Sonoma State University
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Jobs in Physics, Astronomy, and Other Fields

Full-time employment opportunities in physics    astronomy    computers   many fields.
Part-time, temporary, and summer jobs for students.
See also Steps Toward Grad School.

Career planning aids

• Salaries of Scientists by Discipline
  
• Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond — from the National Academy of Sciences.
• Careers Using Physics — from the Society of Physics Students.
• Put Your Science to Work: The Take-Charge Career Guide for Scientists — information about a book you can buy—primarily for Ph.D.'s.
• A Career in Acoustics?
• Careers in Aquatic Sciences
• How to Become an Astronaut
• Careers in Astronomy
• Frequently Asked Questions About Being an Astronomer
• A Guide Book to Astronomy — what it's like being an astronomer, by Sten Odenwald.
• Opportunities and Resources for Research and Activism in Energy and Environmental Science & Policy— by Daniel Kammen.
• Careers in the Geosciences
• Careers in Oceanography
• Science, Math, and Engineering Career Resources — information for scientists and would-be scientists at all levels, from high school students through Nobel laureates.

Starting a job hunt

• ResumeTutor — advice from the University of Minnesota.
• AIP Résumé Posting Service — It’s free to all physicists.
• The Job Hunters Bible: What Color Is Your Parachute — a supplement to the famous book by Dick Bolles.
• Landing Your First Job: A Guide for Physics Students — how to buy a book published in 2002 by the American Institute of Physics.
• Who’s Hiring Physics Bachelors — a state-by-state listing of employers who recently hired new physics graduates to fill technical and professional positions, provided by the AIP.

Jobs in physics and other fields

• Jobs posted at the American Institute of Physics.
• Jobs for Physicists and Engineers — at all levels, from PhysLINK.com.
• Science Job Market — jobs at all levels of teaching in the physical sciences, presented by the American Association of Physics Teachers.
• TIPTOP Jobs On-Line—dynamic job list for physicists.
• PhysicsWeb — mostly in Europe and mostly for Ph.D.'s.
• Job opportunities list at CERN — mostly in Europe and mostly for physicists from CERN member countries.
• Job Openings advertised in the Chronicle of Higher Education — mostly faculty positions.
• National Research Council Research Associateship Program — postdoctoral positions at federal labs, including NASA and military labs, but excluding DOE labs.
• Jobs at the FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics — in the Netherlands, for graduate students, postdocs, and Ph.D.'s.
• Physics and Hi-Tech positions in Israel
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Employment Services — job listings and more.

• Jobs in Acoustics
• Jobs in Atomic and Plasma Physics — mostly for Ph.D.'s.
• Jobs in Aviation and Aerospace — from NationJob Network
• Jobs in Beam Physics & Technology
• Jobs in Computational Fluid Dynamics
• Jobs in Crystallography — posted by the American Crystallographic Association.
• Jobs in Engineering — EngineeringJobs.com: A National Index of Engineering Jobs.
• Jobs in Engineering and Manufacturing — from NationJob Network, includes programming jobs.
• Jobs in Environmental Engineering, Education, Advocacy, etc. — Listings sent for a fee; samples online.
• Jobs in Environmental Fields — from ejobs.org
• Jobs in GeoScience
• Jobs in High-Energy Physics
• Jobs in History of Science
• Jobs in Limnology and Oceanography
• Jobs in Materials Science — includes metallurgy, polymers, ceramics.
• Jobs in Metallurgy — mostly for Ph.D.'s.
• Jobs in Meteorology— from the American Meteorological Society
• Jobs in Oil, Mining, Geoscience, Environmental, Agriculture, Forestry, Ecology, Meteorology, Oceanography, Hydrology, Soil, GIS and Related Subjects
• Jobs in Optics — Optical Society of America
• Jobs in Optics — optics.org
• Jobs in Optics — SPIE
• Jobs in Science & Technology Centers and Museums

• BrassRing — jobs in technology.
• Data Processing Independent Consultant's Exchange (DICE)— offers job listings and the opportunity to have your availability annnounced to 1000 companies. Mostly computer-related, but try searching on "physics" or whatever your field is.
• North Bay Technology Roundtable — jobs with high tech companies in Sonoma and neighboring counties.
• SonomaCountyHelpWanted.com — jobs in all fields.

