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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
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
Graduate Studies Administrator
Professional and support services
STANDARD GRADE 6: £34,982 - £40,855 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in optical neural networks (experiment)
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
Beecroft Fellow in Cosmology
Astophysics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
Technology Associate, QCi3 Hub
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
STANDARD GRADE 8: Grade 8: £48,235 - £57,255 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistant
Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
Building Services Technician
Professional and support services
STANDARD GRADE 6: Grade 6: £34,982 - £40,855 per annum
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher in single-molecule biophysics
Condensed Matter Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 8: Grade 8: £48,235 - £ £57,255 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistant on T2K
Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 - £46,913 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistant on Hyper-Kamiokande
Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 – £46,913 per annum
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
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Ion Trap Quantum Computing
Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 – £46,913 per annum
Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantum Measurements at ATLAS
Particle Physics
RESEARCH GRADE 7: Grade 7: £38,674 – £46,913 per annum