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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

CDT Administrator

Professional and support services
STANDARD GRADE 7: £39,424 - £47,779
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Microelectronic Interconnect Operations Manager

Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 8: £49,119 - £58,265 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant Relativistic Simulations of jets from stellar mass black holes

Astrophysics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £39,424 -£47,779 per annum
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Associate Professor of Cosmology

Astrophysics
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (TF-UNIVERSITY): Grade 30S: Combined salary £56,535 - £75,915
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Very High Angular Resolution Astrophysics

Astrophysics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £39,424 -£47,779 per annum
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Hintze Prize Fellowships in Astrophysics

Astrophysics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £39,424 -£47,779 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £39,424 - £40,514 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £39,424 - £40,514 per annum
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Post Doctoral Research Assistant

Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £39,424 - £47,779 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Cosmology

Astrophysics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £39,474 - £47,779
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Postdoctoral Research Assistance in Supernova Cosmology

Astrophysics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £39,424 -£47,779 per annum
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