Research Development Engineer Jobs in Palo Alto, CA

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Technology Development Engineer Northwest Territory

  • TTI, Inc.
  • Fremont, CA (12 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 14 hours ago
  • Fremont, CA (12 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 14 hours ago

Education and Experience Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Electronics required; or a Bachelor's degree in a closely related engineering...

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Clinical Development Engineer SinglePort Instruments & Accessories

  • Intuitive
  • Sunnyvale, CA (8 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 17 hours ago
  • Sunnyvale, CA (8 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 17 hours ago

design teams Assess and document clinical risks, and identify appropriate mitigations Conduct pre-clinical testing to validate the safety and efficacy of new products Support regulatory documentation...

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Senior Applied Research Engineer - Multimodal LLMs for Human Interaction

  • Apple
  • Sunnyvale, CA (8 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 1 day ago
  • Sunnyvale, CA (8 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 1 day ago

Job Summary Summary Posted: Jan 27, 2026 Role Number: 20... Are you excited about the amazing potential of foundation models, LLMs, and multimodal LLMs? We are looking for individuals who thrive...

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Senior Post Silicon Feature Development Engineer

  • NVIDIA
  • Santa Clara, CA (12 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 1 day ago
  • Santa Clara, CA (12 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 1 day ago

Join NVIDIA, a trailblazer at the forefront of graphics and artificial intelligence performance, efficiency, and innovation. From our roots as a groundbreaking graphic company, we have evolved...

Hybrid

Development Engineer

  • Scale Microgrid Solutions
  • Oakland, CA (23 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 1 day ago
  • Oakland, CA (23 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 1 day ago

We are looking for a Development Engineer to provide comprehensive engineering support for our distributed energy and microgrid projects. Our projects typically include managing a variety of DER...

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Staff Systems Development Engineer, Google Distributed Cloud

  • Google
  • Mountain View, CA (5 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 2 days ago
  • Mountain View, CA (5 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 2 days ago

Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT-related field, or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience with systems automation, and with systems design and...

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Sr. Manager, ATE Test Development Engineer

  • Achronix Semiconductor Corporation
  • Santa Clara, CA (12 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 4 days ago
  • Santa Clara, CA (12 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 4 days ago

Achronix is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, Test Development Engineering to lead test program development, characterization, and production test strategies for our FPGA integrated circuits....

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Senior Research Engineer, Training Data Infrastructure in Foundation Models

  • Apple Inc.
  • Cupertino, CA (10 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 5 days ago
  • Cupertino, CA (10 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 5 days ago

Our team is dedicated to solving the high-quality training data problem at the scale required to train advanced Foundation Models. We believe that the advanced model performance (including...

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Manufacturing Test Development Engineer, Rack Integration

  • Google LLC
  • Sunnyvale, CA (8 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 6 days ago
  • Sunnyvale, CA (8 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 6 days ago

Apply share linkCopy link emailEmail a friend Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Experience in manufacturing. Preferred...

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Senior/Staff Packaging Development Engineer

  • Monolithic Power Systems
  • San Jose, CA (15 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 7 days ago
  • San Jose, CA (15 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 7 days ago

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. (MPS) is one of the fastest growing companies in the Semiconductor industry. We are worldwide technical leaders in Integrated Power Semiconductors and Systems Power...

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Senior Grid Innovation Engineer - Location Flexible

  • PG&E
  • Oakland, CA (23 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 7 days ago
  • Oakland, CA (23 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 7 days ago

Senior Grid Innovation Engineer - Location Flexible PG&E United States, California, Oakland Jan 21, 2026 Requisition ID# 169995 Job Category: Engineering / Science Job Level: Individual...

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Firmware Development Engineer - Optoelectronics

  • Koch Industries, Inc.
  • Fremont, CA (12 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 7 days ago
  • Fremont, CA (12 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 7 days ago

Molex is seeking a Firmware Engineer to join our Optical Solutions business unit in Fremont, CA. In this early career role, you'll be part of a multidisciplinary engineering team responsible for...

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HPE Labs - AI/ML Research Engineer

  • HPE
  • Milpitas, CA (18 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 10 days ago
  • Milpitas, CA (18 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 10 days ago

HPE Labs - AI/ML Research EngineerThis role has been designed as Hybrid with an expectation that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office. Who We Are: Hewlett Packard Enterprise...

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Mechanical Development Engineer, Electric Engine - (SJ2026PJ)

  • Archer Aviation
  • San Jose, CA (15 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 11 days ago
  • San Jose, CA (15 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 11 days ago

Minimum Education Requirement: Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or closely related field....

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Staff Research Engineer, MetaAI Assistant Measurement

  • Meta Platforms, Inc.
  • Menlo Park, CA (2 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 11 days ago
  • Menlo Park, CA (2 miles from Palo Alto, CA)
  • 11 days ago

Meta Superintelligence Labs is seeking a Staff Research Engineer to provide technical leadership for the team working on the next generation of AI Assistants powered by frontier-scale foundation...

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Salary for Research Development Engineer Jobs in Palo Alto, CA

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Highest Education Level

Research Development Engineers in Palo Alto, CA offer the following education background
Bachelor's Degree
49.6%
Master's Degree
33.3%
Doctorate Degree
11.7%
Associate's Degree
2.5%
Vocational Degree or Certification
1.4%
High School or GED
1.1%
Some College
0.3%
Some High School
0.1%

Average Work Experience
Here's a breakdown of the number of years' experience offered by Research Development Engineers in Palo Alto, CA
4-6 years
26.4%
2-4 years
25.9%
6-8 years
17.6%
Less than 1 year
10.4%
1-2 years
7.0%
8-10 years
5.9%
None
4.2%
10+ years
2.6%