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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabbatical Visiting Researcher / Professor at the CSH (University of Bern, Switzerland) | University of Bern | Bern, Bern | 2018/08/15 | 2018/10/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Sabbatical Visiting Researcher | Simons Foundation, Flatiron Institute | New York, New York | 2018/05/09 | 2018/06/06 | Accepting Applicants |
Faculty Positions (tenure & tenure-track)
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Positions in Data Science for Large Astronomical Surveys | Penn State University | University Park, PA | 2018/08/20 | 2018/12/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor of Physics, Astronomy/Astrophysics - Bowdoin College | Bowdoin College | Brunswick, ME | 2018/08/10 | 2018/10/04 | Accepting Applicants |
| Faculty Opening in Astronomy and Astrophysics | University of Utah | Salt Lake City, UT | 2018/08/10 | 2018/12/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor at A&M-Commerce | Texas A&M University-Commerce | Commerce, Texas | 2018/08/09 | 2018/09/07 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor - Experimental Astrophysics or Astronomical Instrumentation - University of Toronto | University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | 2018/08/01 | 2018/11/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor of Astronomy or Astrophysics | Bard College | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | 2018/07/31 | 2018/10/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Faculty Position in Experimental and/or Theoretical Physics | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2018/07/31 | 2018/12/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Gravity of Fundamental Astrophysics Research | Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics | Toronto, Ontario | 2018/07/26 | 2018/08/27 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor- Astrophysics | Clemson University | Clemson, South Carolina | 2018/07/24 | 2018/10/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Junior professorship for theoretical astrophysics (W1, tenure track) and "open topic" professorship (W2, tenure track) | University of Potsdam | Potsdam, Potsdam | 2018/07/21 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Associate Professor (W2-Heisenberg) tenure-track in experimental astroparticle physics in the laboratory | Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg | Erlangen, Germany | 2018/07/20 | 2018/09/30 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Faculty Position in Astronomy/Astrophysics | Universidad Católica del Norte | Antofagasta, Region de Antofagasta | 2018/07/16 | 2018/08/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Near-Infrared Detector Scientist | NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center | Greenbelt, Maryland | 2018/07/14 | 2018/08/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Faculty Position in Space-Based Instrumentation at the University of Iowa | University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | 2018/07/14 | 2018/10/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Associate Professor in Observational Cosmology | Technical University of Denmark | Copenhagen, Copenhagen | 2018/07/04 | 2018/10/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Astronomy | Newcastle University | Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear | 2018/06/20 | 2018/09/14 | Accepting Applicants |
| Full Professor (W3) for Experimental Astroparticle Physics | Friedrich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg | Erlangen, Bavaria | 2018/06/14 | 2018/08/31 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
Post-doctoral Positions & Fellowships
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Theoretical Astrophysics | Carnegie Observatories | Pasadena, CA | 2018/08/21 | 2018/11/05 | Accepting Applicants |
| Prize Post-Doctoral Fellowships for Pioneering Research in Quantum Sensors and their Applications | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | 2018/08/21 | 2018/12/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Carnegie Postdoctoral Fellowship | Carnegie Observatories | Pasadena, CA | 2018/08/21 | 2018/11/05 | Accepting Applicants |
| Carnegie Origins Postdoctoral Fellowship | Carnegie Observatories | Pasadena, CA | 2018/08/21 | 2018/11/05 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Associate | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Charlottesville, Virginia | 2018/08/21 | 2018/09/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Scholar Positions in Stellar and Planetary outflows | Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin | Dublin, Dublin | 2018/08/17 | 2018/09/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral researcher in Astroparticle Physics at University of Amsterdam (API/GRAPPA) | University of Amsterdam | Amsterdam, North Holland | 2018/08/16 | 2018/10/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Natural Science and Mathematics Fellowships Available for 2019–2020 | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 2018/08/16 | 2018/10/04 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| CSH Fellowships (University of Bern, Switzerland) | University of Bern | Bern, Bern | 2018/08/15 | 2018/10/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Burke Fellows in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2018/08/15 | 2018/11/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Associate: The Radio Sky | University of Hertfordshire | Hatfield, Hertfordshire | 2018/08/10 | 2018/09/07 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Scholarship in Asteroid Engineering | Luleå University of Technology | Kiruna, Kiruna | 2018/08/09 | 2018/09/06 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Prize Fellowships in Experimental Physics or Astrophysics | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2018/08/08 | 2018/11/07 | Accepting Applicants |
| 51 Pegasi b Fellows in Planetary Astronomy | Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 2018/08/06 | 2018/10/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| ESA Research Fellowships in Space Science | European Space Agency | Noordwijk, ZH | 2018/08/05 | 2018/10/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Experimental Planetary Science | Columbia University | New york, NY | 2018/08/04 | 2018/10/26 | Accepting Applicants |
