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- Faculty Positions (visiting & non-tenure) — Time limited position at a university or college. Includes teaching responsibility.
- Faculty Positions (tenure & tenure-track) — Permanent (or leading to a permanent) position at a university or college. Includes teaching responsibility.
- Pre-doctoral/Graduate Positions — Typically associated with a Fellowship or other source of funding to support those seeking a degree from an institution of higher education. May also include funding opportunities for exchange programs or other professional development.
- Post-doctoral Positions & Fellowships — Typically located at a university, college or government lab. Allows recipient to pursue independent research or research support for a specific science program defined by the employer. Is limited to a pre-determined period of time. Usually does not include teaching responsibilities.
- Science Engineering — Instrument design and development, software development, IT system support, and other project related responsibilities. Open-ended duration of employment.
- Science Management — Runs projects and programs at universities, government or private industry. Open-ended employment.
- Scientific/Technical Staff — Includes researchers at science centers, government labs, university, or private industry. May include both user support or project related work and time for individual research. Open-ended duration of employment. Usually does not include teaching. May or may not require PhD.
- Other — Any position that does not seem to fit.
Faculty Positions (visiting & non-tenure)
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecturer in Astrophysics | The University of Queensland | Brisbane, QLD | 2019/07/19 | 2019/08/17 | Accepting Applicants |
Faculty Positions (tenure & tenure-track)
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertisement of the EAO Director | East Asian Core Obserbatories Association (EACOA) | Beijing, Beijing | 2019/07/15 | 2019/09/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Faculty Position in Space-Based Instrumentation at the University of Iowa | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 2019/07/10 | 2019/11/14 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lectureship in Observations of Exoplanets and/or Protoplanetary Discs | Queen Mary University of London | London, London | 2019/06/22 | 2019/07/27 | Accepting Applicants |
| TENURE-TRACK PROFESSORSHIP (W1 TENURE TRACK LEADING TO A W2) FOR MACHINE LEARNING IN PARTICLE PHYSICS or ASTROPHYSICS | Universität Hamburg | Hamburg , Hamburg | 2019/06/22 | 2019/07/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Associate Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2019/06/14 | 2019/08/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Tenure Track Professorship at Universidad de Valparaiso | Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia | Valparaiso, Valparaiso | 2019/06/11 | 2019/07/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Staff position in Galaxy Formation and Evolution | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics | Garching, Bavaria | 2019/06/01 | 2019/08/01 | Accepting Applicants |
Post-doctoral Positions & Fellowships
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Fellows in Cosmology (two positions available) | The University of Queensland | The University of Queensland, QLD | 2019/07/20 | 2019/08/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| University of Michigan LSA Collegiate Fellows Program / President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, Michigan | 2019/07/20 | 2019/08/22 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post-Doctoral Fellow | Harvard University Department of Physics | Cambridge, Massachusetts | 2019/07/20 | 2019/09/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| 51 Pegasi b Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy at UCLA | UCLA | Los Angeles, California | 2019/07/19 | 2019/09/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral positions on binaries from LAMOST mid-resolution survey | Yunnan Observatories, the Chinese Academy of Sciences | Kunming, Yunnan | 2019/07/18 | 2019/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| 51 Pegasi b Fellowship | Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, California | 2019/07/17 | 2019/09/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Event Horizon Telescope Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Black Hole Initiative | Harvard University: Black Hole Initiative | CAMBRIDGE, MA | 2019/07/17 | 2019/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post-Doctoral Research Position Announcement: EACOA and EAO Fellowships 2020 | East Asian Core Obserbatories Association (EACOA) | Beijing, Beijing | 2019/07/15 | 2019/11/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral contract LSPE-STRIP 2019 (PS-2019-034) | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | La Laguna, S/C de Tenerife | 2019/07/13 | 2019/10/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Fellow in Astrophysics—Star Formation | University of St Andrews | St Andews, Scotland | 2019/07/12 | 2019/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Position on Stellar Dynamical Archeology with Globular Clusters | University of Vienna | Vienna, Vienna | 2019/07/12 | 2019/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Fellow in Extragalactic Astronomy | University College London | London, London | 2019/07/11 | 2019/09/02 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in theoretical High-Energy Astrophysics | Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies | Dublin , Dublin | 2019/07/10 | 2019/08/09 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astrophysicist (Postdoctoral Research Fellow) | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2019/07/09 | 2019/09/09 | Accepting Applicants |
| Luminous infrared galaxies and galaxy evolution | Chalmers University of Technology | Gothenburg, - | 2019/07/09 | 2019/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Observational Cosmology with the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) | University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | 2019/07/09 | 2019/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in dusty turbulence | Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon | Lyon, - | 2019/07/04 | 2019/08/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoc Positions in Astronomy and Astrophysics at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan | National Tsing Hua University | Hsinchu , Hsinchu | 2019/07/03 | 2019/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position on multiple-star evolution | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik | Garching/Muenchen, Bavaria | 2019/07/03 | 2019/10/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| General relativistic effects at the Galactic Center with GRAVITY | Paris Observatory | Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine | 2019/07/02 | 2019/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Scholar in Cosmic Microwave Background Instrumentation | University of California San Diego | La Jolla, CA | 2019/07/02 | 2019/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Optical Interferometry Postdoctoral Positions at the US Naval Research Laboratory | US Naval Research Laboratory | Washington, DC | 2019/06/29 | 2019/08/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Researcher - Astrophysics | Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge , Louisiana | 2019/06/28 | 2019/09/02 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral positions at Tel-Aviv University: explosive transients, jets, compact binaries, chemical evolution | Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv | 2019/06/27 | 2019/07/31 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Physics & Astronomy | Stony Brook University | Stony Brook, NY | 2019/06/27 | 2019/07/25 | Accepting Applicants |
