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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teaching Assistant Professor of Astronomy | University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | 2021/05/11 | 2021/06/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| Visiting Assistant Professor | Boston University | Boston, Massachusetts | 2021/05/05 | 2021/06/30 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Research Assistant Professor - Macaulay Honors College | CUNY Graduate Center | New York, NY | 2021/05/01 | 2021/05/29 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Fellow in Physical Modelling for Experimental Cosmology | University College London | London, London | 2021/05/01 | 2021/05/29 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Teaching Professor of Physics & Astronomy | Ball State University | Muncie, IN | 2021/04/28 | 2021/05/26 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer in Astronomy | The Open University | Milton Keynes, London | 2021/04/15 | 2021/05/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant/Associate Research Professor - High-Energy/X-ray Astrophysics Instrumentation | Penn State University | University Park, PA | 2021/03/27 | 2021/05/08 | Accepting Applicants |
Faculty Positions (tenure & tenure-track)
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director of the University of California Observatories | University of California | Santa Cruz, California | 2021/05/11 | 2021/06/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor in Astroparticle Physics at the University of Kansas | University of Kansas | Lawrence, Kansas | 2021/05/06 | 2021/08/20 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Senior Research Fellow - Observational Radio Astronomy | University of Western Australia | CRAWLEY, AUSTRALIA | 2021/04/29 | 2021/06/11 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer/Senior Lecturers in Astrophysics and/or Data Science (2+ positions available) | University of Hertfordshire | Hatfield, Hertfordshire | 2021/04/23 | 2021/05/21 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Two Professor Positions at the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María | Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María | Valparaíso, Valparaíso | 2021/04/20 | 2021/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer in Astronomy | The Open University | Milton Keynes, London | 2021/04/15 | 2021/05/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| Assistant Professor, Optical/Near-infrared Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science | University of Calgary | Calgary, Alberta | 2021/04/01 | 2021/05/31 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Lecturer in Planetary Science | University College London | Dorking, Surrey | 2021/03/27 | 2021/05/10 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics (ID:5504) | Newcastle University | Newcastle upon Tyne , Tyne and Wear | 2021/03/08 | 2021/05/19 | Accepting Applicants |
Post-doctoral Positions & Fellowships
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Extragalactic Astrophysics | University of Colorado | Boulder, CO | 2021/05/10 | 2021/08/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Position in Black Hole Astrophysics | Chungbuk National University | Cheongju, Cheongju | 2021/05/10 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Radio Astronomy and Space Science | UAE University | Al Ain, Abu Dhabi | 2021/05/08 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Position | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | Garching, Germany/Bavaria | 2021/05/07 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Scientist in Instrumentation | University of Colorado | Boulder, CO | 2021/05/06 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Position in the Space Sciences | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, MO | 2021/05/06 | 2021/06/03 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in stellar astrophysics at Lagrange Laboratory, Nice, France | Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur | Nice, Alpes Maritimes | 2021/05/05 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| TITANs: postdoctoral position on computational modeling in the context of black hole formation, growth or accretion | Nucleo Milenio TITANS, Chile: U. Concepcion, U. Chile, PUC, U. Valparaiso | Concepcion, Bio-Bio | 2021/05/04 | 2021/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position on planetesimal formation at Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (Nice, France) | CNRS/Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur/Université Côte d'Azur | Nice, PACA | 2021/05/04 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Positions in Exoplanets or High-Energy Astrophysics at the Open University of Israel | Open University of Israel | Ra'anana, , | 2021/05/03 | 2021/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position on Swift Galactic Bulge Survey | Texas Tech University | Lubbock, TX | 2021/04/29 | 2021/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoc in ISM of GRB/SN hosts (AMU, Poland) | Adam Mickiewicz University | Poznań, Wielkopolskie | 2021/04/29 | 2021/05/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in computational astrophysics | Polish Academy of Sciences | Warsaw, Mazovia | 2021/04/28 | 2021/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER POSITION, Astrophysics: Accretion and Jets | New York University Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi, Abu Zaby | 2021/04/28 | 2021/05/26 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position on Milky Way Models and Simulations in the Gaia Era | Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur | Nice, Alpes Maritimes | 2021/04/26 | 2021/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Fellow – AEThER program | Carnegie Institution for Science | Washington , DC | 2021/04/24 | 2021/09/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astrophysicist (Post-doctoral Research Fellow) | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2021/04/22 | 2021/05/22 | Accepting Applicants |
