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**Tenure and Tenure-track Faculty Positions**
Permanent (or leading to a permanent) position at a university or college. Includes teaching responsibility.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Associate Professor (female) at Division of Science, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)	Mitaka, Tokyo Japan	2026/06/20	2026/09/11
CTAO and Synergy Programme Scientist	European Southern Observatory	Garching near Munich Germany	2026/06/19	2026/09/15
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer (Assistant / Associate Professor) in Astrophysics	University of Bath	BA2 7AY United Kingdom	2026/06/16	2026/08/10
Professorship in Astrophysics with a Focus on Large-Scale Structure Surveys (W3 tenure or W2 Tenure-Track to W3)	Universität Bonn	Bonn, Germany	2026/06/12	2026/07/26
Associate Professor of Experimental Physics	University of Copenhagen	Copenhagen Denmark	2026/06/02	2026/08/02
Faculty Position in Astronomy	National Central University	Taoyuan City, Taiwan	2026/05/29	2026/09/30

**Visiting and Non-tenure Faculty Positions**
Time limited position at a university or college. Includes teaching responsibility.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Project Assistant Professor (NAOJ Fellow 2027)	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)		2026/07/02	2026/07/29
RESEARCH PROFESSOR, STEWARD OBSERVATORY	University of Arizona		2026/06/04	2026/07/17

**Post-doctoral Positions and 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.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Project Research Fellow (NAOJ Chile Fellow)	National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)		2026/07/01	2026/09/01
PhD Opportunities in Astronomy & Radio Astronomy Engineering at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), Curtin University node	Curtin University	Perth WA Australia	2026/07/01	2026/07/31
Calibration data scientist (m/f/d) and Calibration instrument scientist (m/f/d)	Max Planck Institute for Astronomy	Heidelberg Germany	2026/07/01	2026/07/31
Post Doctoral Research Associate in Extragalactic Astronomy	Open University		2026/07/01	2026/07/28
Two Postdoctoral Positions in Unveiling the Interaction Physics of Giant Binary Stars	KU Leuven	Leuven Belgium	2026/06/30	2026/08/05
Postdoctoral Research Position in Cosmology (Large-Scale Structure, AI and Statistical Inference)	Universität Bonn	Bonn Germany	2026/06/26	2026/07/12
Postdoctoral Position in Observational Astronomy	National Tsing Hua University	East District, Hsinchu City Taiwan	2026/06/25	2026/07/10
Postdoctoral Associate - Researcher in Exoplanet Sciences	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey		2026/06/25	2026/07/31
Postdoctoral positions in radio astronomy techniques for the Deep Synoptic Array (DSA)	Argelander Institut, Universität Bonn	Bonn Germany	2026/06/24	2026/07/15
Postdoctoral Researcher Position – Computational Astrophysics within the Cluster of Excellence ‘Our Dynamic Universe’	University of Cologne	Cologne Germany	2026/06/24	2026/07/30
Postdoctoral Researcher, Schmidt AI in Science	University of Toronto	Toronto ON Canada	2026/06/23	2026/10/05
Research Fellow – TDE Host Galaxies, School of Mathematics and Physics	Queen's University Belfast		2026/06/22	2026/07/13
Postdoctoral in Theoretical/Computational Astrophysics	University of Florence		2026/06/22	2026/07/03
Post-Doctoral Research in Exoplanet Atmospheres	Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)	Baltimore , MD United States	2026/06/22	2026/08/31
Software-oriented Postdoctoral Position for the 4D-STAR project at Dartmouth College	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH United States Leuven Belgium Paris, Toulouse France	2026/06/19	2026/07/31
Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow	Curtin University	Bentley WA Australia	2026/06/18	2026/07/19
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Extragalactic Astronomy	University of Birmingham (UK)	Birmingham United Kingdom	2026/06/17	2026/07/15
Post-doctoral Research Fellow(s)	Armagh Observatory	Armagh United Kingdom	2026/06/17	2026/08/28
CIERA Exoplanet Postdoctoral Associate	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL United States	2026/06/17	2026/07/16
Postdoctoral Scholar - NASA Ariel Science Center (NASC)	Caltech/IPAC		2026/06/16	2026/07/15
Postdoctoral Fellow in Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz	University of California, Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA United States	2026/06/15	2026/07/15
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Epoch of Reionisation Data Analysis	Curtin University	Perth WA Australia	2026/06/14	2026/07/11
Computing Postdoctoral Position to Upgrade the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment Fast Radio Burst Project (CHIME/FRB)	McGill University	Montreal QC Canada	2026/06/11	2026/07/15
Postdoctoral Research Scientist	Columbia University	Livermore, CA United States	2026/04/22	2026/07/21

**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.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
PhD and Master positions in Astrophysics at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)	Macul Región Metropolitana Chile	2026/06/26	2026/07/31
Doctoral student position (m/f/d) in Computational Astrophysics	Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP)	Potsdam Germany	2026/06/23	2026/08/15
PhD position in Astronomical Instrumentation – Astrophotonics	Universität zu Köln	Cologne Germany	2026/06/23	2026/07/23
PhD and Masters of Research Positions in Astronomy and Astrophysics	Macquarie University	Macquarie University NSW Australia	2026/06/19	2026/07/12
PhD Position on Solar Flares at the University of Graz, Austria	University of Graz	Graz Austria	2026/06/16	2026/07/20
PhD & Master of Research Scholarships in Astronomical Instrumentation	Australian Astronomical Optics - Macquarie University (AAO-MQ)	Macquarie Park NSW Australia	2026/06/11	2026/07/31

**Science Management**
Runs projects and programs at universities, government or private industry. Open-ended employment.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Director of Strategy & Partnerships	University of Colorado Boulder		2026/06/25	2026/08/01
Senior Director for Science	University of Colorado, Boulder - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics	Boulder, CO United States	2026/06/25	2026/08/01
STScI Deputy Director	Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)	Baltimore, MD United States	2026/06/05	2026/07/27

**Science Engineering**
Instrument design and development, software development, IT system support, and other project related responsibilities. Open-ended duration of employment.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Electronics Engineer	California Institute of Technology		2026/06/09	2027/06/09

**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.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Staff Scientist (Roman/ENSCI)	Caltech/IPAC		2026/07/01	2026/08/03
Scientific Project Coordinator and Researcher (f/m/d)	Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics	Potsdam Germany	2026/06/24	2026/06/30
ngVLA Assistant Scientist	National Radio Astronomy Observatory	Charlottesville, VA United States Albuquerque, NM United States	2026/06/18	2026/09/01
Application Developer (NExScI - AI)	Caltech/IPAC		2026/06/11	2026/07/06
Staff Scientist (NExScI)	Caltech/IPAC		2026/06/05	2026/07/10
Radio Astronomer	Computational Physics, Inc.	Washington, DC United States	2026/06/01	2026/06/30
Pipeline Scientist	SETI Institute		2026/05/27	2026/07/27

**Outreach / Education Staff**
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
PR-Editor for Science Communication	Universität Bonn		2026/06/26	2026/07/12
Coordinator for Outreach and Public Engagement	University of California Observatories	Santa Cruz, CA United States	2026/06/26	2026/07/23
Science Educator	American Association of Variable Star Observers		2026/06/09	2026/07/10

**Other**
Any position that does not seem to fit.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Project Manager II-III	National Radio Astronomy Observatory	Albuquerque, NM United States Socorro, NM United States	2026/06/29	2026/08/10
Rita Allen Foundation Civic Science Fellow	American Physical Society and American Astronomical Society		2026/06/04	2026/07/31

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