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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visiting Instructor / Assistant Professor of Astronomy | Lycoming College | Williamsport, Pennsylvania | 2022/06/18 | 2022/07/29 | Accepting Applicants |
| Physics & Astronomy Lecturers | Texas State University | San Marcos, Tx | 2022/06/18 | 2022/07/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer I Position Department of Astronomy University of Michigan | University Of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | 2022/06/10 | 2022/07/08 | Accepting Applicants |
Faculty Positions (tenure & tenure-track)
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faculty Position in Astronomy, National Central University, Taiwan | National Central University | Taoyuan, Taoyuan | 2022/06/22 | 2022/10/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics | Newcastle University | Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear | 2022/06/22 | 2022/09/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Four Research Positions in Astrophysics at Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ciudad de México , Ciudad de México | 2022/06/20 | 2022/09/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer/Associate Professor in Theoretical Astrophysics | University of Leeds | Leeds, W Yorkshire | 2022/06/15 | 2022/07/13 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Tenure-track Faculty Position in Exoplanets and Planet Formation | University of Amsterdam (UvA) | Amsterdam, Noord Holland | 2022/06/14 | 2022/07/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Tenure-track position in Astrophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | Valparaíso, Valparaíso | 2022/06/08 | 2022/07/06 | Accepting Applicants |
| Full Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) Division of Science | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2022/06/06 | 2022/08/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Professor of Observational Astrophysics or Cosmology | Maynooth University | Maynooth, Kildare | 2022/05/21 | 2022/07/03 | Accepting Applicants |
| Scientist (tenure track) in Exoplanet Science | SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research | Leiden, South Holland | 2022/05/21 | 2022/06/22 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) SOLAR-C Project | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2022/05/20 | 2022/07/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) Division of Science | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2022/05/06 | 2022/07/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Full Professor, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) Subaru Telescope | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Hilo, Hawaii | 2022/04/22 | 2022/07/15 | Accepting Applicants |
Post-doctoral Positions & Fellowships
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Astroparticle Physics | University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS | 2022/06/28 | 2022/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship in Time Domain Research | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California | 2022/06/27 | 2022/08/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post doctoral fellow on the effects of stellar evolution on planetary systems | Lund University | Lund, Skåne | 2022/06/26 | 2022/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post-doctoral research position in neutron star astrophysics and simulations | Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center | Warszawa, mazowieckie | 2022/06/25 | 2022/07/29 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in compact objects | Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | 2022/06/24 | 2022/08/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Space Manufacturing Senior Research Fellow | Swinburne University Of Technology | Melbourne, Victoria | 2022/06/24 | 2022/07/24 | Accepting Applicants |
| two postdoc positions in galactic phylogenetics | Millenium Nucleus ERIS | Santiago, Santiago | 2022/06/23 | 2022/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate - Engineered Quantum Systems | University of Sydney | Sydney, New South Wales | 2022/06/23 | 2022/07/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral positions in observational extragalactic astronomy | University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Midlothian | 2022/06/21 | 2022/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Astrophysics / Cosmology | THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (UQ) | BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND | 2022/06/14 | 2022/07/17 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral position in theoretical and computational astrophysics | Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies | Dublin, Dublin | 2022/06/14 | 2022/07/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| Prize Research Fellows | University of Warwick | Coventry, West Midlands | 2022/06/14 | 2022/07/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Fellow - Star & Planet Formation | Monash University | Clayton, VIC | 2022/06/11 | 2022/07/10 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Associate- Argonne | Argonne National Laboratory | Lemont, IL | 2022/06/09 | 2022/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Associate / Research Fellow | Curtin University | Bentley, Perth, Western Australia | 2022/06/08 | 2022/07/06 | Accepting Applicants |
