Cryo-EM Staff & Research Scientist Jobs

Staff scientist and research scientist roles at academic core facilities and research institutes involve operating Titan Krios and Glacios instruments, training users, maintaining equipment, and processing data in cryoSPARC and RELION. These positions typically pay $75,000–$130,000 and are ideal for experienced cryo-EM specialists seeking a permanent research role.

50 open positions

Lead Scientist - Directing Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Tomography Center

St Jude Children's Research Hospital·Memphis, Tennessee, US
💰 $125,840–$238,160
Staff Scientist

Head of Mass Spectrometry Core Facility (m/f/d)

Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.·Berlin, Germany
💰 up to EG 15 TVöD
Staff Scientist

Cryo-ET Researcher and Coordinator opportunity at Vienna Biocenter

Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna·Vienna, Austria
Staff Scientist

Sr. Research Analyst

University of Chicago·Chicago, Illinois, US
💰 $60,000
Research Scientist

Opportunity Announcement: Director, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics (SCSBMB) at UTMB

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston·Galveston, Texas, US
Staff Scientist

Scientist / Senior Scientist in Mass Spectrometry-based Proteome Research

University of Helsinki·Helsinki, Finland
💰 University salary scheme
Research Scientist

Mass Spectrometry Core Facility Manager (m/f/d)

Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen·Tübingen, Germany
💰 TVöD Bund pay scale up to EG 14
Staff Scientist

Research Fellow in Biological Mass Spectrometry

University of Reading·Reading, England, GB
💰 £36,636 – £37,694
Research Scientist

Research Fellow in Biophysics and Translational Mechanobiology

UCL·London, England, GB
💰 £43,981 – £52,586
Research Scientist

Chemistry Associate Scientist in Kalodimos Lab

St Jude Children's Research Hospital·Memphis, Tennessee, US
💰 $65,520 – $114,400
Research Scientist

Senior Researcher in Protein Technologies Center

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital·Memphis, Tennessee, US
Research Scientist

Research Associate (Bioenergetics and Single-Molecule Biophysics)

University of Sheffield·Sheffield, England, GB
💰 £38,784 – £43,482
Research Scientist

Junior or Assistant Specialist in Structural Biology*

University of California, San Francisco·San Francisco, California, US
💰 $57,000–$73,200
Research Scientist

Research Scientist - Macromolecular Crystallography

Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble·Grenoble, France
Research Scientist

Director of Scientific Research, Single-molecule Imaging Center

St Jude Children's Research Hospital·Memphis, Tennessee, US
💰 $125,840–$238,160 per year
Staff Scientist

Researcher, Health AI

OpenAI·San Francisco, California, US
💰 $295,000 – $445,000
Research Scientist

Researcher, Frontier Biological and Chemical Risks

OpenAI·San Francisco, California, US
💰 $295,000 – $445,000
Research Scientist

Scientist in Protein Technologies Center - Cell Engineering / Molecular Biology

St Jude Children's Research Hospital·Memphis, Tennessee
💰 $86,320 – $154,960
Research Scientist

Technical Support Specialist – Electron Microscopy Systems

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Brno
Staff Scientist

Staff Engineer, System Design

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Research Scientist

RTS Sr Technical Support Engineer.

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Remote, Georgia
Research Scientist

Installation Engineer (SDB/SEM) (Remote US)

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Remote, Oregon
Research Scientist

TEM installation Engineer - Netherlands

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Remote
Research Scientist

Onsite Service Engineer I (Electron Microscopy)

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Remote, Oregon
Research Scientist

System Design Engineer for SEMI RnD

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Brno
Research Scientist

Staff Engineer, Systems Design

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Research Scientist

Field Service Engineer II (Electron Microscopy) D.C. Remote

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Remote, District of Columbia
Research Scientist

Onsite Service Engineer (Electron Microscopy) - Hillsboro, OR

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Hillsboro, Oregon
Research Scientist

Field Service Engineer II (Electron Microscopy) (NYC Remote)

Thermo Fisher Scientific·New York City, New York
Research Scientist

Field Service Engineer - Electron Microscopy

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Remote
Research Scientist

Field Service Engineer - Electron Microscopy

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Hemel Hempstead
Research Scientist

Field Service Engineer (Electron Microscopy)(REMOTE)

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Remote, Kansas
Research Scientist

Director Operations Electron Microscopy, Eindhoven

Thermo Fisher Scientific·Eindhoven
Staff Scientist

Senior Scientist - Structural Biology and Protein Sciences

Pfizer·San Diego, California, US
💰 $93,600
Research Scientist

Research Fellow in Membrane Biophysics

Instruct-ERIC·Coventry, England, UK
💰 £34,610–£35,608 per annum
Research Scientist

Senior Scientist or Principal Scientist, Targeted Proteomics

Kymera Therapeutics·Watertown, Massachusetts, US
💰 $115,000 – $215,000
Research Scientist

Scientist II, Structural Biology

Revolution Medicines·Redwood City, California, US
💰 $132,000 – $166,000
Research Scientist

Principal Scientist, Structural Biologics

Novartis·La Jolla, California, US
💰 $108,500 – $201,500
Research Scientist

Principal Scientist, Structural Biology

Novartis·San Diego, California, US
💰 $108,500 – $201,500
Research Scientist

Senior Scientist, AI Computational Structural Biology

Bristol Myers Squibb·Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
💰 $148,210 – $179,601
Research Scientist

Senior Scientist, Protein Production

Novartis·San Diego, California, US
💰 $93,800 – $174,200
Research Scientist

Scientist I / Scientist II, Computational Protein Design

Generate:Biomedicines·Somerville, Massachusetts, US
💰 $154,000 – $216,000
Research Scientist

Cryo-EM staff scientist opportunity in Madison, WI

Instruct-ERIC·Madison, Wisconsin, US
Staff Scientist

Computational Structural Biologist

Instruct-ERIC·Cambridge, United Kingdom
Research Scientist

(Senior) Scientist –High-resolution Mass Spectrometry

Johnson & Johnson·Belgium
Research Scientist

Senior Scientist in Structural Biology at Vernalis (R&D) Ltd, Cambridge, UK

Instruct-ERIC·Cambridge, England, UK
Research Scientist

Full Specialist (Krogan Lab - Proteomics & Mass Spectrometry)

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)·San Francisco, California, US
💰 $93,200 – $194,800
Staff Scientist

Specialist in Structural Biology (Cryo-EM/ET)

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)·San Francisco, California, US
💰 $55,000 – $194,800
Staff Scientist

Junior Research Specialist (Nayak Lab - Mass Spectrometry)

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)·San Francisco, California, US
💰 $55,000 – $58,600
Staff Scientist

Specialist (Manglik & Arkin Labs - Structural Biology & Drug Discovery)

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)·San Francisco, California, US
💰 $55,000 – $194,800
Staff Scientist

Job search taking a while? AI labs pay PhD-level scientists $30–100+/hr for part-time training work; see our honest guide to AI training side income.