California Institute of Technology: jobs, salaries and hiring

Hiring now

• 101

  open professional roles

• 98

  opened in the last 90 days

  109 in the last 12 months

• 0%

  of roles are remote

• 2

  states hiring

  California, Washington

What it hires for: Engineering (44), Legal (6), Operations (6), Data & Analytics (4), Finance (4). By level: mid level (36), senior ic (24), early career (21), manager (13), director (5).

Where: JPL Campus (65), Pasadena, CA (34), Pasadena, California (5), Owens Valley, CA (2), Big Pine, CA (1), Hanford, WA (1).

California Institute of Technology hiring at a glance

• We have tracked California Institute of Technology's career site since Oct 2026; it has opened 115 professional roles in that time.
• 29 of California Institute of Technology's 107 open roles (27%) are entry-level or early-career.
• 15 open roles (14%) ask for a specific AI skill; tools named include AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, OpenAI API/GPT, PyTorch.
• Of the 8 open roles that state where the work happens, 8 on-site.
• Among open roles, 15 require a security clearance.
• 0% of its roles post a salary range, against a median of 3% for Education & EdTech employers.
• 9 roles were posted in the last 7 days; the median open role was posted 14 days ago.
• By open professional roles, California Institute of Technology ranks #27 of 274 Education & EdTech employers we track.

What California Institute of Technology asks for

AI tools named: AWS Bedrock (1), Azure OpenAI (1), OpenAI API/GPT (1), PyTorch (1), TensorFlow (1), Vertex AI (1).

How California Institute of Technology compares with Education & EdTech employers

Median across 274 Education & EdTech employers with 3 or more open roles. Updated daily.

Similar employers hiring

• University of Southern California 109 open
• Columbia University 110 open
• University of Pittsburgh 110 open
• Ohio State University-Main Campus 102 open
• University of California, Berkeley 101 open
• University of Cincinnati 101 open

Open roles

• Associate Director, JPL International OfficePasadena, CA
• Marketing & Communications AssociatePasadena, CA
• Research AssistantPasadena, CA
• Associate Director of Annual Giving Content and CommunicationsPasadena, CA
• Research ScientistPasadena, CA
• Senior Research ScientistLivingston, LA
• LHO Electrical Engineering LeadHanford, WA
• Senior ScientistPasadena, CA
• Research EngineerPasadena, CA
• Research Scientist, AI for the Chemical SciencesPasadena, CA

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Common questions

Is California Institute of Technology hiring?

California Institute of Technology has 101 open professional roles on its career site as of the last check. 98 opened in the last 90 days and 109 in the last 12 months. The most common function is engineering.

Does California Institute of Technology hire entry-level candidates?

Yes. 29 of California Institute of Technology's 107 open roles (27%) are entry-level or early-career. Entry-level means roughly 0 to 3 years of experience, read from the title, the employer and the full posting.

Does California Institute of Technology offer remote or hybrid jobs?

Of the 8 open roles that state where the work happens, 8 on-site.

What skills does California Institute of Technology ask for?

Across its open roles the skills named most often are excel (25), python (25), project management (21), powerpoint (17), procurement (15), logistics (14).