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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adjunct Assistant Professor - Astronomy | University of Montana | Missoula, MT | 2019/05/16 | 2019/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Teaching Professor of Physics and Astronomy | Ball State University | Muncie, IN | 2019/05/07 | 2019/06/04 | Accepting Applicants |
| Project Associate Professor of NAOJ ALMA Project (Instrument Scientist) | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2019/04/05 | 2019/06/14 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Project Associate Professor in NAOJ ALMA Project (ARC Scientist) | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2019/04/04 | 2019/05/31 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
Faculty Positions (tenure & tenure-track)
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associate Professor in Extragalactic Astrophysics | Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen | Copenhagen, Copenhagen | 2019/05/25 | 2019/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor in Astronomy (permanent position) | Dublin City University | Dublin, Dublin | 2019/05/24 | 2019/06/24 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer below/ above the bar in Astronomy at NUI Galway | National University of Ireland Galway | Galway, Galway | 2019/05/10 | 2019/06/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Lecturer in Transient Astrophysics | University of Portsmouth | Portsmouth, Hampshire | 2019/05/04 | 2019/06/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| DIRECTOR of ASIAA | ASIAA | Taipei, Taiwan | 2019/05/04 | 2019/09/14 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Rosalind Franklin Tenure Track Professorship | University of Groningen | Groningen, Groningen | 2019/05/01 | 2019/06/02 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Fellow | The Australian National University | Weston Creek , Australian Capital Territory | 2019/04/25 | 2019/05/25 | Accepting Applicants |
| Associate Professor, Astronomy and/or related fields | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2019/03/27 | 2019/06/28 | Accepting Applicants |
Post-doctoral Positions & Fellowships
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Stellar Astrophysics | Monash University | Melbourne, Victoria | 2019/05/24 | 2019/06/28 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral position in Galaxy Clusters/AGN feedback | University of Alabama in Huntsville | Huntsville, AL | 2019/05/21 | 2019/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in galaxy formation | Kapteyn Astronomical Institute | Groningen, Groningen | 2019/05/17 | 2019/06/14 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Position in Extrasolar Planets and Variable Stars | Konkoly Thege Miklós Astronomical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Budapest, Hungary | 2019/05/15 | 2019/07/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astrophysicist (Post-Doctorial Research Fellow) | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2019/05/14 | 2019/07/14 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Positions in Astrophysics | Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, RFC: UNA2907227Y5 | Mexico City, Mexico City | 2019/05/10 | 2019/06/14 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Extragalactic Astrophysics | University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 2019/05/10 | 2019/06/07 | Accepting Applicants |
| CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Low Frequency Radio Astronomy | CSIRO | Kensington, Perth or Marsfield, Sydney , Perth or Sydney | 2019/05/09 | 2019/06/19 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Associate/Senior Research Associate | University of Cambridge | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire | 2019/05/09 | 2019/06/19 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cosmic Magnetism | CSIRO | Kensington, Perth | 2019/05/09 | 2019/06/19 | Accepting Applicants |
| Visiting Associate Scientist, Astronomy | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Moffett Field, CA | 2019/05/09 | 2019/07/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral position in high-z quasars and JWST | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg | 2019/05/07 | 2019/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in the Areas of Observational, Theoretical, Computational Astrophysics and Instrumentation | Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile | Santiago, RM | 2019/05/07 | 2019/06/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Associate- Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope | University of Washington | Seattle, Washington | 2019/05/06 | 2019/06/24 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Associate in mm/submm Astronomy (2 year fixed term) School of Physics, College of Science, NUI Galway Ref. No. NUIG-085-19 | National University of Ireland Galway | Galway, Galway | 2019/05/04 | 2019/06/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate I | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | 2019/05/03 | 2019/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Clouds in Gas Giant Atmospheres | University of Exeter | Exeter, Devon | 2019/05/03 | 2019/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Fellow in Particle Astrophysics | University of Hawaii | Honolulu, Hawaii | 2019/05/01 | 2019/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship, Localizing Fast Radio Bursts | National Research Council of Canada | Penticton, British Columbia | 2019/05/01 | 2019/06/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Researchers in ISM Physics and Star Formation – Reference Number 19-08 | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg | 2019/04/30 | 2019/05/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Exoplanet Postdoctoral Position @ Birmingham (UK) | University of Birmingham | Birmingham, West Midlands | 2019/04/30 | 2019/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Position in Star and Planet Formation | Universidad de Chile | Santiago, Region Metropolitana | 2019/04/29 | 2019/06/10 | Accepting Applicants |