| T.C. Chamberlin Postdoctoral Fellowship | The University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | 2018/08/04 | 2018/11/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| NASA Postdoctoral Program - Application Deadline November 1, 2018 | NASA / Universities Space Research Assocaition | Multiple Locations, MD | 2018/08/02 | 2018/11/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Fellow Nuclear Astrophysics, Data Eval and Dissemination | Michigan State University - NSCL | E Lansing, MI | 2018/08/01 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| LSA Collegiate Fellow, University of Michigan | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor , MI | 2018/08/01 | 2018/10/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| 2019-2022 MIT Pappalardo Fellowships in Physics | MIT | Cambridge, MA | 2018/08/01 | 2018/09/07 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Position in Astronomy (NAOJ Fellow) | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2018/08/01 | 2018/09/14 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Post-doctoral Fellow in Radio Astronomy in the Department of Physics | The University of Hong Kong | Pokfulam, HKG | 2018/08/01 | 2018/10/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Chamberlain Postdoctoral Fellow | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Berkeley, CA | 2018/07/28 | 2018/10/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract Exoplanet Characterization 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/28 | 2018/09/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract in Binary Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/27 | 2018/09/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract Stellar Astrophysics 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/27 | 2018/10/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract Characterizing Primitive Material of the Solar System | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/27 | 2018/09/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract X-Ray Binaries 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/27 | 2018/09/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract EUCLID 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/27 | 2018/09/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Researcher (Astrophysics) | Louisiana State University | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 2018/07/25 | 2018/11/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Support Scientist | Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC | Dwingeloo, Drenthe | 2018/07/24 | 2018/09/03 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in observational cosmology | Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseille, Aix Marseille Université ,CNRS/IN2P3 | Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhones | 2018/07/21 | 2018/10/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| PANOPTES Postdoctoral Fellow – ID# 18332 | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Hilo, HI | 2018/07/21 | 2018/08/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| ARC Future Fellowship scheme sponsorship | Macquarie University | Sydney, Australia - New South Wales (NSW) | 2018/07/21 | 2018/08/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract Starbursts VI 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/20 | 2018/09/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract ERC Advanced Grant POLMAG 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/20 | 2018/09/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| HIPPO Multi-Wavelength Data Fusion and Machine Learning for Radio Continuum Surveys | University of the Western Cape | Cape Town, Western Province | 2018/07/19 | 2018/08/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Stellar Astrophysics | Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | 2018/07/18 | 2018/09/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in stellar and exoplanetary research | University of Vienna | Vienna, W | 2018/07/18 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Scientist (Exoplanet Speckle Imaging Group) | Bay Area Environmental Research Institute | Moffett Field, CA | 2018/07/15 | 2018/09/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Scholar | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 2018/07/13 | 2018/09/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract Big Data Science in Astronomy 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/11 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postodoctoral Contract Galaxy Protocluster Project 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/07/11 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Scholar | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2018/07/07 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Position in Instrumentation for mm/submm Astronomy/Cosmology | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2018/07/07 | 2018/09/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Post-Doctoral Research Position Announcement: EACOA and EAO Fellowshiops 2019 | East Asian Core Observatories Association (EACOA) | Beijing , Beijing | 2018/07/04 | 2018/11/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship in Planetary Astronomy | Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, California | 2018/07/02 | 2018/10/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computational Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis | University of Hull | Hull, Yorkshire | 2018/06/27 | 2018/08/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| One Postdoctoral Contract Groundbird 2018 | INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS | LA LAGUNA, SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE | 2018/06/27 | 2018/09/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate in weak lensing cosmology | Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | 2018/06/27 | 2018/09/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| 2+2-year postdoctoral position in observational asteroseismology combining TESS, Gaia, and Sloan SDSS data | Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven | Leuven, - | 2018/06/26 | 2018/09/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| SARChI Postdoctoral Fellow in Neutral Hydrogen Radio Interferometry, University of Cape Town | University of Cape Town | Cape Town, WC | 2018/06/22 | 2018/09/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Fellowships | Square Kilometre Array South Africa | Pinelands Capetown , Western Cape | 2018/06/15 | 2018/09/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Junior Telescope Scientist | ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy | Dwingeloo, Drenthe | 2018/06/12 | 2018/08/19 | Accepting Applicants |
| SOFIA Postdoctoral Fellow (686-500) | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Moffett Field, CA | 2018/05/11 | 2018/11/19 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
Pre-doctoral/Graduate Positions
