Senior Research Scientist, Superconducting Hardware
Airbus Ventures
Los Angeles, CA · $150k–$225k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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November 2026
- #2Best cities for aerospace and defense jobs498 openings · of 67
- #2Best cities for media and entertainment jobs429 openings · of 17
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Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $187,500 a year. Across 30 open senior research scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $147,000 to $240,500 and the median is $206,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 9% below the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial engineering technologists and technicians is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial engineering technologists and technicians: 0% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...About the team The Quantum Computing Research team is dedicated to developing innovative methods to get the best possible performance... .... In this role, you will join a collaborative team of quantum scientists and software engineers to advance the control and calibration...