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Astronomy & Astrophysics offer a variety of job opportunities, including positions in research groups, laboratory roles, potential staff positions, and occasional faculty openings. The following shows the current active job listings. 

Assistant Professor: Multiple Tenure-track Faculty Positions

The department invites applications for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Candidates in all fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics - theoretical, observational, and experimental - are encouraged to apply to join a vibrant and supportive department committed to excellence in research, teaching, and service. 

Opening application August 11, 2023 with review date by Friday, Oct 20, 2023.

For further information please go to UCSD Jobs LIsting #JPF03677.

 

Associate/Full Professor: Tenured Faculty Position

The department invites applications for a tenured faculty position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor level. Candidates in all fields of Astronomy and Astrophysics – theoretical, observational, and experimental – are encouraged to apply to join a vibrant and supportive department committed to excellence in research, teaching, and service. Our department provides access to cutting-edge astronomical facilities and state-of-the-art research laboratories, including access and contributions to the Lick Observatory, W.M. Keck Observatory, and San Diego Supercomputer Center. We seek an outstanding scientist with innovation and leadership in research, a commitment to teaching excellence and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, and share our departmental core values.

Review date: Thursday, Nov 30, 2023

For further information please visit the UCSD Job ID #JPF03678.

Technical Staff: Research Data Analyst Position

The UC San Diego OIRlab has a job opening for a software developer / data analyst to work on advanced astronomical instrumentation. Under the general supervision of a Principal Investigator, Professor Shelley Wright, the Research Data Analyst will be a part of the team that develops software for astronomical instruments and associated astronomical science data products. The incumbent will design in-house data simulations and data processing codes for astronomical instruments.

Application deadline is currently September 27, 2023.

For further information and to apply please go to Job ID #125118.

Postdoctoral Scholar: High-Energy Astrophysics

The High Energy Astrophysics group https://cass.ucsd.edu/index.php/faculty:Sboggs invites applications for a postdoctoral position on the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) satellite project.

Opening application April 17, 2023 with a final closing date February 27, 2024.

For further information please go to UCSD Jobs LIsting #JPF03551.