updated october 2026

Research Scientist Jobs in Tokyo (October 2026)

22 open Research Scientist positions in Tokyo as of October 2026, across 7 hiring companies. Sonyglobal leads with 9 openings. Listings are updated daily, and every role links straight to the employer's official application page.

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Full-Time - Senior Research Engineer for Speech Analysis

NEW

Sonyglobal·Tokyo - Osaki·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Speech processing Audio signal processing Machine learning Large language modeling

2d ago→

Research Engineer for Spatial Intelligence, Vision AI Platform

Woven By Toyota·Tokyo·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist

Computer vision Deep learning Python PyTorch

3w ago→

Clinical Research Scientist

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany·Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist

Clinical data analysis Biostatistics Pharmaceutical research Machine learning applications

1mo ago→

Research Scientist (Generative & Agentic AI) - Tokyo,Japan.

Appier·Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

LLMs Vision-language models Reinforcement learning Fine-tuning (sft/rlhf)

1mo ago→

Quantitative Researcher - Intern

Point72·London, Paris, Hong Kong, Tokyo·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist·$120k – $180k

Python Statistical modeling Time series Feature engineering

2mo ago→

Full-Time - Audio-Visual AI Research Scientist

Sonyglobal·Tokyo - Osaki·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Computer vision Audio signal processing Speech processing Deep learning

2mo ago→

Internship - Audio-Visual AI Research Scientist

Sonyglobal·Tokyo - Osaki·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist

Computer vision Audio processing Speech processing Machine learning

2mo ago→

Full time - Researcher / Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Multimodal Machine Learning

Sonyglobal·Tokyo - Osaki·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Natural language processing Multimodal learning Generative AI Deep learning

2mo ago→

Internship - Researcher / Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Multimodal Machine Learning

Sonyglobal·Tokyo - Osaki·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist

Natural language processing Multimodal learning Generative AI Deep learning

2mo ago→

Deep Learning Quantitative Researcher

Millennium·Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Singapore, Singapore; Shanghai, Shanghai, China·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Pytorch tensorflow Distributed training Quantitative alpha research Data pipelines

2mo ago→

Internship on Audio Processing and Machine Learning

Sonyglobal·Tokyo - Roppongi·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist

Audio signal processing Machine learning Deep learning Python

2mo ago→

R&D-003 Junior Research Scientist (Robotics)

AI Robot Association·Heiwajima, Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist

Vision-language-action (vla) modeling Humanoid robotics Multimodal learning Tactile manipulation

9mo ago→

R&D-002 Research Scientist (Robotics)

AI Robot Association·Heiwajima, Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Vision-language-action modeling Humanoid robotics Large-scale data collection Sim-to-real transfer

9mo ago→

R&D-001 Senior Research Scientist (Robotics)

AI Robot Association·Heiwajima, Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Vision-language-action (vla) modeling Humanoid robotics Large-scale multimodal learning Sim-to-real transfer

9mo ago→

R&D-004 Intern Research Scientist (Robotics)

AI Robot Association·Heiwajima, Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist

Vision-language-action (vla) modeling Humanoid robotics Multimodal learning Sim-to-real transfer

9mo ago→

R&D-012 Research Scientist (VLAs)

AI Robot Association·Heiwajima, Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Vision-language-action modeling Multimodal learning Humanoid robotics Large-scale dataset collection

9mo ago→

R&D-014 Intern Research Scientist (VLAs)

AI Robot Association·Heiwajima, Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Mid·Research Scientist

Vision-language-action-models Multimodal-learning Sim-to-real-transfer Humanoid-robotics

9mo ago→

R&D-011 Senior Research Scientist (VLAs)

AI Robot Association·Heiwajima, Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Senior·Research Scientist

Vision-language-action-models Multimodal-learning Humanoid-robotics Large-scale-dataset-curation

9mo ago→

R&D-013 Junior Research Scientist (VLAs)

AI Robot Association·Heiwajima, Tokyo, Japan·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist

Vision-language-action-models Multimodal-learning Humanoid-robotics Sim-to-real-transfer

9mo ago→

Internship - Research Engineer for Speech/Audio Signal Processing

Sonyglobal·Tokyo - Osaki·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist

Speech processing Audio signal processing Machine learning Deep learning

9mo ago→

Internship - Research Engineer for Natural Language Processing

Sonyglobal·Tokyo - Osaki·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist

Natural language processing Machine learning LLMs Multilingual modeling

9mo ago→

Internship - Research engineer for data science and machine learning

Sonyglobal·Tokyo - Osaki·On-site

Junior·Research Scientist

Python Machine learning Causal inference Recommendation systems

9mo ago→

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