Job and Fellowship Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities with the Caltech Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy (PMA). We are currently conducting searches for the following positions:
Faculty Positions
- Faculty Position in Mathematics (Tenured/Tenure-Track)
- Faculty Position in Experimental or Theoretical Physics
Postdoctoral Scholar Positions
- Postdoctoral Scholar - Resolved stellar populations in nearby galaxies- Deadline: January 8, 2027
- LIGO Data Analysis Postdoctoral Scholar
- Postdoctoral Scholar - Extragalactic Astrophysics (Roman) - Deadline: January 8, 2027
- Instrument/Experiment Postdoctoral position at the LIGO Laboratory
- Postdoctoral Scholarship in Astronomy - Prof. Kareem El-Badry
- Heising-Simons Postdoc Scholarship in Quantum Gravity - Deadline: November 15, 2026
- Postdoctoral Scholarship - Space Radiation Laboratory - Deadline December 4, 2026
- Burke & Leinweber Fellowships in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics - Open: September 1, 2026 - Deadline: November 15, 2026
- EXP Fellowships in Experimental Physics and Astrophysics - Open: September 1, 2026 - Deadline: November 15, 2026
- Prize Teaching Fellowships in Mathematics - Open September 1, 2026 - Deadline: December 1, 2026
- Fairchild/Johnson Teaching Fellowships in Mathematics - Open September 1, 2026 - Deadline: December 1, 2026
Fellowship Opportunities
- Brinson Prize Fellowship Program (observational cosmology)
- NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP)
- 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program (planetary astronomy)
- NSF
Staff Positions
- Administrative Assistant (Deep Synoptic Array)
- Administrative Operations Assistant (IPAC)
- Application Developer (Keck Observatory Archive)
- Application Developer (UVEX mission)
- Associate Research Technician (Zwicky Transient Facility)
- Business Services Intern (LIGO, Hanford)
- Detector Engineer (LIGO Livingston Observatory)
- Electrical Engineer (Deep Synoptic Array)
- Electronics Engineer (Caltech Optical Observatories)
- Electronics Engineer (LIGO)
- Electronics Technician (Caltech Optical Observatories)
- Grant Manager (IPAC)
- Laboratory Manager (Endres Lab)
- LHO Electrical Engineering Lead
- LIGO Quality Assurance Engineer - CEBEX
- LIGO Lab Science and Outreach Intern
- LIGO Vacuum Engineer — CEBEX
- Network Research Scientist (High Energy Physics Group)
- Post-Baccalaureate Researcher (experimental astrophysics & mm-wave instrumentation)
- Research Assistant (RAPID and RISE projects)
- Research Engineer (LIGO)
- Research Science Associate (Space Radiation Laboratory)
- Research Scientist (LIGO)
- Security and Network Engineer (IPAC)
- Senior Scientist (LIGO)
- Vacuum Lead, LIGO Hanford Observatory
For information on other campus-wide open positions, please search the Caltech job listings.
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