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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
Tenure-Track Position in Astrophysics	Scripps College	Claremont, CA United States	2026/07/22	2026/10/01

**Visiting and Non-tenure Faculty Positions**
Time limited position at a university or college. Includes teaching responsibility.
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Lecturer in Physics	Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH United States	2026/07/17	2026/08/07
Instructor of Physics and Astronomy	Oglethorpe University	Atlanta, GA United States	2026/07/14	2026/08/10

**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
Postdoctoral Scholar Roman GBTDS	The Ohio State University	Columbus, OH United States	2026/07/22	2026/09/01
Postdoctoral Scholar HWO	The Ohio State University	Columbus, OH United States	2026/07/22	2026/09/01
Postdoctoral Position in Multimessenger High-Energy Astrophysics	HUN-REN Research Centre For Astronomy and Earth Sciences	Budapest Hungary	2026/07/14	2026/08/31
Become a Radcliffe Fellow	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA United States	2026/07/13	2026/10/01
Postdoctoral Researcher - Department of Physics & Astronomy- 29659	West Virginia University	Morgantown, WV United States	2026/07/09	2026/08/06
Postdoctoral/Associate Research Scientist	Columbia University	New York, NY United States	2026/07/02	2026/08/01
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

**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
Precision Radial Velocity (PRV) Operations Scientist	W M Keck Observatory	Kamuela, HI United States	2026/07/21	2026/08/21
Astrophysics Center Program Scientist [Radio Astronomy]	Schmidt Sciences	Baltimore, MD United States	2026/07/21	2026/09/30
Staff Astronomer I	W. M. Keck Observatory	Kamuela, HI United States	2026/07/14	2026/08/09
Gravitational-Wave Research Scientist III	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Pasadena, CA United States	2026/07/07	2026/08/15
Optical Scientist 1224	SETI Institute	Mountain View, CA United States	2026/07/06	2026/09/15
Optical Scientist 1225	SETI Institute	Mountain View, CA United States	2026/07/06	2026/09/15
ngVLA Assistant Scientist	National Radio Astronomy Observatory	Charlottesville, VA United States Albuquerque, NM United States	2026/06/18	2026/09/01

**Outreach / Education Staff**
Title	Institution	Location(s)	Posted	Deadline
Planetarium Manager/Lead Space Science Educator: Full-Time	Museum of Science and Innovation (MOSI)	Tampa, FL United States	2026/07/23	2026/08/06

**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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