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Research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area
48 open roles for research associates and lab technicians in San Francisco Bay Area as of Nov 15, 2026. Merge Labs, BillionToOne, Altos Labs, Anthropic and Anthrogen have the most. The median advertised salary is $108K.
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- Scientist / Senior Scientist, Medicinal ChemistryIntegrated Biosciences, Inc. · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$120K - $170KSenior
- Lab Operations AssociateMerge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120K
- Robotics Research AssistantArtificialanalysis · 🇺🇸San Francisco (On-site)—ROS
- Electromechanical Lab Technician supporting NvidiaSustainable Talent · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA—
- Research Associate - In Vitro Molecular NeurotechnologyMerge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120K
- Research Associate - In Vivo Molecular NeurotechnologyMerge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120KPythonMATLAB
- Scientist I, Chemistry (Contract)Pliant Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA—Microsoft WordIntellectual propertyMicrosoft Office
- Associate Scientist I, BiochemistryPliant Therapeutics, Inc. · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$125K - $138KJuniorPythonRStorage systems
- Robotics Lab Technician supporting NvidiaSustainable Talent · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA—
- Research Associate – Expression (Biochemistry)Merge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120K
- Research Associate – Expression (Cell Bio)Merge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120K
- Lab Manager, Robotics & Scientific OperationsAxiombio · 🇺🇸South San Francisco—PythonSQL
- Senior / Principal Scientist, Medicinal ChemistryAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA;San Diego, CA$175K - $224KLead and aboveMachine Learning
- Senior Scientist & Program LeadPear VC · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area—Lead and abovePython
- Research Associate - Automation & High Throughput ScreeningMerge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120KPython
- Research Associate InternBillionToOne · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA—InternPython
- Research AssociateBillionToOne · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA$76K - $87KPython
- Hardware Lab ManagerMatx · 🇺🇸Mountain View$160K - $275KPythonSAP
- Clinical Laboratory Associate, Prenatal and OncologyBillionToOne · 🇺🇸Menlo Park or Union City, CA—
- Research Associate - Neuron ModelsMerge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120K
- Instrument Integration Lab Specialist IIMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$147K - $172KPythonC++Security clearance
- Laboratory TechnicianMarianaminerals · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$40 - $45 an hour
- Gene Editing Lab Technician (2nd Shift)Ohalo · 🇺🇸South San Francisco—
- Research Associate - In Vivo Biosensor DevelopmentMerge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120KPythonMATLAB
- Senior Scientist / Associate Director, Drug Product ManufacturingBridgeBio Pharma · 🇺🇸San Francisco - 1800 Owens$175K - $185KLead and above
- Post-Silicon Lab ManagerTenstorrent · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California, United States—JiraConfluenceHardware interfaces
- Research AssociatePilgrim · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA—
- Research Technician (Nights / Weekends)Alljoined · 🇺🇸San Francisco—Deep learningData quality
- Research Associate, BiologyIntegrated Biosciences, Inc. · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$60K - $100K
- Associate Scientist III, Cardiac ModelingInsitro · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$107K - $114KJuniorMachine Learning
- Research Associate (Biology)Anthrogen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$100K - $150KGoPython
- Materials R&D Lab TechnicianAntora Energy · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA—Python
- Scientist / Senior Scientist, Membrane BiochemistryAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$136K - $175KSenior
- Research Associate, Protein Purification & Quality ControlMedraai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$85K - $115KPython
- Senior Research Associate, Drug DiscoveryAltos Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area, CA$109K - $140KSenior
- Research Associate - Neurobiology (In Vivo Imaging)Merge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120KPythonMATLAB
- Research Associate – ImmunotolerizationMerge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120K
- Hardware Lab ManagerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$320K - $405KLinuxNetwork engineeringDNS
- Lab ManagerBiohub · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA (Onsite)$106K - $146K
- Laboratory TechnicianPeriodic Labs · 🇺🇸Menlo Park, CA—
- Principal Scientist / Associate Director, Agentic AI Research for Materials ScienceLila Sciences · 🇺🇸Cambridge, MA USA; San Francisco, CA USA$288K - $420KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Research Associate, BiologyAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$95K - $120K
- Research Associate (RL Environments)Anthrogen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$100K - $150KPython
- Robotics Lab TechnicianALTEN Technology USA · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$90K - $105KPythonDockerLinux
- Research Associate – In Vivo OperationsMerge Labs · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$95K - $120K
- Research Associate - FoundryMedraai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$85K - $115K
- Senior Scientist, Bio AIEarli, Inc. · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA$205K - $235KSeniorPythonGCPAI
- Applied Scientist IIIInMobi · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA$148K - $216KPythonMachine LearningPyTorch
Who is hiring for research associate and lab technician roles in San Francisco Bay Area
Where research associate and lab technician roles in San Francisco Bay Area are
- 🇺🇸United States48
- 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area48
- 🇺🇸California48
- 🇺🇸New York, NY1
- 🇺🇸San Diego, CA1
- 🇺🇸Boston, MA1
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area
- How many research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open right now?
- There are 48 open research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area at 28 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 2 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- Right now the most openings are at Merge Labs (11), Altos Labs (3), BillionToOne (3), Integrated Biosciences, Inc. (2) and Sustainable Talent (2). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- None of the 48 open research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are listed as remote at the moment. Remote roles appear here as soon as employers post them.
- What do research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area pay?
- The median advertised salary is $108K, based on 33 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $108K and $156K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
- Is it hard to get one of the research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- 3 of the 48 open research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (6%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 15 postings that state experience, the median asks for 3 years. 28 companies are hiring and 2 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- 5 of the 48 open research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area (10%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Machine Learning, AI, LLM. Employers still list 48 such roles today at 28 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area ask for?
- Most often Python (40%), Machine Learning (8%), MATLAB (6%), R (4%), Network engineering (4%) of the 48 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
- Research Associate (18), Scientist / Senior Scientist (2), Lab Manager (2), Hardware Lab Manager (2), Laboratory Technician (2): the most common titles among the 48 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area in demand in 2026?
- 48 research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 28 companies, 0.0% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 2 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $108K. 0 (0%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for research associate and lab technician jobs in San Francisco Bay Area?
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