The BIPM seeks to recruit a Software Engineer with knowledge in scientific algorithms, software development, and data analysis to support the generation and publication of the timing products within the Time Department. Full-time 5 year fixed-term contract (with possibility of tenure). Application deadline is May 21st, 2023 (23h59 Paris time). If interested, applications should be sent to recruitment@bipm.org. For more information, please see the Job description here.

« Contrat d’alternance au CNES pour 1 ou 2 ans. La personne recrutée effectuera ses activités au sein du laboratoire Temps-Fréquence du CNES à Toulouse. Elle contribuera activement au développement d’un banc de test qui permettra de valider des concepts, des algorithmes et des méthodes de synchronisation dans un contexte d’essaim de satellites. Les personnes candidates doivent  postuler directement sur le site de l’annonce : ici.

Date de début : Septembre 2023

Here in France there is a new initiative called the Chaire Professeur Junior (CPJ). The CPJs are intended for researchers in the first part of their career, with a strong potential to manage and lead a research team, as well as to participate in national, European or international projects. Once hired, the person would be on a tenure-track-like system. After 3 to 6 years they would become a University Professor, or a CNRS Directeur de Recherche.

The Artemis Laboratory in Nice, France has a CPJ position for the development of high power and stabilizer laser systems for gravitational-wave detectors. The position comes with a start-up package of 350k€. See
https://artemis.oca.eu/images/Artemis/pdf_artemis/CPJ_2023_ARTEMIS-FR-EN.pdf
for a description of the position. For this position at Artemis, the hired person would become a CNRS Directeur de Recherche after tenure. The application procedure can be found at:
https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/rejoignez-le-cnrs-la-liste-des-37-postes-de-chaires-de-professeur-junior

The application deadline is April 14.

Please contact me (nelson.christensen@oca.eu) if you need more information or would like to discuss.

The Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Alabama encourage applications for a Postdoctoral Associate. The successful candidate will perform research at the interface between experimental atomic, molecular and optical physics, and precise Positioning, Navigation, Timing, and Frequency (PNTF) with the supervision of professor Thejesh Bandi and a wide spectrum of internal and external collaborations. The position can be extended up to a period of 3 years, on a yearly renewal basis based on the performance. Start date of review of applications: March 30^th 2023, and will continue until the position is filled. For more information, please see the Job description here.

A PhD thesis offer is available in the Time & Frequency department, OHMS team at FEMTO-ST institute (Besançon, France). Title: “Clock laser influence on single ion optical clocks frequency stability”. For more information, please see here and here.