Contract Jobs in Palo Alto, California, United States

Battery Engineering Team at Pivotal builds and validates battery prototypes for eVTOL aircraft. The technician works hands‑on with engineers to assemble cells, modules and packs, run electrical and thermal tests, and document results.

Radiologic Technologist at Saratoga Medical Center, providing imaging services to Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in the Palo Alto area. The role performs diagnostic radiology procedures, maintains equipment, and supports patient care while handling required on‑call hours each month.

Recruiting team at Perplexity builds a high‑velocity hiring engine to scale talent acquisition. The Recruiting Coordinator owns end‑to‑end candidate experience, schedules interviews across time zones, and partners with recruiters and hiring managers to keep the process seamless.

Concierge Nursing Referral Services, a branch of TheKey, provides elite private‑duty nursing for VIP clients in the Palo Alto area. The nurse delivers skilled, one‑on‑one in‑home care—managing ADLs, vital signs, wound care, medication administration, and transportation—while communicating fluently in Mandarin and handling all documentation.

Genomics Platform of the Multi-omic technology center at Arc Institute drives institute‑scale sequencing initiatives to accelerate disease research. The Senior Research Associate leads high‑quality NGS library QC, pooling, and sequencing operations, collaborates with investigators, and improves workflow automation.

Global Medical Affairs Operations team at Summit Therapeutics ensures medical initiatives are delivered on time and compliant. The manager coordinates congress planning, advisory boards, patient advocacy and other projects, maintaining trackers, dashboards and documentation.

Concierge Nursing at TheKey provides elite private duty care for VIP clients. As a Private Duty Nurse you deliver one‑on‑one in‑home clinical services, handling ADLs, wound care, medication management and patient communication in Mandarin.

Pricing team (Office of GTM) at Workato drives enterprise pricing strategy and governance for its iPaaS platform. The Senior Strategy and Pricing Analyst owns the pricing desk end‑to‑end, manages deal approvals, evaluates exceptions, and supports sales through complex structures while coordinating updates with Product, Deal Desk, Legal and Business Technology.

Risk & Change Lead at Terry Soot Management Group drives proactive risk and change initiatives across client projects. Leads development of risk frameworks, conducts assessments, and partners with stakeholders to embed controls, while designing and executing change management plans to ensure smooth adoption of new processes.

Senior Administrator provides comprehensive executive support to the Data Platform leadership, managing calendars, scheduling high‑level meetings, and coordinating travel and events. The role requires expert use of Outlook, Teams, and Skype, along with strong prioritization and multitasking skills to handle tight deadlines.

Kreyco, a nationwide preK-12 education organization, partners with schools to deliver comprehensive science curricula. Teachers develop and deliver Biology and Life Science lessons for middle and high school students, mentor students, and collaborate with curriculum coaches.

Latitude’s Triage Operations team supports vehicle technology programs by analyzing test data and monitoring real‑time fleet operations. The Triage Associate I monitors dashboards, opens tickets, coordinates incidents, and mentors new members, working rotating afternoon, night, and Saturday shifts.

Engineering – General Engineering team at Pivotal designs and builds electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The Technical Project Manager leads cross‑functional design change, test, release and product launch projects, maintaining schedules and budgets using Jira and MS Project while coordinating engineering, manufacturing and executive stakeholders.

Robotics Operations team at Terry Soot Management Group oversees AI training and commercial deployment of autonomous systems. The Senior Teleoperations Lead coordinates teleoperator teams across shifts, manages robot deployment schedules, monitors KPIs, ensures safety and quality compliance, and serves as the liaison between field operations, engineering, and clients.

External Teams – Inventory & Logistics at Terry Soot Management Group provides PLM services that assign internal part numbers and manage Bills of Material to ensure customs compliance and duty payments. The PLM Analyst administers an Oracle Agile PLM instance, creates part numbers, coordinates BOMs, and handles engineering change orders while supporting hardware operations across vendors.

Kreyco, a nationwide preK-12 education organization, connects schools with qualified teachers. The role supports middle and high school Chemistry and Physics classes, providing curriculum, coaching, and professional development.

Advanced Analytics team at Redapt builds and operates enterprise-scale Microsoft Hyper-V virtual infrastructure across global data centers. The role designs, deploys, and optimizes Hyper-V clusters, creates automation using PowerShell and .NET, and leads performance auditing and capacity planning.

Functional Genomics team within the Genome Engineering Technology Center at Arc Institute produces high‑quality hematopoietic progenitor cells to power the Virtual Cell and Alzheimer's Disease initiatives. The role plans, executes, and documents weekly HPC production runs, performs QC assays, and coordinates demand forecasting across tech‑center teams.

Alzheimer's Disease Initiative – Cellular Models Technology Center builds a high‑throughput 3D brain‑model screening platform. The Senior Research Associate produces stem‑cell derived neural progenitors, neurons, astrocytes and microglia, performs QC using flow cytometry and imaging, and manages cell banks in Benchling to support the screening calendar.

Veterinary Emergency Group seeks a per‑diem Emergency Credentialed Veterinary Technician to provide critical care in a fast‑paced ER setting. The role involves triage, diagnostics, anesthesia, monitoring, and nursing support for a wide range of cases, from routine to complex emergencies.