| Two Postdoctoral Positions on Debris Disks in Jena (Germany) | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Jena, Thuringia | 2019/04/27 | 2019/05/27 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post-doctoral research fellow (brown dwarfs) | University of Hertfordshire | Hatfield, Hertfordshire | 2019/04/27 | 2019/05/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | 2019/04/26 | 2019/06/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoc Multi-Messenger Modelling | Stockholm University | Stockholm, Stockholm | 2019/04/26 | 2019/05/31 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship, Life Signatures on Exoplanets | National Research Council of Canada | Victoria, British Columbia | 2019/04/26 | 2019/06/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship, Multi-Wavelength Studies of the Virgo Cluster | National Research Council of Canada | Victoria, British Columbia | 2019/04/25 | 2019/06/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | Las Campanas Observatory | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/04/25 | 2019/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| IAC Research Fellowship: Astrophysical Research | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | La Laguna, S/C de Tenerife | 2019/04/24 | 2019/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoc/Research Scientist for the NASA Ames Exoplanet Speckle Imaging Group | Bay Area Environmental Research Institute | Moffett Field, CA | 2019/04/20 | 2019/07/19 | 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 |
| SkyHopper CubeSat Research Associates | The University of Melbourne | The University of Melbourne, VIC | 2019/04/19 | 2019/05/26 | Accepting Applicants |
| NASA Postdoctoral Program - Application Deadline July 1, 2019 | NASA / Universities Space Research Association | Multiple Locations, MD | 2019/04/02 | 2019/07/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Fellowship in Computational Astrophysics of Star Formation | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Livermore, CA | 2019/04/02 | 2019/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Post-Doctoral Position in Astrochemistry | CNRS / IPAG | Saint Martin d' Hères, Rhones-Alpes | 2019/03/26 | 2019/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral research positions on gravitational waves, cosmology and chemical evolution galaxies | Wuhan University | Wuhan, Hubei | 2019/03/19 | 2019/08/15 | 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 Scholarships in Radio Astornomy and Engineering at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Curtin University node | Curtin University | Bentley, Western Australia | 2019/05/23 | 2019/07/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| PhD Position on Debris Disks in Planetary Systems | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Jena, Thuringia | 2019/05/23 | 2019/06/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| PhD position in High Energy Astrophysics: | University of Tübingen | Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg | 2019/05/23 | 2019/06/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Transition Probabilities of Trans-iron Elements | University of Tübingen | Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg | 2019/05/17 | 2019/06/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| PhD position in High Energy Astrophysics: Stellar winds in massive stars and accretion processes onto compact objects | Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Tübingen | Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg | 2019/05/11 | 2019/06/10 | Accepting Applicants |
| 17 PhD fellowships for the Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Science graduate program in Rome | University of Rome "Tor Vergata" - University of Rome "Sapienza" - National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF) | Rome, Rome | 2019/04/30 | 2019/05/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Analyst (Pre-Doctoral Program), Center for Computational Astrophysics | Flatiron Institute at Simons Foundation | New York, NY | 2019/04/27 | 2019/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Five Positions Astrophysics Research Predoctoral Fellowships 2019 | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | La Laguna, S/C de Tenerife | 2019/04/24 | 2019/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Assistant, Science, Graduate (Visiting) | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Moffett Field, CA | 2019/04/23 | 2019/06/24 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| PhD positions in theoretical and observational asteroseismology | Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven | Leuven, - | 2019/04/20 | 2019/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| ESO Studentship Programme 2019/2020 | European Southern Observatory (ESO) | Garching bei München, Bavaria | 2019/04/18 | 2019/05/31 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| PhD position in the field of Second generation protoplanetary discs around evolved binaries | Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven | Leuven, - | 2019/04/03 | 2019/06/01 | Accepting Applicants |
Science Engineering
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engineer, Electrical (Ground Support Engineer) | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, CA | 2019/05/24 | 2019/08/26 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| DM Science Analyst/Engineer | AURA/LSST | Tucson, AZ | 2019/05/23 | 2019/06/24 | Accepting Applicants |
| Technical Project Manager | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2019/05/21 | 2019/06/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| CAD Configuration Systems Engineer/Administrator | TMT International Observatory, LLC | Pasadena, California | 2019/05/16 | 2019/07/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| Configuration Data Management Specialist | TMT International Observatory, LLC | Pasadena, California | 2019/05/16 | 2019/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Image Processing Engineer | Spaceflight Industries | Seattle, Washington | 2019/05/08 | 2019/06/05 | Accepting Applicants |
