Adaptive Optics Scientist

Eager to use your experience in Adaptive Optics to join a unique facility which provides tomorrow's resolution today? Tired of waiting for the ELTs to be on-sky? 

The Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (LBTO) is seeking an Adaptive Optics Scientist to participate in the development, integration with compatible instruments, and operations of the LBT AO program and systems. With its two 8.4-m mirrors on the same mount, LBTO is the largest optical telescope in the world. With adaptive secondaries, a new generation of AO systems being commissioned, GLAO  capabilities with ARGOS, and a unique interferometer offering  the resolution of a 23m telescope, LBT is a forerunner of the ELTs. LBTO is heavily investing in AO for its future, with three new instruments in development for extreme AO in the visible and the near IR and AO-fed high resolution spectroscopy, and the potential for interferometry in the visible. 

The successful candidate will have a strong experience in AO operation on a large telescope or in developing AO equipment for deployment in the field as operational systems.

​The successful candidate is expected to participate in the many facets of the AO-related activities, from performance monitoring and optimization to development of new observing strategies to improving the efficiency and scientific outcome of the many programs to be brought to the telescope by a very diverse group of users spanning the entire LBT collaboration.

While most work will occur at the LBTO offices in Tucson, there will be some work conducted at the LBT site on Mt. Graham at an elevation of 10,470 feet. 

Minimum Requirements:
* Ph.D. level degree in adaptive optics or high angular resolution astronomy.
* 8 years of relevant experience, with 5 years of relevant experience with Adaptive Optics.

LBTO is a Unit within the College of Science of the University of Arizona (UA). ​