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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

Physics Access Officer

Professional and support services
Grade 7: £34,308 - £42,155 per annum
Closing date: 12:00pm, 22 March 2023

Associate Professor of Astrophysics (Optical Transients)

Astrophysics
Associate Professor (Tf-University): £50,300 - £67,541
Closing date: 12:00pm, 31 March 2023

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Atmospheric Physics

Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
Grade 07S: £34,308 - £42,155 per annum
Closing date: 12:00pm, 31 March 2023

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in controlling muon states with NMR and ESR pulses

Condensed Matter Physics
Grade 7: £34,308 - £42,155 per annum
Closing date: 12:00pm, 31 March 2023

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in optical neural networks (experiment)

Atomic and Laser Physics
Grade 7: £34,308 - £42,155 per annum
Closing date: 12:00pm, 03 April 2023

Two Postdoctoral Research Assistants for the ATLAS experiment

Particle Physics
Grade 7: £34,308 - £42,155 per annum
Closing date: 12:00pm, 11 April 2023

Teaching Laboratory Technician

Professional and support services
Grade 5: £27,131-£32,348 per annum
Closing date: 12:00pm, 11 April 2023

Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Theoretical Biological Physics

Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
Grade 7: £34,308 – £42,155 p.a.
Closing date: 12:00pm, 14 April 2023

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Condensed Matter Physics
Grade 7: £34,308 -£42,155 per annum
Closing date: 12:00pm, 28 April 2023