17.04.2026 Postdoctoral Position in Transient and Multi-messenger Astronomy Data Science in Greenbelt The General Coordinates Network (GCN) Project and High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) invite applications for postdoctoral research positions in the fields of transient and/or multi-messenger astrophysics. Applicants should have a strong astrophysics research track record and deep expertise in the technical disciplines of full-stack software development, data visualization, React, TypeScript, and Python. Experience in Apache Kafka and cloud computing would also be beneficial. The successful applicant will join the GCN team, who operate NASA’s time-domain and multi-messenger transient alert system. Completed applications received by Friday, May 22, 2026…

17.04.2026 Call for postdoctoral positions University of Paris-Saclay The Graduate School of Physics at Université Paris-Saclay, France, is launching a second call for applications within its postdoctoral fellowship programe: UPSaclay-STAR-φ, supported by the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND programme, 2024 call. Application deadline: July 15th 5:00PM. This call will recruit up to 22 international postdoctoral researchers, for 24-month projects in one of the 40 laboratories of the Physics Graduate School, at the SOLEIL synchrotron, or at the French National Metrology Lab (LNE), working on various fields from fundamental to applied physics. Read more

14.04.2026 LHO Electrical Engineering Lead The LIGO Laboratory and LIGO Hanford Observatory invite applications for an Electrical Engineering Lead. We also ask that you circulate this announcement within your networks and encourage strong candidates to apply. Job Summary: At LIGO Hanford you’ll coordinate a skilled team of engineers and technicians in the design, testing, and maintenance of precision analog and digital electronics, playing a key role in the day-to-day operations of a one-of-a-kind scientific facility. You’ll collaborate with a diverse, international community of scientists and engineers, and have the opportunity to contribute to research that pushes the boundaries of what’s possible. This is a leadership role where your technical skills…

14.04.2026 LIGO Laboratory Job Opening: Project Mechanical Designer/Drafter, LIGO Caltech The LIGO Laboratory has a job posting for a Project Mechanical Designer/Drafter, LIGO Caltech, reporting to Arnaud Pele. Anticipated start date: As soon as possible, Full-time position, Regular-staff position. Feel free to contact the LIGO Laboratory Staff Relations and Administrative Manager, Lorna Campbell, for more information, OR feel free to contact the Hiring Manager Arnaud Pele, for more information about this position. Read more

14.04.2026 Postdoc position at Kyushu University The Quantum and Spacetime Research Institute (QuaSR), Kyushu University, is seeking applications for an Academic Researcher position in the field of experimental gravitational wave physics. The successful candidate will conduct research in experimental gravitational wave physics in collaboration with Dr. Satoshi Tanioka (scheduled to join QuaSR, Kyushu University). The research will focus on fundamental technologies for quantum measurements in space, including laser interferometers, optical cavities, and related systems. Application deadline: June 30, 2026. Read more

09.04.2026 PhD Scholarships – Statistics, Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitational Wave Astronomy in New Zealand The NZ Astrostatistics and General Relativity Group (NZ Gravity) is a cross-institutional research team spanning astrophysics, cosmology, mathematics and statistics with members at five New Zealand universities as well as international collaborators within the Vera Rubin Observatory and the International LISA Consortium. The NZ Astrostatistics and General Relativity Group (NZ Gravity) is coordinating applications for several PhD scholarships. Potential candidates will be part of an interdisciplinary team, working in areas such as: Interstellar objects, Stellar populations, Supernovae, Large scale structure formation and ultralight dark matter, Engaging with the Vera Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and…

08.04.2026 PhD position, Experimental optics and Simulation for Scattered Light Metrology at ARTEMIS A PhD position is available at the ARTEMIS Laboratory, Nice, France, in collaboration with Laboratoire d’Annecy de Physique des Particules (LAPP), Annecy, France. PhD position, Experimental optics and Simulation for Scattered Light Metrology. This PhD project aims to develop an instrument for identifying the optical components in Virgo’s benches responsible for stray light. The project is led by Frederic Cleva, Eleonora Polini, and Marie Anne Bizouard at the ARTEMIS Laboratory, and Michal Was at LAPP. Please direct any questions you might have to frederic.cleva(at)oca.eu. Please submit your application by April 30 2026. Read more