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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
CTAO and Synergy Programme Scientist	European Southern Observatory	Garching near Munich Germany	2026/06/19	2026/09/15
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

**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
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
Postdoctoral Research Position in Cosmology (Large-Scale Structure, AI and Statistical Inference)	Universität Bonn	Bonn Germany	2026/06/26	2026/07/12
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
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
CIERA Exoplanet Postdoctoral Associate	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL United States	2026/06/17	2026/07/16
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 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

**Science Management**
Runs projects and programs at universities, government or private industry. Open-ended employment.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
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

**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
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
Radio Astronomer	Computational Physics, Inc.	Washington, DC United States	2026/06/01	2026/06/30

**Outreach / Education Staff**
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Coordinator for Outreach and Public Engagement	University of California Observatories	Santa Cruz, CA United States	2026/06/26	2026/07/23

**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

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