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Job Advertisement: Closing Date 5th April 2018 Postdoctoral Research Associate in Astrophotonics School of Physics Faculty of Science Reference no. 315/0218F About the opportunity Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (Level A) to join our research team working on Postdoctoral Research Associate in Astrophotonics, School of Physics, at the University of Sydney. The candidate will take a leading role in a research project devoted to developing advanced photonic technologies that will drive new generation instrumentation for astrophysical discovery. The exquisite control in the manipulation of light afforded by photonic technologies allows completely novel architectures to be brought to the service of astronomical measurement. This position requires interdisciplinary skills spanning astrophysics, instrumentation, computer control and numerical algorithms implemented in custom software in order to interpret the resulting data. Research will be conducted in the world class Sydney Astronomical Instrumentation Laboratories (SAIL), with expected final deployment of working instrumentation with project partners at the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii. About you The University values courage and creativity; openness and engagement; inclusion and diversity; and respect and integrity. As such, we see the importance in recruiting talent aligned to these values in the pursuit of research excellence and are seeking to recruit for a Postdoctoral Research Associate role within the Sydney Institute for Astronomy. Please refer to the Candidate information pack on the University of Sydney Careers page. All applications must be submitted via the University of Sydney careers website. Visit sydney.edu.au/recruitment and search by the reference number 315/0218F to apply. Closing date: 11:30pm 5 April 2018 (Sydney Time) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Royal Astronomical Society Job List is provided free-of-charge through the JISC Mail Service. Although every effort is made to ensure accuracy, the RAS cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy or validity, either directly or by implication, of job advertisements or other information posted to this list. For more information about the Royal Astronomical Society visit the website at www.ras.org.uk. Royal Astronomical Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BQ, UK, tel. +44 (0)20 7734 3308, fax. +44 (0)20 7494 0166, www.ras.org.uk