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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
PDRA in satellite remote sounding and analysis of volcanic cloud
Atomic and Laser Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: £36,024 - £ 39,347 per annum
Breakthrough Listen Murriyang (Parkes) Observer
Astophysics
STANDARD GRADE 5: Grade 5: £28,759 - £33,966 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in mechanics of sustainable materials for zero emission architecture
Condensed Matter Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: £36,024 – £44,263 pa
Research Assistant in Software Development for Neutrino Physics
Particle Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: Grade 7: £36,024- £44,263pa
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in single-molecule biophysics of DNA replication
Condensed Matter Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: Grade 7: £36,024 -£44,263 per annum
PDRA in Laboratory Searches for Fundamental Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: Grade 7: £34,308 -£42,155 per annum
Associate Professor of Physics
Particle Physics
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (TF-UNIVERSITY): Combined University and College salary in the range: £52,815 to £70,918 p.a., plus substantial additional benefits including a housing allowance of £19,497 p.a.
Senior Software Developer for Space Instrumentation
Atomic and Laser Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: 36024 - 44263
Departmental Lecturer
Condensed Matter Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: £36,024 -£44,263 per annum
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Ultrafast Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging
Condensed Matter Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: £36,024– £44,263 pa
Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Ultrafast Terahertz Spectroscopy and Imaging
Condensed Matter Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: £36,024– £44,263 pa
Software Engineer
Condensed Matter Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: £36,024– £44,263 pa
Postdoctoral researcher in convective systems under climate and air pollution changes
Atomic and Laser Physics
STANDARD GRADE 7: £36,024 - £44,263