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| Operations Staff Astronomer | Closing date: 2017-03-20
Contact: Vacancy Chile |
The European Southern Observatory is opening a Paid Associate position at Paranal, Chile.
Paranal Operations Staff Astronomers contribute to the challenge of operating the world leading astronomical facility and optimizing its scientific output. In 2017 and the following years, major new systems will complement the available suite of instruments, including the VLTI 2nd generation instrument MATISSE, the Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF) on UT4, and the planet hunter ESPRESSO.
| | ▸ more | The successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain and provide expert knowledge on novel instrumentation, and may be given the overall responsibility for an instrument at the Very Large Telescope. Flexibility exists so as to tailor duties and responsibilities according to personal expertise and interests.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
As part of the operations team, the successful candidate will:
- Contribute to the observing support in both visitor and service mode at Paranal Observatory, including short-term scheduling of observations, calibration of instruments and the assessment of the scientific quality of the astronomical data.
- Work in collaboration with one or several of the teams operating the instruments currently on the mountain to improve their operations and scientific performance, and contribute to the operations-readiness of the second generation of VLT(-I) systems.
Up to 135 nights per year are spent at the Observatory carrying out functional duties. The rest of the time is spent on scientific research in the ESO office in Santiago. Financial support for scientific trips and stays at other institutions, including in Europe, is provided to all Paranal Operations Astronomers.
We are seeking a Ph.D. in Astronomy, Physics or equivalent, with a strong background in state-of-the-art observing techniques available at Paranal, and a solid scientific track record in observational astronomy. We welcome applications of colleagues who consider secondments from their home institutions for the duration of the contract.
Applications must be completed in English and should include a motivation letter, a research statement and a CV (with list of publications). The position requires three letters of reference to be sent to vacchile @ eso.org.
The initial contract is for a period of one year with the possibility of a fixed-term extension.
For more information and on-line applications go to https://jobs.eso.org/, and visit the public web page of Paranal Science Operations http://www.eso.org/sci/facilities/paranal/sciops.html.
Closing date is 20 March 2017
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