| Multiple postdoc/research professor positions in galaxy evolution and supernova cosmology | Yonsei University | Seoul, . | 2022/06/08 | 2022/07/07 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in observational stellar physics and exoplanet science at IRAP/OMP (Toulouse, France) | CNRS / Obs Midi Pyrenees | Toulouse, Region Occitanie | 2022/06/06 | 2022/07/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cosmology and Radio astronomy at University of KwaZulu-Natal | University of KwaZulu-Natal | Durban, KZN | 2022/06/04 | 2022/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| X-ray astronomy at XMM-Newton SSC | CEA Saclay | Gif sur Yvette, Ile de France | 2022/06/04 | 2022/07/03 | Accepting Applicants |
| Spatially-resolved extragalactic astronomy with GIRMOS and JWST | Saint Mary's University | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 2022/06/03 | 2022/07/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdocs positions on stellar activity and chemical abundances | Univ. Sao Paulo (USP) and Univ. Presb. Mackenzie | Sao Paulo, SP | 2022/06/02 | 2022/07/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral positions in Observational Cosmology in the ERC Funded Project “DarkQuest” | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | Garching, Germany / Bavaria | 2022/06/02 | 2022/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Stellar Astronomy/Astrophysics | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | Daytona Beach, FL | 2022/06/01 | 2022/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Physics | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | Dartmouth, MA | 2022/06/01 | 2022/08/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| South African Radio Astronomy Observatory Postdoctoral Fellowships Commencing in 2023 | South African Radio Astronomy Observatory | Johannesburg, Gauteng | 2022/06/01 | 2022/08/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Fellow in Astrophysics | University of Surrey | Guildford, Surrey | 2022/05/31 | 2022/06/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post-doctoral position at the APC laboratory in Paris | Université Paris Cité - Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC) | Paris, Ile de France | 2022/05/20 | 2022/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer/Associate Lecturer | Curtin University | Bentley Perth, Western Australia | 2022/05/19 | 2022/07/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoc position on Galaxy evolution - Valongo Observatory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro | 2022/05/13 | 2022/07/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astrophysicist (Post-Doctoral Research Fellow) | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2022/05/07 | 2022/07/07 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoc in computational astrophysics | Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, New Jersey | 2022/05/07 | 2022/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Support Scientist in The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Guest Observer Facility (GOF) | University of MD Baltimore Co / NASA / GSFC / CRESST II | BALTIMORE, Maryland | 2022/05/02 | 2022/06/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| NASA Postdoctoral Fellowships - Application Deadline July 1, 2022 | NASA / Oak Ridge Associated Universities | Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations | 2022/05/01 | 2022/07/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Scientist in Ultraviolet Instrumentation and Missions | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, Colorado | 2022/04/27 | 2022/08/16 | Accepting Applicants |
Pre-doctoral/Graduate Positions
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERC-funded PhD position in protoplanetary discs and planet formation | Università degli Studi di Milano | Milan, Milan | 2022/06/20 | 2022/07/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| PhD Scholarships in Astrophysics | Macquarie University | Sydney, New South Wales | 2022/06/08 | 2022/07/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| PhD Scholarship in Dark Matter Detection | University of Sydney | Sydney, New South Wales | 2022/05/31 | 2022/06/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Phd Student Position (f*m) | Space Research Institute | Graz, Graz | 2022/05/20 | 2022/07/01 | Accepting Applicants |
Science Engineering
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adaptive Optics Senior Software Engineer | TMT International Observatory LLC | Pasadena, CA | 2022/06/25 | 2022/09/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Dynamics Controls Engineer | TMT International Observatory LLC | Pasadena, CA | 2022/06/25 | 2022/09/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astronomer/scientific software engineer | Computational Physics, Inc. | Springfield, VA | 2022/06/25 | 2022/07/29 | Accepting Applicants |
| Software Engineer | University of California Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | 2022/06/17 | 2023/06/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Software Engineer | University of California Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz, CA | 2022/06/17 | 2023/06/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Computer Engineer | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2022/06/14 | 2022/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Computer Engineer | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2022/06/14 | 2022/07/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Chief Telescope Technologist | New Mexico State University/Apache Point Observatory | Sunspot, NM | 2022/06/01 | 2022/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| APO 3.5m ARC telescope Hardware/Software Programmer | New Mexico State University/Apache Point Observatory | Sunspot, NM | 2022/06/01 | 2022/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Science Operations Analyst I- #0005571 | Space Telescope Science Institute | Baltimore, MD | 2022/05/20 | 2022/06/17 | Accepting Applicants |
