrid)Biohub is the first large-scale initiative bringing frontier AI models, massive compute, and frontier experimental capabilities under one roof. We're…$214,000 – $375,0004 days ago
- Research EngineerItron · United States of America, California, San JoseItron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources…$60,000 – $115,0004 days ago
- Research EngineerAutodesk · San Francisco, CA, USAJob Requisition ID # 26WD97948 Position Overview Autodesk Research is seeking a Research Engineer to help shape the future of manufacturing through…$122,000 – $219,0108 days ago
- Research Engineer, Materials ScienceDeepMind · Mountain View, California, USAt Google DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary…$141,000 – $202,0009 days ago
- Research Engineer - Reinforcement Learning, Self-DrivingApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0009 days ago
- Research Engineer - AI/RL InfrastructureApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0009 days ago
- Research Engineer - 3D Vision and Generation, Self-DrivingApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0009 days ago
- Research Engineer - Robotic Hardware, Simulation and DataApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0009 days ago
- Research Engineer - Robot LearningApplied Intuition · Sunnyvale, California, United StatesAbout Applied Intuition Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon…$126,000 – $423,0009 days ago
- Research EngineerAutodesk · San Francisco, CA, USAJob Requisition ID # 26WD97951 Research Engineer Autodesk Research – Manufacturing Industry Futures, San Francisco Location: San Francisco, CA Work…$122,000 – $219,01010 days ago
- Research Engineer, Knowledge FoundationsAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $850,00011 days ago
- Staff Research Engineer - RL GymsTuring · San Francisco, California, United StatesAbout Turing Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for…$250,000 – $350,00013 days ago
- Staff Research Engineer - CodeTuring · San Francisco, California, United StatesAbout Turing Based in San Francisco, California, Turing is the world’s leading research accelerator for frontier AI labs and a trusted partner for…$250,000 – $350,00013 days ago
- Research Engineer InternPlus 2 · Santa Clara, CAPlusAI is a Physical AI company pioneering AI-based virtual driver software for factory-built autonomous trucks. Headquartered in Silicon Valley with…15 days ago
- Research Engineer, Economic Research Data PlatformAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$300,000 – $405,00017 days ago
- Senior Research Engineer, Structural Dynamics & VibrationsGridware · San Francisco, CAAbout Gridware Gridware is a San Francisco-based technology company dedicated to protecting and enhancing the electrical grid. We pioneered a…23 days ago
- Research Engineer, Frontier CapabilitiesLila Sciences · Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USAYour Impact at LILA The AI Research team is tackling one of the most exciting, open problems in AI: training LLMs to run long-horizon scientific…$189,000 – $289,00023 days ago
- Research Engineer, Tinker, Developer ExperienceThinking Machines Lab · San FranciscoThinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone…$350,000 – $475,00024 days ago
- Research Engineer, VoiceInflection AI · Palo Alto, California, United StatesAbout Inflection AI Inflection AI is a Public Benefit Corporation empowering people with human-centered, emotionally intelligent AI. We’re shaping…$225,000 – $325,00025 days ago
- Research Engineer, Frontier Speculative DecodingTogether AI · San Francisco, New York CityAbout the Role Together AI is building the Inference Platform that powers the world's most advanced generative AI models. Your role will be a…$190,000 – $270,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer, Core MLTogether AI · San FranciscoAbout the Role This is a research engineering role with direct production impact. You won’t be publishing ideas in isolation—you will translate new…$200,000 – $280,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer, Multimodal Reasoning For Information LiteracyDeepMind · Mountain View, California, USSnapshot At Google DeepMind, our research team is dedicated to tackling the most complex challenges in online information quality. We strive to…1 month ago
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, Training SystemsThinking Machines Lab · San FranciscoThinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone…$350,000 – $475,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, RL SystemsThinking Machines Lab · San FranciscoThinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone…$350,000 – $475,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, NumericsThinking Machines Lab · San FranciscoThinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone…$350,000 – $475,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, KernelsThinking Machines Lab · San FranciscoThinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone…$350,000 – $475,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer, Infrastructure, InferenceThinking Machines Lab · San FranciscoThinking Machines Lab's mission is to empower humanity through advancing collaborative general intelligence. We're building a future where everyone…$350,000 – $475,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Societal ImpactsAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 – $500,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer - The Diffusion LLM TeamIfm Us · Sunnyvale, CAAbout the Institute of Foundation Models We are a dedicated research lab for building, understanding, using, and risk-managing foundation models. Our…1 month ago
- Research Engineer, CalibrationWaabi · San Francisco, CAWaabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous…1 month ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist (SLAM)World Labs · San FranciscoAbout World Labs: We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full…$250,000 – $350,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist (3D Tech Lead)World Labs · San FranciscoAbout World Labs: We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full…$250,000 – $350,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist (3D Reconstruction)World Labs · San FranciscoAbout World Labs: We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full…$250,000 – $350,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer (Scaling Multimodal Data)World Labs · San FranciscoAbout World Labs: We build foundational world models that can perceive, generate, reason, and interact with the 3D world — unlocking AI's full…1 month ago
- Research Engineer, Data InfrastructureMistral · Palo AltoAbout Mistral At Mistral AI, we believe in the power of AI to simplify tasks, save time, and enhance learning and creativity. Our technology is…1 month ago
- Research Engineer, AI ObservabilityAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$320,000 — $405,0001 month ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Frontier Red Team (Cyber)Anthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$320,000 — $485,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer, Machine Learning (Reinforcement Learning)Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$500,000 — $850,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer, Performance RLAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 — $850,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer, DiscoveryAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 — $850,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer / Scientist, Alignment ScienceAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 — $500,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer, Production Model Post-TrainingAnthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 — $500,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer, Cybersecurity Reinforcement LearningAnthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NYAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$300,000 — $405,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer, InterpretabilityAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$315,000 — $560,0002 months ago
- Staff Research Engineer, Discovery TeamAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 — $850,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer / Research Scientist, TokensAnthropic · New York City, NY; New York City, NY | Seattle, WA; San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 — $500,0002 months ago
- Research Engineer, Pretraining ScalingAnthropic · San Francisco, CAAbout Anthropic Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our…$350,000 — $850,0002 months ago
- Senior Research EngineerAisafety · San Francisco, CAThe Center for AI Safety (CAIS) is a leading research and advocacy organization focused on mitigating societal-scale risks from AI. We address AI’s…$170K - $230K/yr2 months ago
Research Engineer pay distribution in San Francisco Bay Area
10th
$213k
25th
$275k
Median
$403k
75th
$600k
90th
$600k
Base salary only (excludes equity and bonus), across 26 recent Research Engineer postings in San Francisco Bay Area that disclose pay.
Common questions
How many Research Engineer jobs are open in San Francisco Bay Area?
There are 54 open Research Engineer roles in San Francisco Bay Area on Linora right now, pulled daily from company career pages across Greenhouse, Ashby, Lever, and Workday.
How much does a Research Engineer earn?
The median Research Engineer salary is $214k to $423k per year, based on 32 live postings that list a range.
How often are Research Engineer jobs updated?
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Companies hiring Research Engineers now
Anthropic21Thinking Machines Lab6Tamus6Applied Intuition5World Labs4Samsung Research America3Autodesk3Synthesia2
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