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updated october 2026

Research Scientist Jobs in San Diego (October 2026)

10 open Research Scientist positions in San Diego as of October 2026, across 7 hiring companies. Lilly leads with 3 openings. Listings are updated daily, and every role links straight to the employer's official application page.

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Biostatistician I

Usc·San Diego, CA·On-site
Junior·Research Scientist·$86k – $109k
Statistical programmingRSASPython
4d ago→
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Biostatistician II

Usc·San Diego, CA·On-site
Mid·Research Scientist·$104k – $133k
BiostatisticsClinicaltrialsStatisticalprogrammingR
4d ago→
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Director, AI/ML - Generative Foundation Models for Biotherapeutics

Lilly·US, San Diego CA·On-site
Staff·Research Scientist·$194k – $339k
Generative AIDeep learningPythonPyTorch
4d ago→
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Advisor - AI/ML Generative Foundation Models for Biotherapeutics

Lilly·US, San Diego CA·On-site
Senior·Research Scientist·$168k – $268k
PythonPyTorchTransformersBioinformatics
4d ago→
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Senior Bioinformatics Scientist – AI/ML for Protein Engineering

Illumina·US - California - San Diego·On-site
Senior·Research Scientist·$129k – $194k
BioinformaticsProtein engineeringMachine learningDeep learning
4d ago→
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AVP, AI/ML - Generative Foundation Models for Biotherapeutics

Lilly·US, San Diego CA·On-site
Senior·Research Scientist·$267k – $392k
PythonDeep learningGenerative AITensorFlow
6d ago→
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Director, R&D AI, Insights & Analytics

Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc·Princeton, New Jersey, United States; San Diego, California, United States; South San Francisco, California, United States·On-site
Senior·Research Scientist·$192k – $240k
PythonRSQLMachine learning
1mo ago→
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Director / Senior Director, Machine Learning for Biology

Altos Labs·San Diego, CA; San Francisco Bay Area, CA·On-site
Senior·Research Scientist·$297k – $381k
PythonDeep learningBioinformaticsGenomics
1mo ago→
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Data Science & AI Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow

Novartis·San Diego·On-site
Junior·Research Scientist·$58k – $107k
Biomedical researchDrug discoveryMultidisciplinary collaborationCutting-edge technologies
2mo ago→
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Physics Informed Machine Learning Scientist

ASML·San Diego, CA, USA·On-site
Mid·Research Scientist·$135k – $203k
Physics-informed-neural-networksLaser-plasma-interactionsOptical-systems-modelingControl-algorithm-development
3mo ago→
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Data Science, Cheminformatics & AI: Lab-in-the-Loop Hit Finding

Novartis·San Diego·On-site
Mid·Research Scientist·$139k – $257k
CheminformaticsHit findingBiological data integrationTarget nomination
3mo ago→

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