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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 Quantum Condensed Matter Theory

Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 – £46,913
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Theoretical Particle Physics – QCD and Collider Physics

Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £ 38,674 - £ 46,913 per annum
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Graduate Studies Administrator

Professional and support services
STANDARD GRADE 6: £34,982 - £40,855 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in optical neural networks (experiment)

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
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Beecroft Fellow in Cosmology

Astophysics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
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Technology Associate, QCi3 Hub

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
STANDARD GRADE 8: Grade 8: £48,235 - £57,255 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant

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

Professional and support services
STANDARD GRADE 6: Grade 6: £34,982 - £40,855 per annum
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Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in single-molecule biophysics

Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 8: Grade 8: £48,235 - £ £57,255 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant on T2K

Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant on Hyper-Kamiokande

Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 – £46,913 per annum
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PDRA in Modern Methods for Transport in Plasma Physics

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
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Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Ion Trap Quantum Computing

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 – £46,913 per annum
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantum Measurements at ATLAS

Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 – £46,913 per annum
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