Senior Level R D Engineer Jobs
Senior level r d engineer jobs place experienced engineers at the center of product innovation, technical strategy, and the cross-functional teams that bring research from concept to deployment. Openings concentrate across Technology & Software, Electronics & Hardware, and Medical Devices, with a mix of on-site, remote, and hybrid settings, and employers like Los Alamos National Laboratory, Broadcom, and Synopsys hiring at this level now.
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At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you're a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you'll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo? Visit klaviyo.com/careers to see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.
Build the people strategy behind Klaviyo's AI-first R&D engine.
Klaviyo is becoming an AI-first company - not as positioning, but as a fundamental shift in how we operate, hire, and build. Our R&D organization is at the center of that transformation. Engineering, Product, Design, Data Science, Security, and IT are all being reshaped by it - and, pushing the company forward on our journey.
We need an HR leader who can sit at the table with our CPO, CTO, and CIO - not as just their HR partner, but as a genuine strategic partner who is helping drive their business into our next phase of growth. Someone who can navigate the tension between moving fast and building something that lasts. Someone who's comfortable challenging a senior leader on org design at 9am and coaching a first-time people leader at 2pm.
This is not a typical HR partnership role. It's a mandate to build.
What You'll Do
Partner at the top.
You'll be the primary HRBP for our R&D organization - directly supporting VP+ leaders including the CPO, CTO, and CIO. That means candid advice, not polished answers. You'll help them think through the hardest people questions: how to structure growing teams, where talent risk is hiding, and when a leadership problem is actually an org design problem (or vice versa).
Shape how R&D runs as AI changes everything.
AI isn't coming to Klaviyo's R&D org - it's already here. You'll partner with leaders and teams to navigate what that actually means: redesigning roles, rethinking team structures, and building the skills that let people work alongside AI rather than behind it.
Drive talent strategy, not just talent process.
You'll translate business priorities into people strategies - org design, succession planning, hiring strategy, and leadership development - that hold up as the company scales. You know the difference between a process that creates clarity and one that just creates paperwork.
Lead with data.
You'll use advanced people analytics and data signaling tools to spot trends before they become problems, make the case for investment, and measure whether the things we're doing are actually working.
Lead and develop an HRBP team.
You'll build and coach a team of HRBPs supporting R&D - setting a high bar, modeling what great HRBP work looks like, and creating the conditions for them to do their best work.
Connect the dots across the People function.
You'll work closely with the Head of HRBP and Talent Development to shape how the broader HRBP team operates - building efficient / automated processes, leading cross-functional projects (performance calibration, org design, career architecture), and maintaining strong partnerships with close partners such as TA, People Ops, Total Rewards, and Employment Legal.
What Success Looks Like
- R&D leaders treat you as a trusted advisor - not because you're available, but because your perspective is worth seeking out.
- You've built a team of HRBPs who are raising the bar on what strategic partnership looks like.
- Org design, succession, and talent decisions are grounded in data and built around a clear point of view.
- Your fingerprints are on how R&D has evolved through AI transformation - the structures, the capabilities, the culture.
- People Leaders and experts across R&D report a measurably better partnership experience as we evolve our people strategy.
What You Bring
Non-Negotiables:
- 15-20+ years of HRBP or related HR experience, with meaningful time supporting R&D, Engineering, or Product organizations in high-growth tech.
- 5+ years leading and developing HR teams - you know what great coaching looks like, and you practice it.
- A proven track record partnering with senior leaders, including the C-suite, on high-stakes decisions with wide and long-ranging impact.
- Experience guiding organizations through real change - not just process improvement, but structural and strategic transformation.
- Deep expertise on org design, performance management, and leadership development - and the data literacy to back them up.
- The judgment to know when to push back and when to get out of the way.
Strong signals:
- You've been inside a company during a major strategic pivot - and you helped shape how the people side of that went.
- You've worked in an environment where AI is changing the nature of the work itself, not just the tools used to do it.
- You operate with urgency. You don't need consensus to move.
- You're comfortable in ambiguity and know how to create clarity for the people around you without pretending certainty you don't have.
This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.
Get to Know Klaviyo
We're Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we're developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you're ready to do the best work of your career, where you'll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you'll join us.
AI fluency at Klaviyo includes responsible use of AI (including privacy, security, bias awareness, and human-in-the-loop). We provide accommodations as needed.
By participating in Klaviyo's interview process, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and will adhere to our Guidelines for using AI in the Klaviyo interview Process. For more information about how we process your personal data, see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice.
Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives each Klaviyo (we call ourselves Klaviyos) brings to our workplace each and every day. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the experiences each person brings beyond the traditional job requirements. If you're a close but not exact match with the description, we hope you'll still consider applying. Want to learn more about life at Klaviyo? Visit klaviyo.com/careers to see how we empower creators to own their own destiny.
Build the people strategy behind Klaviyo's AI-first R&D engine.
Klaviyo is becoming an AI-first company - not as positioning, but as a fundamental shift in how we operate, hire, and build. Our R&D organization is at the center of that transformation. Engineering, Product, Design, Data Science, Security, and IT are all being reshaped by it - and, pushing the company forward on our journey.
We need an HR leader who can sit at the table with our CPO, CTO, and CIO - not as just their HR partner, but as a genuine strategic partner who is helping drive their business into our next phase of growth. Someone who can navigate the tension between moving fast and building something that lasts. Someone who's comfortable challenging a senior leader on org design at 9am and coaching a first-time people leader at 2pm.
This is not a typical HR partnership role. It's a mandate to build.
