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Student positions

We often have open positions for enrolled UA Graduate Students from across the University with interests in Astronomy, Optics, and Engineering. Contact Ewan Douglas for graduate opportunities. Undergraduates are accepted for paid research opportunities through the TIMESTEP Apprenticeship program.

Staff and Research Positions to work with UASAL and CAAO

Opportunities to join our team:

• R&D Systems Engineer IV
• Instrument System/Test Engineer II
• Postdoctoral Research Associate I, High Contrast Astronomy
• Postdoctoral Research Associate I, Space Instrumentation

Other Open Positions in Steward Observatory:

• Outreach Instructional Assistant II (Part Time) (On Call) (Mt. Lemmon)
• Outreach Instructional Assistant III (Part-Time)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate I
• Senior Engineer, Optical Fabrication
• Research Engineering Electronics Technician II
• R&D Engineering Manager III
• Postdoctoral Research Associate I (Experimental Time Domain Astrophysics) (Steward Observatory)
• Senior Engineer, Optical Fabrication
• Outreach Instructional Assistant III (Part-Time) (Multiple Positions) (Updated)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate I (Computational Stellar Astrophysics) (Updated)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate I - Prize Fellow in Cosmological Data Analysis (Multiple)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate I (Nearby Dwarf Galaxies & AI)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate I (Cosmology, Extragalactic Astronomy)

Last Updated 1/27/26