Looking for a Job in the Astronomy or Physics Field?
Below is a list of links to begin your search. This is by no means a complete listing, but it will help you start. Good luck!

American Astronomical Society

The American Astronomical Society's site contains information about current issues in astronomy, as well as employment opportunities. Click on "Job Register," to obtain the job listings, which are grouped under "Jobs from Previous Months" and "Jobs This Month." Too numerous to list individually, these opportunities generally include Radio Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology, Observational Studies of Galaxy Evolution, and Theoretical Astrophysics. Employers include Harvard Smithsonian Center, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum. A majority of the listings for employment opportunities are within universities, such as: Post-Doctoral Research/Assistantships at Brown University, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, University of Notre Dame, and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, and Assistant Professorships at the University of South Carolina and UCLA. The opportunities are both nationwide, including Hawaii, and worldwide.

American Institute of Physics

The American Institute of Physics - Career Services site has hundreds of listings, as well as a Site Index, and is updated daily. A site for employers and those seeking employment, employers can submit employment opportunities and view resumes, and potential employees can submit resumes, visit online workshops, and view job listings. By entering a keyword search, job listings can be attained; under "Astronomy" there were 42 positions available. These opportunities were largely for professorships, assistantships, and post-doctorate research work at a variety of universities in the United States and abroad.

American Physical Society

This is the site for the American Physical Society, and lists opportunities with the organization. There is one current opening; it is for a Programmer/Analyst "needed for the development of World Wide Web based electronic publishing server in a Unix environment." The site also has a Summer Jobs Database and a link to AIP Career Services. APS is in New York, so job openings are usually for that location.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Administered by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology that performs research for NASA, this site lists jobs available within the JPL. Openings are available for scientists, engineers, and technicians in the fields of Physics and/or Astronomy. For example, a current opening inSpace Physics requires an advanced degree, and the ability to write proposals to NASA. All current opportunities are for the California area, where JPL is located.

NASA Homepage

At NASA's site, click on Jobs & Internships. Once the NASA Jobs page is up, click on Job Information to access job listings. All listings are for NASA, and cover a wide range of fields; under Civil Service, there is a category for Scientists & Engineers, which lists the number of openings, pay, qualifications and job descriptions. These openings are located at NASA centers throughout the United States.

National Optical Astronomy Observers

National Optical Astronomy Observers, through the sponsorship of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) and the National Science Foundation, maintains this site. Jobs posted were for an Electronics Technician KPNO (Kitt Peak National Observatory), Secretary / Database Specialist NOAO (National Optical Astronomy Observatories), Technical Associate - Electronics NSO (National Solar Observatory), Electrical Engineer KPNO (Kitt Peak National Observatory). All openings are for either Tucson or Kitt Peak, Arizona.

New Mexico State University Career Center

This site is maintained by Christopher Garasi at New Mexico State University "as a tool to be used by students (graduate and undergraduate) who seek further information on potential avenues which their careers can take." The site includes listings for industrial and governmental job opportunities, most of which are "space science oriented." He also lists summer programs, fellowships, and links to job search engines. All listings fall under one or more of the following categories: National Laboratories, Government Listings, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates, Grants & Fellowships, and WWW Grad Student Career Info. Openings are for a variety of experience/degree levels, and are located primarily in the U.S.

Physics Web

Aside from job listings, the Physics Web site includes several services, such news and weblinks. This site has the option Notify Me where potential employees can be notified through e-mail of vacancies that meet their specific needs. Listings include research and fellowship opportunities at The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, Oxford University, and several other universities. Many of the opportunities are in England, others are in the US (such as Senior Technical Advisor for the US Department of Energy) and Germany.

TipTop Physics Web

Also by Physics Web, this site allows potential employees to search by category: Open Positions, PostDoc Openings, PhD Studentships, and Summer Jobs. Also, entries can be submitted directly from this site, and are automatically deleted one week after the application deadline. Opportunities are listed for universities and organizations throughout the world, including University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Universita di Bari, Italy; National University of Singapore; and Northwestern University; as well as the Laboratory of Environmental Physics and Chemistry, CNRS, France; Armagh Observatory, Armagh, Northern Ireland; and Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India.

University of California Observatory/Lick Observatory

This site is for the University of California Observatory/Lick Observatory in Santa Cruz. There are both academic and staff employment opportunities. Academic openings are for a PostGraduate Researcher "studying the formation and evolution of faint galaxies," and an Adaptive Optics Specialist; both opportunities require a PhD and related experience. Staff opportunities include Payroll/HR Assistant, Senior Development Engineer, Programmer Analyst, and Deputy Director at the Center for Adaptive Optics.

University of Pennsylvania Career Center

Maintained by the University of Pennsylvania, this site is directed toward those graduating with a Physics degree, looking for employment in their field. There are weblinks to the American Institute of Physics, the American Physical Society, Institute of Physics, PeaceCorps, Teach for America, UC San Diego and U Penn's own Career Planning and Placement Service, which is accessible with a U Penn account & password. All of the opportunities require an undergraduate degree, except those listed by the Institute of Physics, which require advanced degrees, and are located in the US and abroad.