What You'll Do
Partner at the top.
You'll be the primary HRBP for our R&D organization - directly supporting VP+ leaders including the CPO, CTO, and CIO. That means candid advice, not polished answers. You'll help them think through the hardest people questions: how to structure growing teams, where talent risk is hiding, and when a leadership problem is actually an org design problem (or vice versa).
Shape how R&D runs as AI changes everything.
AI isn't coming to Klaviyo's R&D org - it's already here. You'll partner with leaders and teams to navigate what that actually means: redesigning roles, rethinking team structures, and building the skills that let people work alongside AI rather than behind it.
Drive talent strategy, not just talent process.
You'll translate business priorities into people strategies - org design, succession planning, hiring strategy, and leadership development - that hold up as the company scales. You know the difference between a process that creates clarity and one that just creates paperwork.
Lead with data.
You'll use advanced people analytics and data signaling tools to spot trends before they become problems, make the case for investment, and measure whether the things we're doing are actually working.
Lead and develop an HRBP team.
You'll build and coach a team of HRBPs supporting R&D - setting a high bar, modeling what great HRBP work looks like, and creating the conditions for them to do their best work.
Connect the dots across the People function.
You'll work closely with the Head of HRBP and Talent Development to shape how the broader HRBP team operates - building efficient / automated processes, leading cross-functional projects (performance calibration, org design, career architecture), and maintaining strong partnerships with close partners such as TA, People Ops, Total Rewards, and Employment Legal.
What Success Looks Like
- R&D leaders treat you as a trusted advisor - not because you're available, but because your perspective is worth seeking out.
- You've built a team of HRBPs who are raising the bar on what strategic partnership looks like.
- Org design, succession, and talent decisions are grounded in data and built around a clear point of view.
- Your fingerprints are on how R&D has evolved through AI transformation - the structures, the capabilities, the culture.
- People Leaders and experts across R&D report a measurably better partnership experience as we evolve our people strategy.
What You Bring
Non-Negotiables:
- 15-20+ years of HRBP or related HR experience, with meaningful time supporting R&D, Engineering, or Product organizations in high-growth tech.
- 5+ years leading and developing HR teams - you know what great coaching looks like, and you practice it.
- A proven track record partnering with senior leaders, including the C-suite, on high-stakes decisions with wide and long-ranging impact.
- Experience guiding organizations through real change - not just process improvement, but structural and strategic transformation.
- Deep expertise on org design, performance management, and leadership development - and the data literacy to back them up.
- The judgment to know when to push back and when to get out of the way.
Strong signals:
- You've been inside a company during a major strategic pivot - and you helped shape how the people side of that went.
- You've worked in an environment where AI is changing the nature of the work itself, not just the tools used to do it.
- You operate with urgency. You don't need consensus to move.
- You're comfortable in ambiguity and know how to create clarity for the people around you without pretending certainty you don't have.
This role may require up to 10% travel for purposes such as new hire onboarding, client or partner work if applicable, team meetings, and industry events. Travel is coordinated in advance.
Get to Know Klaviyo
We're Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we're developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators—ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you're ready to do the best work of your career, where you'll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you'll join us.
AI fluency at Klaviyo includes responsible use of AI (including privacy, security, bias awareness, and human-in-the-loop). We provide accommodations as needed.
By participating in Klaviyo's interview process, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and will adhere to our Guidelines for using AI in the Klaviyo interview Process. For more information about how we process your personal data, see our Job Applicant Privacy Notice.
Klaviyo is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and non-discrimination. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, citizenship, national origin, color, religion or religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, veteran or active military status, marital status, criminal record, genetics, retaliation, sexual harassment or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Who's Hiring
- Los Alamos National Laboratory36
- Broadcom20
- Synopsys16
- Riot Games11
- Kraft Heinz8
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software65
- Electronics & Hardware30
- Medical Devices22
- Manufacturing16
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals13
Senior Level R D Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level r d engineer job?
Employers at this level look for engineers who have moved beyond execution into ownership. Demonstrating that you have led a research initiative end to end, made architectural or methodology decisions, and mentored junior engineers gives your application real weight. A portfolio of shipped or published work, patents, or cross-functional collaboration with product and commercial teams signals readiness for a senior role.
Which companies hire senior level r d engineers?
Companies hiring senior level r d engineers right now include Los Alamos National Laboratory, Broadcom, and Synopsys, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. Hiring at this level tends to concentrate in organizations with dedicated research divisions, advanced manufacturing operations, or technology development pipelines that require experienced technical leadership.
Are there remote senior level r d engineer jobs?
Yes, though availability varies by industry and role type. About 10% of senior level r d engineer openings are remote or hybrid as of July 2026, with lab-dependent or hardware-focused roles more likely to require on-site presence. Roles in software-driven R&D, data science, and computational engineering tend to offer the most location flexibility at this level.
What makes a r d engineer role senior level?
Senior r d engineer roles are distinguished by scope and ownership rather than task execution. You are expected to define research direction, evaluate technical feasibility, and own outcomes across a project lifecycle. Mentoring junior and mid-level engineers is a standard expectation, and collaboration with leadership, product, and external partners is routine rather than occasional at this stage.
Which industries hire the most senior level r d engineers?
Senior Level r d engineer roles concentrate in Technology & Software, Electronics & Hardware, and Medical Devices, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of July 2026. These sectors drive hiring at this level because they depend on continuous innovation, regulatory compliance requiring technical depth, or the development of proprietary technology where senior engineering judgment directly affects competitive position.