| PDRA Position in Stellar Astrophysics at Armagh Observatory and Planetarium | Armagh Observatory and Planetarium | Armagh, County Armagh | 2021/04/22 | 2021/05/21 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Position in X-ray Time Domain Astrophysics | Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics | Garching, Germany/Bavaria | 2021/04/21 | 2021/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral researcher on Gaia data analysis at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy | Heidelberg, BW | 2021/04/20 | 2021/05/24 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in exoplanets at Stockholm University | Stockholm University | Stockholm, Stockholm | 2021/04/20 | 2021/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Positions in Gravitational Physics and Cosmology | The Open University of Israel | Raanana, . | 2021/04/19 | 2021/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Two postdoctoral positions in astrophysics (NCBJ, Poland) | National Centre for Nuclear Research | Warsaw, None | 2021/04/18 | 2021/05/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in astrophysics | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Las Vegas, NV | 2021/04/17 | 2021/05/17 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral fellowship in extragalactic astrophysics: High-redshift galaxy formation and the epoch of Reionization | Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen | Groningen, Groningen | 2021/04/17 | 2021/05/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Associate: Extrasolar Planets and their Host Stars, Division of Science, NYU Abu Dhabi | New York University Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi | 2021/04/16 | 2021/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| One postdoctoral contract TTNN 2021 (PS-2021-030) | Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias | La Laguna, Tenerife | 2021/04/16 | 2021/05/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position in cosmology | Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences | Warsaw, Mazovia | 2021/04/16 | 2021/06/01 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Fellow in Gravitational Wave Discovery | University of Melbourne | Carlton, VICTORIA | 2021/04/15 | 2021/05/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral position on X-ray emission from the Galactic center | Istituto Nazionale di Astronomia | Merate, Lecco | 2021/04/15 | 2021/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astrophysicist | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2021/04/15 | 2021/05/25 | Accepting Applicants |
| Lecturer in Discipline/Columbia Science Fellow | Columbia College | New York, New York | 2021/04/15 | 2021/05/14 | Accepting Applicants |
| Project Research Staff (Postdoctoral Fellow: Division of Science) | National Astronomical Observatory of Japan | Mitaka, Tokyo | 2021/04/14 | 2021/05/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Position in Adaptive Optics and Integrated Photonics | University of Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | 2021/04/13 | 2021/06/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| FAST Post-Doctoral Researcher in Radio Asttronomy - Galactic HI | National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Science | Beijing, Chaoyang | 2021/04/07 | 2021/05/24 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Positions in Astrophysics | Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico | 2021/04/05 | 2021/06/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| NASA Postdoctoral Program - Application Deadline July 1, 2021 | NASA / Universities Space Research Association | Multiple Locations, MD | 2021/04/03 | 2021/07/01 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Research Fellow - Observational Radio Astronomy | University of Western Australia | CRAWLEY, AUSTRALIA | 2021/03/31 | 2021/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astrophysicist (Postdoctoral Research Fellow) on Exoplanetary Atmospheres | Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory | Cambridge, MA | 2021/03/30 | 2021/05/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Researcher - High-Energy/X-ray Astrophysics Instrumentation | Penn State University | University Park, PA | 2021/03/27 | 2021/05/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Position in Millimeter Astronomy for NOEMA | IRAM | Saint Martin d'Hères, Grenoble | 2021/03/23 | 2021/05/21 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate in Gravitational Lensing and Quasar Physics | U.S. Naval Academy | Annapolis, MD | 2021/03/16 | 2021/05/10 | Accepting Applicants |
| NAOJ Postdoctoral Researcher Stationed at Hiroshima University, to work on REBELS, an ALMA Large Program | Hiroshima University/NAOJ | Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima | 2021/03/12 | 2021/05/14 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Postdoctoral Associate, Observational Astrophysics and Computational Science, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | 2021/02/26 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Solar Physics | Columbia University | New York, NY | 2021/02/20 | 2021/05/19 | Accepting Applicants |
Pre-doctoral/Graduate Positions
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PhD position in cosmology | Aix-Marseille University | Marseille, PACA | 2021/05/07 | 2021/06/04 | Accepting Applicants |
| PhD position in instrument development for THz astronomy | Universitaet zu Koeln | Koeln, NRW | 2021/05/01 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| PhD position in ISM of GRB/SN hosts (AMU, Poland) | Adam Mickiewicz University | Poznań, Wielkopolskie | 2021/04/29 | 2021/05/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| 14 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 | 2021/04/22 | 2021/05/20 | Accepting Applicants |