| Mechanical Engineer | Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation | Kamuela, HI | 2019/05/04 | 2019/06/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Deep Space Electro-Optical Observations Engineer | Applied Optimization Inc. | Fairborn, OH | 2019/05/02 | 2019/06/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Instrumentation Systems Engineer | University of Oxford | Oxford, Oxfordshire | 2019/05/02 | 2019/06/10 | Accepting Applicants |
| Head of Engineering Ops - Gemini South | AURA/GEMINI | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/04/27 | 2019/06/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Scientific Software Engineer / Post-doc for astronomical data analysis | Observatoire de Paris | Meudon, Ile de France | 2019/04/27 | 2019/07/14 | Accepting Applicants |
| SPHEREx Instrument Test Engineer | California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | 2019/04/25 | 2019/05/23 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astronomical Research Scientist | Applied Technology Associates | Chantilly, virginia | 2019/04/25 | 2019/08/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Associate Professor for Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) | Subaru Telescope, NAOJ | Hilo, Hawaii | 2019/04/14 | 2019/06/30 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| High Level Software Engineer | AURA/Gemini | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/04/13 | 2019/05/25 | Accepting Applicants |
| Engineer, Aerospace | Universities Space Research Association | Moffett Field, California | 2019/03/26 | 2019/06/28 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Associate Mission Operations Specialist (Instrument Operator) | Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, California | 2019/01/03 | 2019/05/01 | Position Filled |
| Associate Mission Operations Specialist (Telescope Operator) | Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, California | 2019/01/03 | 2019/05/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
Science Management
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ERA Chair Holder Position – Strategic Counsellor | Ventspils University of Applied Sciences | Ventspils, Ventspils | 2019/05/03 | 2019/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| IPA Program Directors | National Science Foundation (NSF) | Alexandria, VA | 2019/04/22 | 2019/06/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Planetarium Director | Samford University | Birmingham, Alabama | 2019/03/24 | 2019/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
Scientific/Technical Staff
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Adaptive Optics Scientist | Large Binocular Telescope Observatory | Tucson, Arizona | 2019/05/23 | 2019/06/20 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| 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 |
| Optical Telescope Observer (Physical Science Technician) | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | AMADO, AZ | 2019/05/14 | 2019/06/11 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Gemini Science Operation Specialist | AURA/Gemini | La Serena, Chile | 2019/05/10 | 2019/06/09 | Accepting Applicants |
| Telescope Observing Specialist | APO | Sunspot, NEW MEXICO | 2019/05/09 | 2019/06/06 | Accepting Applicants |
| Gemini AO Scientist | AURA/Gemini | La Serena, Chile | 2019/05/09 | 2019/06/09 | Accepting Applicants |
| Gemini Astronomer or Scientist | AURA/Gemini | Hilo, HI | 2019/05/09 | 2019/06/09 | Accepting Applicants |
| Discovery Channel Telescope Operator I | Lowell Observatory | Flagstaff, Arizona | 2019/05/04 | 2019/06/03 | Accepting Applicants |
| IT Specialist (Data Management) | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2019/05/02 | 2019/06/02 | Accepting Applicants |
| Scientist, Small Bodies of the Solar System | Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Pasadena, CA | 2019/05/02 | 2019/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Optical Engineer (m/f/d) | Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP) | Potsdam, Brandenburg | 2019/05/01 | 2019/06/02 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoc or Engineer in Optics | Leibniz-Institute for Solar Physics | Freiburg, BW | 2019/04/27 | 2019/05/25 | Accepting Applicants |
| Staff Astronomer | W. M. Keck Observatory | Kamuela, Hi | 2019/04/25 | 2019/05/23 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Astrophysicist, X-ray Astrophysics Lab at NASA GSFC | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Greenbelt, MD | 2019/04/19 | 2019/06/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Scientist (Open Rank) | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Charlottesville, Virginia | 2019/04/06 | 2019/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Scientist | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Socorro, NM | 2019/04/01 | 2019/06/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Mission Operations Controller (Mission Director) | Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, California | 2019/01/03 | 2019/05/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
Other
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procurement Manager - Chile | AURA | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2019/05/08 | 2019/06/05 | Accepting Applicants |
| Communications/Education Intern | Gemini Observatory/AURA | Hilo, HI | 2019/05/08 | 2019/06/05 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Associate | University of British Columbia | Vancouver, BC | 2019/05/02 | 2019/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Fellow in Studies of Solar System Minor Planets | Queen's University Belfast | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 2019/04/29 | 2019/06/03 | Accepting Applicants |