If you have an employment opportunity that would interest CfAO members, please email us at cfao@ucolick.org.
Closing Date |
Institution |
Position/Title |
| Open until filled |
Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation, Germany |
Scientist in the field of Free-Space Optical Communications / Adaptive Optics |
| April 30th, 2018 |
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
Postdoctoral position in Optical Design (EST Project Office) |
| April 30th, 2018 |
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
Postdoctoral position in Adpative Optics for EST Prototypes |
| April 30th, 2018 |
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
Postdoctoral position in MCAO for EST Prototypes |
| April 30th, 2018 |
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
Postdoctoral position in Optical Design for EST Prototypes |
| Open until filled |
University of California Observatories (UCO) at UC Santa Cruz |
Director of the Laboratory for Adaptive Optics (LAO) |
| Open until filled |
The University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences |
Assistant/Associate/Professor T/TE - Optomechanical Systems and Instrumentation |
| Open until filled |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) |
Post Doctoral Research Staff Member |
| Open until filled |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) |
Real-Time Controls Software Developer |
| Open until filled |
W. M. Keck Observatory, Hawaii |
Adaptive Optics Scientist |
| Open until filled |
W. M. Keck Observatory, Hawaii |
Adaptive Optics Operations Scientist |
| Open until filled |
AO opportunities on the new 4 m DAG telescope (Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey). Contact Prof. Laurent Jolissaint at laurent.jolissaint@heig-vd.ch for details (view PDF) |
AO positions |
| Previous Postings |
Institution |
Position/Title |
| December 31, 2017 |
Early Stage Researcher/PhD Position at Johannes Kepler University, Austria, and Micro-gate, Italy on Real Time Control implementation of high-performance algorithms for adaptive optics control.View PDF. |
Early Stage Researcher/PhD Position |
| March 1, 2016 |
University of California Observatories Labratory for Adaptive Optics |
AO Postdoc |
| January 15, 2016 |
Smart Vision Labs |
Lead Software Engineer |
| December 1, 2016 |
Northwestern University |
Two Postdoctoral Fellows |
| November 1, 2015 |
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) |
Post-doctoral Fellowship |
| October 1, 2015 |
LLNL |
Postdoctoral Research Staff Member |
| October 1, 2015 |
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille |
Post-Doctoral fellowship |
| September 30, 2015 |
Centre De Recherche Astrophysique De Lyon |
Post-doctoral position |
| September 15, 2015 |
2015 FCT Investigator Programme |
5-year Research Positions |
| September 3, 2015 |
Australian National University |
2 Post-Doctoral Fellowships |
| August 15, 2015 |
LBTO |
Adaptive Optics Scientist |
| July 15, 2015 |
Gemini South Observatory |
Laser Engineer |
| June 16, 2015 |
Galactic Center Group @ UCLA |
Postdoc Research Position |
| June 16, 2015 |
Large Binocular Telescope Observatory |
AO Scientist |
| June 4, 2015 |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
Computer Engineer |
| June 4, 2015 |
Medical College of Wisconsin |
Optical Engineer |
| March 26, 2015 |
European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) |
PhD in Adaptive Optics Systems Engineering |
| March 25, 2015 |
University of Geneva |
Adaptive Optics Scientist or Engineer |
| March 16, 2015 |
NRC-Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics in Victoria |
Optical Engineer |
| February 9, 2015 |
Advanced Center for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (AC3E) |
Postdoctural Position – Astronomical Instrumentation |
February 6, 2015 |
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias |
Adaptive Optics Position - GRANTECAN Project |
January 23, 2015 |
Adaptive Optics Group of the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory (INAF) |
Post-doctoral Fellowship |
January 31, 2015 |
Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) |
Post-doctoral Fellowships in High-angular Resolution Instrumentation (Two available) |
January 31, 2015 |
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille |
Postdoctoral Systems Engineering in E-ELT Instrumentation with Focus on Optical Design and Imaging Astrometry |
January 15, 2015 |
Large Binocular Telescope Observatory |
Adaptive Optics Scientist |
| 6/1/2014 |
University of California at Santa Cruz |
Post-doctoral researcher in adaptive optical microscopy |
| 11/23/2014 |
European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO) |
Adaptive Optics Physicist |
| 11/1/2014 |
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) |
Two post-doctoral fellowships in high-angular resolution instrumentation |
| 10/28/2014 |
ESO Headquarters |
Adaptive Optics Physicist |
| 09/30/2013 |
Observatoire de Paris |
Post-doctoral position at Observatoire de Paris |
| 05/15/2013 |
The Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon |
Post-doctoral position on new wavefront sensing
methods for extreme adaptive optics toward very high contrast Imaging
of extrasolar planets |
| 03/01/2013 |
Leiden University |
Postdoctoral position on exoplanet and disk imaging with SPHERE |
02/20/2013 |
Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation |
Adaptive Optics Scientist |
| 02/11/2013 |
The National Research Council of Canada Herzberg |
Research Associate |
01/16/2013 (initial review) |
University of California, Santa Cruz - Electrical Engineering Department |
Assistant Professor |
| 12/15/2012 |
Université de Grenoble, Focal Plane Array for Universe Sensing (FOCUS) |
Postdoctoral Fellowships |
11/15/2012 |
Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation |
Adaptive Optics Scientist |
10/13/2012 |
Naval Postgraduate School, AO Center of Excellence for National Security |
Research Position, Controls |
10/13/2012 |
Naval Postgraduate School, AO Center of Excellence for National Security |
Research Position, Optics |
09/22/2012 |
Large Binocular Telescope Observatory |
Optics Senior Technician/Adaptive Optics Engineer |
09/15/2012 |
Nutronics, Inc. |
Engineer/Scientist, Optical or Electro-Optical |
09/15/2012 |
University of Houston |
Postdoctoral Position, Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging |
09/10/2012 |
W.M. Keck Observatory |
Adaptive Optics Specialist |
06/14/2012 |
Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) and National Solar Observatory (NSO) Project |
Postdoctoral Position, Multi-Conjugate Adatptive Optics (MCAO) |