| PhD in observational cosmology | Tartu University | Tartu, Tartumaa | 2021/04/16 | 2021/05/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| PhD in Astronomy at Padova University | Padova University | Padova, None | 2021/04/08 | 2021/05/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| Ph.D position in exoplanetary atmospheres (GCMs) at University of Bern, Switzerland (Heng Group) | University of Bern | Bern, Bern | 2021/03/16 | 2021/05/31 | Reviewing Applicants |
| Research Analyst, Center for Computational Astrophysics (Pre-Doctoral Program) | Simons Foundation/Flatiron Institute | New York, NY | 2021/03/04 | 2021/06/01 | Accepting Applicants |
Science Engineering
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist/Engineer | STFC | Edinburgh, Edinburgh | 2021/04/30 | 2021/06/13 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Software Engineer (DevOps) - #0002147 | Space Telescope Science Institute | Baltimore, MD | 2021/04/28 | 2021/05/28 | Accepting Applicants |
| Telescope Systems Scientist (Research Scientist II) | Georgia State University | Mount Wilson, California | 2021/04/17 | 2021/05/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Facility Science Instrument Engineer | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Palmdale, CA | 2021/03/03 | 2021/06/03 | Accepting Applicants |
| M1 Control System Technical Project Manager | TMT International Observatory, LLC | Monrovia, CA | 2021/02/19 | 2021/06/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| Adaptive Optics Senior Software Engineer | TMT International Observatory, LLC | Monrovia, CA | 2021/02/19 | 2021/06/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| Adaptive Optics Technical Project Manager | TMT International Observatory, LLC | Monrovia, CA | 2021/02/19 | 2021/06/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Engineer - Primary Mirror Control System | TMT International Observatory, LLC | Monrovia, CA | 2021/02/19 | 2021/06/18 | Accepting Applicants |
| Telescope Engineer | TMT International Observatory LLC | Monrovia, CA | 2021/02/12 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
Science Management
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research staff and group manager | University of Montreal | Montreal, Quebec | 2021/05/11 | 2021/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Director of the Large Binocular Telescope | Large Binocular Telescope Corporation | Tucson, AZ | 2021/05/05 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Associate Director of Chile Operations | AURA/ Gemini Observatory | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2021/04/28 | 2021/05/26 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astrophysics Program Scientist | NASA Headquarters | Washington, DC | 2021/04/27 | 2021/05/25 | Accepting Applicants |
| Chief Astronomer for the Dudley Observatory | Dudley Observatory | Loudonville, New York | 2021/04/27 | 2021/05/31 | Accepting Applicants |
| Representative in Chile | European Southern Observatory | Santiago, Region Metropolitana | 2021/04/24 | 2021/05/29 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Director of New Mexico Operations | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Socorro, NM | 2021/04/13 | 2021/05/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Program Scientist, Visiting (IPA) | NASA Headquarters | Washington, DC | 2021/03/27 | 2021/08/06 | Accepting Applicants |
Scientific/Technical Staff
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomer - Tenured/Tenure Track | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Charlottesville, VA | 2021/05/11 | 2021/06/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory Associate | University of MD Baltimore County/NASA/GSFC/CRESST II | Baltimore, MD | 2021/05/01 | 2021/05/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Communications Specialist | American Astronomical Society | Washington , DC | 2021/04/30 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Sommers-Bausch Observatory Manager | University of Colorado Boulder | Boulder, CO | 2021/04/29 | 2021/05/27 | Accepting Applicants |
| Solar Physics Research Scientist | Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center | Palo Alto, CA | 2021/04/21 | 2021/06/30 | Accepting Applicants |
| Research Scientist, Synthetic Photometry and Spectrophotometry | George Mason University | Washington, DC | 2021/04/20 | 2021/05/20 | No Status Given (Opted Out) |
| Assistant Science Operation Specialist (SOS) | AURA/NOIRLab | La Serena, Coquimbo | 2021/04/17 | 2021/05/16 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior optical engineer in astronomical instrumentation (HARMONI) | University of Oxford | Oxford, Oxfordshire | 2021/04/13 | 2021/05/11 | Accepting Applicants |
| Technical Lead (Development) - Her Majesty’s Nautical Almanac Office | UK Hydrographic Office | Taunton, Somerset, England | 2021/04/10 | 2021/05/08 | Accepting Applicants |
| ALMA Regional Centre Astronomer | European Southern Observatory | Garching near Munich, Bavaria | 2021/04/09 | 2021/05/10 | Accepting Applicants |
| Astronomer / Instrument Project Scientist | European Southern Observatory | Garching near Munich, Bavaria | 2021/03/31 | 2021/05/15 | Accepting Applicants |
| Programmer - Embedded Software for High Energy Astrophysics instrumentation and BlackCAT satellite mission | Penn State University | University Park, PA | 2021/03/27 | 2021/05/08 | Accepting Applicants |
Other
| Title | Institution/Organization | Location | Posted | Deadline | Position Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Media Relations Manager | SKAO | Macclesfield, Cheshire | 2021/05/07 | 2021/06/04 | Accepting Applicants |
| Hedge Fund/Private Equity Analyst | Fortress Investment Group | Dallas, Texas | 2021/04/28 | 2021/05/26 | Accepting Applicants |
| Preceptor in Earth and Planetary Sciences | Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 2021/04/14 | 2021/05/12 | Accepting Applicants |
| Sr Communications Specialist | SOFIA / Universities Space Research Association | Mountain View, CA | 2021/03/19 | 2021/07/19 | Accepting Applicants |
| Senior Applications Developer NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive | Caltech | Pasadena, CA | 2021/03/18 | 2021/05/20 | Accepting Applicants |