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We offer a diverse range of job opportunities at the Department of Physics from academic and research roles to professional services and support roles. From technicians and engineers to accountants and administrators, everybody in the department plays their part; together, we apply the transformative power of physics to the foremost scientific problems, educate the next generation of leading physicists and promote the public understanding of physics.

Current vacancies

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Theoretical Astroparticle Physics

Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674-£46,913 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Inertial Confinement Fusion Research

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 -£46,913 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant on LHCb/VELO

Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7:
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Senior Scientific Researcher in Single-Molecule Biophysics

Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 9: Grade 9: £55,636 - £64,228 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Condensed Matter Physics

Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £38,674 - £46,913 p.a.
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Scientific Programmer

Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 8: £48,235 - £57,255 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant
in single-molecule biophysics of DNA replication

Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £38,674 -£46,913 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in single-molecule biophysics of DNA damage-induced transcription stress

Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £38,674 -£46,913 per annum
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