Raydar
Research Engineer
$200K–$300K
San Francisco, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 0 to 8 years of relevant experience.
About the job
Leads technical projects from scoping through delivery, building optimization solutions for practical problems and taking on deeper research over time.
What you'll do
- Scope and deliver projects, including defining problems with external partners.
- Design and build optimization solutions for applied technical problems.
- Collaborate with a senior engineer and take on deeper research as the role develops.
What they ask for
- Research experience in a physical science or adjacent STEM field, through graduate study, lab work, computational research, or publications.
- Ability to own client-facing work and drive projects to completion.
- Ability to translate scientific training into functional engineering outputs.
- Self-starting and able to resolve technical issues in settings without established processes.
Pay
USD 200,000 to 300,000 per year (base salary)
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