Postdoc: Mercury Plasma Physics with PWI/SORBET

EU Satellite Centre (SatCen); Meudon; Hybrid; EUR 35,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work up to 2 days/week

Employer health insurance

75% public transport coverage

Job summary

Observatoire de Paris (LIRA) in Meudon, France, invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral researcher position funded by the DIM-Origines programme. The project analyzes the SORBET radio instrument, part of the Mio spacecraft of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission, with nominal observations starting in April 2027.

You will join the Heliosphere and Plasma in Astrophysics team and work on in situ measurements of Mercury's plasma environment, magnetosphere dynamics, and electron transport.

Qualifications

• PhD in space plasma physics or a related field (completed before starting, early 2027)
• Two-year postdoc funded by the DIM-Origines programme
• No further qualifications specified in the posting

Responsibilities

• Exploit the first in situ measurements of Mercury's plasma environment, especially electron measurements
• Map the dynamics of Mercury's magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar wind
• Study electron transport and acceleration, solar wind–magnetosphere coupling, and the origin and dynamics of cold and suprathermal electrons
• Publish in peer-reviewed journals and deliver science data to the BepiColombo community

Skills

Space plasma physics

Education

PhD in space plasma physics

Job description

Observatoire de Paris (LIRA) in Meudon, France, invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral researcher position funded by the DIM-Origines programme. The project analyzes the SORBET radio instrument, part of the Mio spacecraft of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission, with nominal observations starting in April 2027.

You will join the Heliosphere and Plasma in Astrophysics team and work on in situ measurements of Mercury's plasma environment, magnetosphere dynamics, and electron transport.