Top Research Jobs in Seattle, WA

Conduct research on efficient and agentic AI systems alongside Microsoft researchers. Collaborate on machine learning and systems research, evaluate model quality, speed, cost, and performance, develop or assess AI applications and agents, analyze experiments, present findings, and contribute to research publications or open-source projects during a 12-week internship.

Conduct theoretical computer science research in algorithms, including approximate nearest neighbor search, erasure coding for distributed storage, and theoretical aspects of large language models. Collaborate with researchers and doctoral interns, work with a mentor, present findings, contribute to research projects, and connect theoretical advances to practical challenges during a 12-week internship.

Conduct quantitative UX research using surveys, statistical modeling, and log analysis to understand user attitudes and behavior. Translate findings into compelling insights that inform Pinterest’s product roadmap and business decisions. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, designers, data professionals, and researchers on impactful user experiences.

Coordinates clinical research studies for the myeloma program, including participant eligibility review, consent scheduling, biospecimen collection, sample transport, participant tracking, medical-record data extraction, protocol liaison duties, and IRB and regulatory documentation. The role supports study operations under Principal Investigator supervision and institutional guidelines.

The role involves developing and maintaining robotic control stacks, managing sim-to-real pipelines, and collaborating with researchers on robotic learning projects.

Own the real-time control stack for physical robots, including arms, hands, bimanual systems, and humanoids. Develop and tune torque-level and whole-body controllers, enable sim-to-real transfer, and lead robot setup, calibration, maintenance, and debugging. Design custom hardware such as end-effectors and test rigs, build teleoperation and monitoring tools, and collaborate with research and simulation teams. Contribute to open-source robotics software and publications.

Leads a multidisciplinary team of UX researchers, designers, and content writers within Microsoft’s Employee Experience organization. Oversees research and end-to-end design practices, AI-enabled workflows, stakeholder alignment, product strategy, roadmap development, mentorship, and delivery of digital and physical workplace experiences. Establishes research and design metrics, fosters inclusive team culture, and partners with Engineering, Product, and business leaders to deliver impactful employee experiences.

Conduct research on agentic AI and data memory systems, including graph-based methods, agent memory, workflows, evaluation, and LLM-based agents. Collaborate with researchers, present findings, contribute to experiments, and potentially publish peer-reviewed work during a 12-week internship.

Conduct research in Microsoft’s Systems Research Group during a 12-week internship. Collaborate with doctoral candidates and researchers on distributed systems, operating systems, and infrastructure topics; work with mentors, present findings, contribute to research projects, and participate in the research community. Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral Computer Science or related STEM program. Systems programming experience is preferred.

Conduct research with Microsoft’s RiSE team in software engineering, machine learning systems, agents, program verification, programming languages, testing, and related areas. Interns will define and investigate research questions, collaborate with researchers and development teams, conduct experiments, analyze results, present findings, and contribute to publications or research projects during a 12-week internship.

Executes high-throughput AlphaSeq assay workflows, including DNA and yeast library construction, yeast transformation and mating, cell sorting, flow cytometry, and sequencing on Illumina and Oxford Nanopore platforms. Supports SOP development, workflow optimization, technical operations execution, project tasks, and training. Requires molecular biology expertise, high-throughput screening experience, LIMS/ELN proficiency, strong organization, and flexibility for occasional weekend or nonstandard hours.

Leads rigorous qualitative and multidisciplinary research on how AI agents transform work, organizations, roles, judgment, trust, accountability, and decision-making. Defines research questions, conducts longitudinal and comparative studies, synthesizes evidence, and translates findings into guidance for designing human-AI systems, workflows, and operating models. Collaborates with researchers, designers, engineers, leaders, customers, and external communities, and communicates insights responsibly across Microsoft and industry.

Leads a team conducting red-team assessments of AI models, agentic systems, and AI-enabled security products. Defines attack strategies, severity standards, automated testing, and reproducible attack campaigns. Drives critical findings through remediation with research, engineering, and product security teams. Builds specialist talent across adversarial machine learning, agent security, offensive security, automation, and privacy while tracking emerging AI attack techniques and improving security assessment methods.

Conduct original security research with Microsoft Research mentors and fellow doctoral candidates. Investigate secure and trustworthy software and cloud services across systems security, confidential computing, formal verification, zero-knowledge proofs, data-driven security, and agentic security. Build or extend complex software, collaborate with researchers, present findings, and contribute to research and development during a 12-week internship.

Produces recombinant antigens for antibody discovery, engineering, and assay development. Responsibilities include antigen purification using FPLC chromatography, plasmid DNA scale-up, mammalian cell expression, transient and stable transfection, protein quality control through SDS-PAGE and Western blotting, and accurate laboratory documentation. The role supports reagent production across discovery and assay development teams while managing inventory, batch records, and multiple priorities in an onsite biotech environment.

Conduct research on document intelligence and multimodal content understanding, developing models and learning techniques for complex documents containing language, visual structure, tables, and images. Collaborate with researchers and engineers, design experiments, evaluate results at scale, build practical AI prototypes, and present findings through papers, reports, posters, or presentations.

Coordinates investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored clinical trials, including patient screening and enrollment, informed consent, visit scheduling, protocol compliance, sample handling, IRB submissions, database maintenance, monitoring visits, and regulatory documentation. Collaborates with investigators, clinical teams, patients, providers, and study monitors to ensure accurate, compliant study execution under GCP and institutional requirements.

Conduct research on quantum algorithms and quantum information protocols for fault-tolerant quantum computers. Design efficient quantum circuits, analyze algorithmic complexity, investigate applications in simulation and communication, collaborate with researchers, present findings, and contribute to research initiatives during a 12-week internship.

Conduct research in machine learning, optimization, and systems. Design algorithms and models, build prototypes, run experiments and simulations, analyze results, document findings, collaborate with researchers, present work, and potentially contribute to research papers during a 12-week internship.

The Director will lead innovative epidemiological research, develop new methodologies for real-world evidence, and collaborate with biopharma partners to enhance patient outcomes and drug development.

Conduct research in generative modeling with Microsoft Research’s Algorithms group. Interns collaborate with researchers, develop algorithmic innovations, train and improve generative models, present findings, and contribute to research publications and projects during a 12-week internship.

Lead research on large language models and agentic systems from hypothesis through production deployment. Design post-training experiments using SFT, RLHF, RLAIF, DPO, and GRPO; develop evaluation benchmarks, synthetic data pipelines, and adversarial datasets; shape model architecture and training roadmaps; publish at leading venues; and mentor researchers and engineers.

Coordinates oncology clinical trials by reviewing participant eligibility, supporting enrollment and informed consent, scheduling visits, managing laboratory samples and research supplies, maintaining regulatory and study documentation, tracking billing activities, communicating with clinical teams and participants, and assisting with monitoring visits and data entry. The role works under supervision and may travel between affiliated research sites.

Perform FFPE tissue sectioning, histology, automated IHC staining, antibody titration, assay optimization, validation support, quality control, and basic image analysis. Manage samples, documentation, reagents, and laboratory equipment in regulated environments. Record data in ELN or LIMS, maintain instruments, and collaborate with scientists, pathologists, QA, and clinical development teams on biomarker assay development and validation.

Conduct mouse brain tissue dissection and biochemical preparation, tissue expansion, lightsheet fluorescence microscopy, laboratory documentation, workflow optimization, troubleshooting, and quality control. Coordinate sample and data generation with internal teams, present findings, and follow laboratory safety, SOP, and regulatory requirements in an onsite research environment.