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Physicist
A Physicist conducts research to understand the fundamental laws governing matter, energy, and the universe, working in academia, national laboratories, or industry R&D settings. Day-to-day work involves designing experiments or building theoretical models, then using Python or MATLAB and statistical modeling techniques to analyze data and test hypotheses. Rigorous research methodology and clear technical writing are essential, since findings are typically published in peer-reviewed journals or shared through formal reports.
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Physicist
Air Force Civilian Career Training
Maxwell AFB, Alabama; Davis Monthan AFB, Arizona; Edwards AFB, California; Poway, California; Vandenberg AFB, California; Air Force Academy, Colorado; Buckley AFB, Colorado; Peterson AFB, Colorado; Schriever AFB, Colorado; Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, District of Columbia; Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida; Eglin AFB, Florida; Hurlburt Field, Florida; MacDill AFB, Florida; Orlando, Florida; Patrick AFB, Florida; Tyndall AFB, Florida; Robins AFB, Georgia; Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts; Natick, Massachusetts; Andrews AFB, Maryland; White Oak, Maryland; Whiteman AFB, Missouri; Keesler AFB, Mississippi; Offutt AFB, Nebraska; Holloman AFB, New Mexico; Kirtland AFB, New Mexico; Nellis AFB, Nevada; Rome, New York; Heath, Ohio; Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; Tinker AFB, Oklahoma; Arnold AFB, Tennessee; Dyess AFB, Texas; Goodfellow AFB, Texas; Lackland AFB, Texas; Los Angeles, Texas; Randolph AFB, Texas; Hill AFB, Utah; Arlington, Virginia; Dahlgren, Virginia; Langley AFB, Virginia; Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia; Warren AFB, Wyoming · $50,460 – $93,543
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Where Physicists commonly go next: Research Scientist.
Research Scientist
KLA-Tencor
Ann Arbor, MI
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Research Scientist
NVIDIA
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Research Scientist
Schreiber Foods
Green Bay, WI
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Senior R&D Technologist
Smithfield Foods
Saint Charles, IL · $70,000 – $97,500
Lead applied research and experimentation within a meat processing plant to optimize products, processes, and equipment while providing technical support to operations teams. This role suits experienced food scientists or meat industry technologists who thrive solving practical manufacturing challenges and collaborating across scientific and operational disciplines.
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Applied Research Scientist, AI Research
Descript
San Francisco, CA · $197,000 – $262,500 · Remote
This is a research scientist role focused on building multimodal AI systems that help an editing agent understand video and audio content the way human editors do. The role suits someone with a strong deep learning background who wants to work on specialized models that ship to production, from research concept through to features used by millions of creators.
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Research Staff, Voice AI Foundations
Deepgram
Ann Arbor, MI · $150,000 – $250,000 · Remote
This role develops novel approaches to audio AI through research on Latent Space Models, focusing on neural audio codecs, generative speech synthesis, and efficient training methods that can scale voice AI across billions of hours of data. The position suits researchers who thrive on solving fundamental technical challenges in multimodal learning and have the drive to move from concept to production-grade systems rapidly.
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Research Scientist, Life Sciences (Chemistry)
Menlo Ventures Portfolio
Full-time · San Francisco, CA · $300,000 – $320,000
Anthropic seeks a medicinal chemist to lead hands-on synthesis and characterization work for their life sciences research group, designing and testing small molecules informed by AI. You'll bridge computational predictions and wet-lab validation, working across chemistry, AI research, and external partners to accelerate drug discovery.
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Research Scientist
FLIR Systems
Durham, NC
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Working Student (f/m/d) - Quantum Machine Learing Researcher
SAP
Part-time · Walldorf, DE, 69190
SAP is seeking a mathematics student to support early-stage quantum machine learning research, validating mathematical concepts and exploring practical applications of quantum computing in business. The role suits someone with strong math skills who is curious about quantum computing and comfortable learning in an exploratory, research-driven environment.
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Lead Research Scientist
Visa Inc.
Full-time · US - Foster City, CA · $215,300 – $344,600
This role leads Visa's quantum computing research agenda, focusing on applications to payments and finance. It suits researchers with advanced quantum computing expertise and a track record of published research who want to guide strategic technology development at a major payments company.
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Roles similar to Physicist (189)
From Biologist, Chemist, Data Scientist, Medical Physicist, Research Scientist, Statistician.
Data Scientist
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, DC · $85,447 – $111,087
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DATA SCIENTIST
Bureau of Reclamation
Lakewood, Colorado · $83,265 – $108,251
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Biologist (Seasonal)
National Park Service
Internship · Whiskeytown, CA · $30 – $38 / hour
This seasonal position assists with biological field research and natural resource management, supporting vegetation and wildlife projects through field data collection and compliance work. It suits candidates with field biology experience who can work independently in remote settings and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams.
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Supervisory Data Scientist
Bonneville Power Administration
Full-time · Portland, OR · $135,522 – $176,183
This federal role leads a data science team at the Bonneville Power Administration, responsible for strategy, governance, and delivery of enterprise analytics across the agency. The position suits someone with advanced technical expertise in machine learning and data platforms who also has experience managing teams and aligning technical solutions with organizational leadership.
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Data Scientist Specialist
Office of the Inspector General, USPS
Arlington, VA · $143,913 – $187,093
This role applies advanced data science and artificial intelligence methods to support the U.S. Postal Service's audit and investigative operations, analyzing large datasets to uncover fraud and operational risks. The position suits experienced data scientists comfortable with Python, SQL, and machine learning who can translate technical findings into insights for executive stakeholders.
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Data Scientist
Citizenship and Immigration Services
Camp Springs, Maryland · $57,736 – $91,815
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Chemist
KLA-Tencor
Totowa, NJ
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DATA SCIENTIST
Naval Sea Systems Command
Washington Navy Yard, DC · $143,913 – $197,200
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Data Scientist
Gentex
Zeeland, MI
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Data Scientist
Country Financial
Bloomington, IL
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