| 2 postdoctoral research positions in observational cosmology | Queen Mary University of London | London, London | 2019/06/27 | 2019/08/23 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post-doctoral position in neutron star physics | Université de Strasbourg | Strasbourg, Alsace | 2019/06/25 | 2019/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Associate | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO | 2019/06/25 | 2019/08/23 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Position in the MPE High Energy Group | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | Garching, Bavaria | 2019/06/23 | 2019/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoc (f/m/d) Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) | Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY | Zeuthen, Brandenburg / Dahme-Spreewald | 2019/06/22 | 2019/07/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Multiple postdoc opportunities available at the Universidad de Antofagasta (Chile) | Universidad de Antofagasta | Antofagasta, Antofagasta | 2019/06/21 | 2019/07/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Associate- Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | 2019/06/18 | 2019/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoc in Exoplanetary Atmospheres | Technical University of Denmark | Kongens Lyngby, Copenhagen, Copenhagen | 2019/06/12 | 2019/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Chang’e-3 Lunar-based Ultraviolet Telescope Data Fellow | National Astronomical Observatories of China / International Lunar Observatory Association | Beijing, Beijing | 2019/04/20 | 2019/07/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Associate - High Energy Astrophysics | University of Maryland | College Park, MD | 2019/03/08 | 2019/06/17 | Accepting Applicants |
Pre-doctoral/Graduate Positions
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD fellowship in structure formation | Université Paris-Saclay | Gif-sur-Yvette, Ile-de-France | 2019/07/18 | 2019/08/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| N. D. Goldsworthy Scholarship for Physics at the University of Melbourne | University of Melbourne | Melbourne, VIC | 2019/07/02 | 2019/08/05 | Accepting Applicants |
| two PhD positions in astrophysics (ASTROdust project) | NCBJ | Warszawa, mazowieckie | 2019/06/26 | 2019/07/24 | Accepting Applicants |
| Four PhD positions | Stockholm University | Stockholm, Stockholm | 2019/06/11 | 2019/08/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Three PhD fellowships in exoplanet imaging and machine learning | University of Liège | Liège, Liège | 2019/06/10 | 2019/07/15 | Accepting Applicants |
Science Engineering
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomer/Physicist Programmer - AER0002iC | Jacobs Space Exploration Group | Huntsville, AL | 2019/07/09 | 2019/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Image Processing Engineer | Spaceflight Industries (BlackSky) | Seattle, Washington | 2019/07/05 | 2019/08/04 | Accepting Applicants |
| Principal Engineer, Electrical (Multiple Positions) | University of Arizona | Tucson, Arizona | 2019/06/28 | 2019/07/29 | Accepting Applicants |
| Engineer, Electrical (Ground Support Engineer) | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, CA | 2019/05/24 | 2019/08/26 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Technical Project Manager | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2019/05/21 | 2019/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
Science Management
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Science Manager - Arecibo Observatory | Arecibo Observatory, University of Central Florida (UCF) | Arecibo, Puetro Rico | 2019/07/17 | 2019/08/19 | Accepting Applicants |
| Vice President & Head of Mission - Chile | AURA | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/07/13 | 2019/08/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| LSST IT Manager Chile | AURA/LSST | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/07/09 | 2019/08/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Vice President, Science | Universities Space Research Association | Columbia, MD | 2019/05/31 | 2019/09/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
Scientific/Technical Staff
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Engineer at the University of Wyoming | University of Wyoming | Laramie, Wyoming | 2019/07/22 | 2019/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Scientific Programmer | AURA/NSO | Boulder, CO | 2019/07/19 | 2019/08/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Software Engineer- #032884 | Space Telescope Science Institute | Baltimore, MD | 2019/07/13 | 2019/08/10 | Accepting Applicants |
| Information Technology (IT) Systems Engineer | AURA/LSST | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/07/11 | 2019/08/11 | Accepting Applicants |
| Commissioning Scientist: MeerKAT Radio Telescope | South African Radio Astronomy Observatory | Cape Town, WESTERN CAPE | 2019/07/11 | 2019/08/09 | Accepting Applicants |
| Observatory Manager | The Australian National University | Coonabarabran, NSW | 2019/07/10 | 2019/08/07 | Accepting Applicants |
| IT Network Engineer | AURA/LSST | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/07/09 | 2019/08/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Editor – Astronomy Magazine | Kalmbach Media Co. | Waukesha, Wisconsin | 2019/07/03 | 2019/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Web Developer | AURA/LSST | Tucson, AZ | 2019/07/03 | 2019/08/02 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Adaptive Optics Scientist | Large Binocular Telescope Observatory | Tucson, Arizona | 2019/07/02 | 2019/08/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Service Observer | Large Binocular Telescope Observatory | Tucson, Arizona | 2019/07/02 | 2019/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Scientist or Software Engineer II-IV | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Socorro, NM | 2019/06/04 | 2019/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Computer Scientist - Software Architect | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2019/06/01 | 2019/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Observatory Scientist or Senior Observatory Scientist (Interferometry, Radio Astronomy) | Arecibo Observatory, University of Central Florida (UCF) | Arecibo, Puetro Rico | 2019/05/20 | 2019/07/25 | Accepting Applicants |
Other
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Digital Project Manager | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 2019/07/19 | 2019/09/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Software Engineer | AURA/LSST | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/07/09 | 2019/08/06 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Software Engineer | AURA/LSST | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/07/09 | 2019/08/06 | Accepting Applicants |
| Project Manager | W. M. Keck Observatory | Kamuela, HI | 2019/07/03 | 2019/08/02 | Accepting Applicants |