Top 10 Research Scientist Hiring Companies in the USA (August 2026)

1. #1

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   NVIDIA

   17 open Research Scientist roles·On-site mostly (2/17 remote)
   Senior Applied Research Scientist – Computational Geometry and MeshingRemote·Aug 17Senior Applied Scientist Cyber DefenseRemote·Aug 17Senior Research Scientist - Generative World Models for Autonomous Driving and Physical AIUS, CA, Santa Clara·Jul 31Research Scientist, Efficient Deep Learning - New College Grad 2026US, CA, Santa Clara·Jun 11Senior Quantum Applied Research Scientist, Calibration and DecodingUS, WA, Redmond·Jun 8
   All 17 NVIDIA roles →
2. #2

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   Point72

   16 open Research Scientist roles·On-site mostly (1/16 remote)
   Summer 2027 Quantitative Research InternshipNew York·$240k – $300k·Aug 3Quantitative Research Intern (NLP)New York·Aug 3Quantitative Research InternNew York, Seattle·Aug 3Quantitative Researcher, Trading Research New York·$125k – $200k·Aug 3Quantitative Researcher - Systematic CreditChicago, New York·$150k – $200k·Aug 3
   All 16 Point72 roles →
3. #3

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   OpenAI

   13 open Research Scientist roles·On-site mostly (0/13 remote)
   Research Engineer / Research Scientist, HealthSan Francisco·$295k – $555k·Aug 21Research Engineer / Research Scientist / AI Systems Engineer, RSISan Francisco·$295k – $445k·Aug 5Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, PersonalizationSan Francisco·$295k – $555k·Aug 3Research Engineer / Research Scientist - Personal AGI, MemorySan Francisco·$295k – $555k·Aug 3Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Personal AGI-Model ExperienceSan Francisco·$295k – $555k·Jul 22
   All 13 OpenAI roles →
4. #4

   AI

   Anduril Industries

   12 open Research Scientist roles·Partially remote (7/12 remote)
   Staff Gen AI Research Scientist Costa Mesa, California, United States·$220k – $292k·Aug 21Senior Advanced Research Scientist Broomfield, Colorado, United States·$190k – $252k·Aug 18Senior Research Scientist, Target TrackingRemote·$190k – $252k·Aug 11Senior Research Scientist, Battlespace Awareness Waltham, Massachusetts, United States·$220k – $292k·Aug 11Senior Research Scientist, Battlespace AwarenessRemote·$190k – $252k·Aug 11
   All 12 Anduril Industries roles →
5. #5

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   IMC Financial Markets

   9 open Research Scientist roles·On-site mostly (0/9 remote)
   Quantitative Research Intern (PhD) - Summer 2027Chicago, United States·Aug 14Quantitative Research Intern (BS/MS) - Summer 2027Chicago, United States·Aug 14Graduate Quantitative TraderChicago, United States·Aug 14Graduate Quantitative Researcher (PhD)Chicago, United States·Aug 14Graduate Quantitative Researcher (BS/MS)Chicago, United States·Aug 14
   All 9 IMC Financial Markets roles →
6. #6

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   AbbVie

   8 open Research Scientist roles·On-site mostly (0/8 remote)
   Principal Research Scientist INorth Chicago, IL, United States·Aug 20Principal Research Scientist II, Molecular Profiling and Drug Delivery (MPDD)North Chicago, IL, United States·Aug 18Principal Research Scientist II Central Core Function Operations LeaderNorth Chicago, IL, United States·Aug 11Principal Research Scientist I EngNorth Chicago, IL, United States·Aug 5Principal Research Scientist II, Process ChemistryNorth Chicago, IL, United States·Jul 30
   All 8 AbbVie roles →
7. #7

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   Adobe

   8 open Research Scientist roles·On-site mostly (1/8 remote)
   Research ScientistSeattle·$143k – $271k·Aug 10Staff Applied Scientist - 3D Synthetic DataSan Jose·$164k – $313k·Aug 10Research Scientist/EngineerSeattle·$121k – $239k·Aug 4Staff Applied ScientistSan Jose·$164k – $313k·Jul 24Applied ScientistSeattle·$121k – $239k·Jun 23
   All 8 Adobe roles →
8. #8

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   Anthropic

   8 open Research Scientist roles·Partially remote (2/8 remote)
   Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)San Francisco, CA·$300k – $320k·Aug 14Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Computational)San Francisco, CA·$300k – $320k·Aug 3Research Scientist, Life SciencesSan Francisco, CA·$300k – $320k·Aug 3Research Scientist, InterpretabilitySan Francisco, CA·$350k – $850k·Aug 3Research Scientist/Engineer, Biological SafetySan Francisco, CA·$300k – $405k·Aug 3
   All 8 Anthropic roles →
9. #9

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   Bosch

   8 open Research Scientist roles·On-site mostly (0/8 remote)
   Research Scientist – Molecular DiagnosticsSunnyvale, CA, United States·$150k – $170k·Aug 5Senior Research Scientist – Molecular DiagnosticsSunnyvale, CA, United States·$170k – $200k·Aug 5Senior AI Research Scientist- Time-Series Foundational ModelsSunnyvale, CA, United States·$165k – $195k·Jul 31AI Research Scientist- Multimodal Foundational ModelsSunnyvale, CA, United States·$165k – $195k·Jul 31Wireless Research ScientistSunnyvale, CA, United States·$140k – $160k·Jul 24
   All 8 Bosch roles →
10. #10

    SA

    Scale AI

    8 open Research Scientist roles·Partially remote (3/8 remote)
    Manager, Research ScientistSan Francisco, CA·$290k – $363k·Jul 24Research Scientist, Safety Post TrainingRemote·$216k – $270k·May 18Senior / Staff Machine Learning Research Scientist, AgentsRemote·$302k – $378k·May 8Research Scientist, Frontier Risk EvaluationsSan Francisco, CA·$216k – $270k·May 8Research Scientist, AI Controls and MonitoringSan Francisco, CA·$216k – $270k·May 8
    All 8 Scale AI roles →

Methodology: companies are ranked by number of live Research Scientist listings located in the USA on our board, sourced daily from company career pages and ATS APIs. No sponsored placements.