Science Management
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Director, US Extremely Large Telescope | AURA/NOIRLab | Tucson, Arizona | 2022/06/23 | 2022/07/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Science Office Manager | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | 2022/06/11 | 2022/07/09 | Accepting Applicants |
| Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) Director | Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE) | Dwingeloo, Drenthe | 2022/05/31 | 2022/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Science Program Officer, Astrophysics | The Kavli Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 2022/05/24 | 2022/07/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Deputy Assistant Director - NAASC | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Charlottesville, VA | 2022/05/18 | 2022/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Deputy Project Manager | TMT International Observatory LLC | Pasadena, CA | 2022/03/11 | 2022/07/08 | Accepting Applicants |
Scientific/Technical Staff
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computational Cosmology Center Group Lead | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | Berkeley, CA | 2022/06/18 | 2022/07/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Archive Developer | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2022/06/17 | 2022/09/07 | Accepting Applicants |
| Director of Science | The European Space Agency (ESA) | Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid | 2022/06/17 | 2022/07/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Analyst - Her Majesty’s Nautical Almanac Office | UK Hydrographic Office | Taunton, Somerset | 2022/06/16 | 2022/07/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| BICEP Winter-over Scientist | University of Minnesota + Harvard University | Minneapolis, MN | 2022/06/16 | 2022/07/14 | Accepting Applicants |
| Orbital Debris Modeling Scientist | Jacobs JETS Contract (JSC Engineering, Technology, and Science) Contract | Houston, Texas | 2022/06/15 | 2022/07/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Data Scientist | The European Space Agency (ESA) | Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid | 2022/06/14 | 2022/07/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| Deputy Division Leader (R&D Manager) | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Los Alamos, NM | 2022/06/10 | 2022/07/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| Science Operations Scientist | The European Space Agency (ESA) | Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid | 2022/06/10 | 2022/07/19 | Accepting Applicants |
| Space Science & Application Group Leader (R&D Manager) | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Los Alamos, New Mexico | 2022/06/10 | 2022/07/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| Software Engineer / Astronomer | STFC | Edinburgh, Edinburgh | 2022/06/08 | 2022/07/06 | Accepting Applicants |
| MSFC Astrophysics Relativistic Group Gravitational Wave Civil Servant Hire | NASA MSFC | HUNTSVILLE, AL | 2022/06/02 | 2022/07/31 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| MSFC Astrophysics X-ray Group Civil Servant Hires | NASA MSFC | Huntsville, AL | 2022/06/02 | 2022/08/15 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Lick Observatory Laser / Telescope Technician | University of California Santa Cruz | Mt Hamilton, CA | 2022/06/01 | 2023/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Telescope IT Systems Administrator | Sunspot Solar Observatory / NMSU | Sunspot, New Mexico | 2022/06/01 | 2022/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Instrument Scientist | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | 2022/05/27 | 2022/07/22 | Accepting Applicants |
| Science Software Developer (IT Specialist) | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2022/05/14 | 2022/07/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| Applications Developer | Caltech | Pasadena, CA | 2022/05/14 | 2022/07/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Officer (Astronomer) - Canadian Gemini Office | National Research Council Canada (NRC) | Victoria, British Columbia | 2022/05/12 | 2022/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Scientist | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, California | 2022/05/11 | 2022/07/01 | Accepting Applicants |
Other
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PASA Editorial Board - Call for Applications | Astronomical Society of Australia | Sydney, NSW | 2022/06/23 | 2022/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| AAS Media Fellowship | American Astronomical Society | Washington, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | 2022/05/25 | 2022/07/06 | Accepting Applicants |
| Junior Group Leader | The Space Research Institute (IWF) | Graz, Steiermark | 2022/05/07 | 2022/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Education, Outreach, and Broader Impacts Manager | TMT International Observatory LLC | Pasadena, CA | 2022/03/11 | 2022/07/07 | Accepting Applicants |