Astronomer — HST Operations & Research (Hybrid)

Aura Astronomy; Baltimore, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, MD, invites astronomers to join ESA/AURA–STScI as three-year term contract positions supporting HST science operations. Successful candidates will maintain an active research program while providing functional support for ESA-NASA missions.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in astronomy or physics, a strong research record, and intermediate Python experience with astropy, Jupyter notebooks, and GitHub.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in astronomy or physics required or equivalent
• Strong record of independent research and publications
• Intermediate or higher Python experience with astropy and Jupyter notebooks

Responsibilities

• Provide functional support to ESA-NASA partnered missions at STScI.
• Perform data reduction and analysis of HST data and calibrations.

Skills

Python programming

Astropy

Jupyter notebooks

Object-oriented programming

Github collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in astronomy or physics

Tools

HST calibration pipeline

Job description

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, MD, invites astronomers to join ESA/AURA–STScI as three-year term contract positions supporting HST science operations. Successful candidates will maintain an active research program while providing functional support for ESA-NASA missions.

Candidates should have a Ph.D. in astronomy or physics, a strong research record, and intermediate Python experience with astropy, Jupyter notebooks, and GitHub.