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Several PhD Positions in Astronomy & Astrophysics | International Max Planck Research School Heidelberg | Heidelberg, BW | 2018/08/20 | 2018/11/21 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Call for applications to doctoral program 2019A in UST-KASI | Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute | Daejeon, Yuseong-gu | 2018/08/17 | 2018/09/21 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| PhD in Astronomy / Astrophysics | International Max Planck Research School on Astrophysics | Garching / Munich, Bavaria | 2018/08/06 | 2018/11/15 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| PhD in Astrophysics / Solar Physics / Planetary Sciences | International Max Planck Research School Göttingen | Göttingen, Lower Saxony | 2018/08/02 | 2018/11/15 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| PhD positions in Astrophysics at University of New South Wales Canberra, Australia | University of New South Wales Canberra | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | 2018/08/01 | 2018/10/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| PhD position in Newtonian gravity calculations | University of Agder | Grimstad, Norway | 2018/07/21 | 2018/09/15 | Accepting Applicants |
Science Engineering
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptive Optics (AO) Scientist | W. M. Keck Observatory | Kamuela, HI | 2018/08/21 | 2018/09/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| Optics Engineer | W. M. Keck Observatory | Kamuela, hi | 2018/08/21 | 2018/09/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| PFS Project Research Fellow at the Subaru Telescope | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2018/08/03 | 2018/09/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Software Engineer | Large Binocular Telescope Observatory | Tucson, Arizona | 2018/08/02 | 2018/08/30 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| HEA IT Specialist | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2018/07/29 | 2018/08/29 | Accepting Applicants |
| Optical Design Engineer | Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) | Oxford, Oxfordshire | 2018/07/21 | 2018/08/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| Telescope Operator (787-500) | Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, CA | 2018/07/21 | 2018/10/19 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Instrument Operator (719-500) | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, CA | 2018/05/11 | 2018/11/19 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| FSI Maintenance Engineer (702-500) | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, CA | 2018/05/11 | 2018/11/19 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Telescope Operator (742-500) | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, CA | 2018/05/11 | 2018/11/19 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
Science Management
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Director | Las Cumbres Observatory | Goleta, CA | 2018/08/10 | 2018/10/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Scientific Director, Weizmann Observatory for Astrophysics and Planetary Science | Weizmann Institute of Science | Rehovot, Israel | 2018/08/06 | 2018/09/03 | Accepting Applicants |
| Observatory Operations Manager | Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation | Kamuela, HI | 2018/08/01 | 2018/09/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Head of the Mission Operations Division in the Operations Department | European Space Agency | Villanueva de la Canada, Madrid | 2018/07/30 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Head of the Operations Department | EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY | Villanueva de la Canada, Madrid | 2018/07/30 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Science Director/Director General | SRON | Utrecht, Utrecht | 2018/07/28 | 2018/08/25 | Accepting Applicants |
Scientific/Technical Staff
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC node user support staff scientist | Chalmers University | Onsala, Onsala | 2018/08/19 | 2018/09/30 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| SCORPIO Programmer | The George Washington University | Washington, Washington, DC | 2018/08/18 | 2018/10/27 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Staff Scientist (Temporary) | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2018/08/16 | 2018/09/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Instrument Scientist (m/f) | Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam | Potsdam , Brandenburg | 2018/08/15 | 2018/10/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Support Astronomer for Lick Observatory | University of California Observatories | Santa Cruz, CA | 2018/08/15 | 2018/10/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| MPC Astronomer (18-62) | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2018/08/15 | 2018/11/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Subaru Night Operation Assistant – ID# 18389 | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Hilo, Hawaii | 2018/08/15 | 2018/09/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| Scientist IV, Dark Energy and Dark Matter | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Pasadena, CA | 2018/08/10 | 2018/09/07 | Accepting Applicants |
| MSE Project Scientist - Unfunded Secondment | Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation | Kamuela, HI | 2018/08/02 | 2018/09/03 | Accepting Applicants |
| Laboratory/Observatory Manager | New Mexico State University | Las Cruces, NM | 2018/08/01 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Scientist | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Socorro, NM | 2018/07/30 | 2018/09/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| HET Optomechanical Tech | University of TX - McDonald Obsv | McDonald Observatory, TX | 2018/07/25 | 2018/08/23 | Accepting Applicants |
| Project scientist in the Division for submm/FIR Technologies at the MPIfR | Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy | Bonn, NRW | 2018/07/14 | 2018/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astronomer / Scientist | AURA/NSO | Makawao, HI | 2018/07/07 | 2018/08/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Mission Director (759-500) | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, CA | 2018/05/11 | 2018/11/19 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Pipeline Data Scientist (704-500) | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Moffett Field, CA | 2018/05/11 | 2018/11/19 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
Other
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helmholtz Young Investigator Group Leader (f/m) | DESY | Zeuthen, Brandeburg | 2018/08/09 | 2018/11/01 | Accepting Applicants |