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| Senior Scientist at the Department of Astrophysics at the University of Vienna | Closing date: 2022-01-10
Contact: Werner Zeilinger |
We are looking for an outstanding candidate for a full-time senior scientist position to strengthen our instrumentation group of the Department of Astrophysics.The department is involved in the development of international astronomical instrumentation projects, both at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Initially, this post is to be filled for 4 years. Afterwards, there is a possibility to extend the post to a permanent contract. | | ▸ more | Senior Scientist at the Department of Astrophysics at the University of Vienna
Reference number: 12495
Deadline for application: December 12, 2021
Applications should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna (http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) mentioning reference number 12495.
Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within a dedicated team on forefront science while profiting from the international environment in the Department of Astrophysics within the lively city of Vienna. The department is involved in the development of international astronomical instrumentation projects, both at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) and the European Space Agency (ESA). We are looking for an outstanding candidate for a full-time position to strengthen our instrumentation group. Initially, this post is to be filled for 4 years. Afterwards, there is a possibility to extend the post to a permanent contract.
Job Description:
i) Coordination and implementation of astronomical projects connected with ESO, in particular, but not exclusively, instrumentation projects for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT). Individual tasks include software development, (co-)organisation of and participation in international consortium and collaboration meetings, project administration and correspondence with funding agencies, and contributions to preparatory studies;
ii) Project management, (co-)supervision and (co-)organisation within the department's "laboratory for astronomical instrumentation" which comprises, apart from ESO and ESA related projects, also the university-owned Leopold Figl Observatory and a local student telescope for education.
iii) Conducting independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement;
iv) (Co-)supervision of students;
v) Contributions to general organisational and administrative tasks.
Profile:
- PhD or doctoral degree in Astronomy/Astrophysics
- Experience in astronomical software development for data analysis of optical and infrared instrumentation
- Experiennce with programming languages (C, Python) and astronomical software tools (ESO data reduction pipelines)
- Ability to work in a team
- Excellent command of written and spoken English
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in teaching and training
- Experience in (co-)supervising students
- Experience in (co-)organising events
The application should include a letter of motivation, a curriculum vitae (with a list of publications and presentations) and a statement of research interests (maximum of two pages). Please also give names and contact details of 3 persons that can provide on request a recommendation letter.
Link to the official job announcement: https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibung-flow;jsessionid=581CEE5879FDE447D60EBBABC28A4CB9?_flowExecutionKey=_cBF576DE2-8239-F5BC-8781-D6D92E994A36_k2C530F0C-7A7D-F390-EC1F-064B097C416E&tid=88367.28&_language=en
For further information please contact:
Werner Zeilinger (werner.zeilinger @ univie.ac.at) +43-1-4277-51865
Bodo Ziegler (bodo.ziegler @ univie.ac.at) +43-1-4277-53825
The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.
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