• Jobs at Tellabs (formerly Advanced Fibre Communications) — a telecommunications company in Petaluma, CA.
• Jobs at Advanced Micro Devices
• Jobs at Agilent — One of Sonoma County's largest private employers, Agilent has employed several SSU Physics graduates.
• Jobs at Alcatel USA — the telecommunications giant includes the former DSC, in Petaluma, CA.
• Jobs at Applied Physics Laboratory — Large Baltimore employer.
• Jobs at Boeing
• Jobs at Compumotor — a leader in the motion control industry, in Rohnert Park, CA.
• Jobs at GE Energy
• Jobs at Hewlett Packard.
• Jobs at ILX Lightwave Corp — fiber optics and laser measurement in MT and CO.
• Jobs at Lockheed Martin
• Jobs at Medtronic — includes Arterial Vascular Engineering, a large employer in Santa Rosa, CA.
• Jobs at Micro-Vu — a manufacturer of precision optical measuring systems in Windsor, CA.
• Jobs at JDSU (includes the former Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc.) — the largest employer of SSU physics grads.
• Jobs at the Office of Naval Research
• Jobs at Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services
• Jobs at Science and Technology Corp.
• Jobs at Science Applications International Corporation
• Jobs at SOLA Optical — large maker of eyeglass lenses in Petaluma, CA and elsewhere.
• Jobs at Newport, including Spectra-Physics Lasers & Photonics
• Jobs at SpectraSwitch — a telecommunications company in Santa Rosa, CA.
• Jobs at Telcordia Technologies — formerly Bellcore, this company provides software to the telecommunications industry.
• Jobs at Xerox
• Jobs at Brookhaven National Lab
• Jobs at Fermilab
• Jobs at Thomas Jefferson National Lab — formerly CEBAF.
• Jobs at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
• Jobs at Lawrence Livermore National Lab
• Jobs at Los Alamos National Lab
• Jobs at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory
• Jobs at Sandia National Labs
• Jobs at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
• Jobs at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Jobs in astronomy and other fields

• American Astronomical Society Jobs Register — the best list, updated monthly.
• Space Jobs — mostly in the aerospace industry.
• Jobs at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC) in Pasadena
• Jobs at the European Southern Observatory
• Jobs at the Gemini Observatory
• Jobs at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
• Jobs at the W.M. Keck Observatory — mostly engineering jobs.
• Jobs at NASA
• Jobs at the National Optical Astronomy Observatories
• Jobs at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory
• Jobs at the Space Telescope Science Institute
• Jobs at the Steward Observatory
• Jobs at the U.S. Naval Observatory

Jobs in computers and other fields

• Bay Area Careers — mostly computer-related.
• The Best Jobs In The USA Today— mostly, but not all, computer-related.
• Job Search for Engineers

• Jobs at Apple
• Jobs at Autodesk
• Jobs at Cisco
• Jobs at IBM
• Jobs at Intel
• Jobs at Microsoft
• Jobs at the San Diego Supercomputer Center
• Jobs at Silicon Graphics, Inc.
• Jobs at Sun Microsystems
• Jobs at 3Com

Jobs in many fields

• Academic Careers Online — global academic job site to search jobs in education and academia.
• After College — includes entry-level jobs and internships.
• AllStarJobs.com/ — includes links to many other sites.
• America's Job Bank — about 100,000 jobs from 2000 state employment offices.
• Careerbuilder.com — search jobs from more than 70 career sites.
• Careerjet — an employment search engine for the USA, many listings.
• Careersite — lots of listings in a variety of fields.
• College Grad Job Hunter — mostly entry-level, includes several large, high-tech employers.
• Craig's List — posted by Craig Newmark, includes sites for many cities in the U.S. and abroad.
• Dice — a technology and engineering job site, offering job postings and career resources for those seeking engineering jobs.
• Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet — The Riley guide
• The Entry Level Job Seeker Assistant
• Indeed — a search engine for jobs in any field. A search on "Physics B.S." yielded more than four thousand jobs.
• Internet Career Connection — mostly, but not all, computer-related.
• Jammin Jobs — a national job board that lists thousands of open positions.
• Job Hunt — extensive site with many resources.
• Jobs.net — extensive site with many resources.
• JobStar California — California job search guide by Bay Area public libraries.
• Job Web from the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
• Monster.com — 150,000 job listings, a forum for jobseekers, and more.
• MonsterTRAK — SSU participates in this program, so students may register and get additional help if they wish.
• Nation Job Network — access to a huge database of jobs.
• Opportunity NOCs — jobs with nonprofit organizations throughout the United States.
• Sonoma County Job Link
• SSU Career Services — for SSU students and alumni.
• Teach for America — the national teacher corps of outstanding recent college graduates.
• True Careers — 125,000 job listings; post your résumé and get advice.
• U.S. Government Jobs
• EXCITE/Careers
• Yahoo/Jobs/ — jobs, employment services, career planning, salaries, etc.
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• Job Opportunity ads in the Chicago Tribune
• Job Opportunity ads in the Los Angeles Times
• Job Opportunity ads in the New York Times
• Job Opportunity ads in the San Francisco Chronicle
• Job Opportunity ads in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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• Jobs at Sonoma State University
• Jobs at Stanford University
• Jobs at UC Berkeley
• Jobs at UC Davis
• Jobs in California Community Colleges — 109 public community colleges.
• Jobs in the California State University system — 23 universities.
• Jobs in the University of California System — 10 campuses, 3 national labs, and the president's office.
• Northern California's Higher Education Recruitment Consortium — teaching and administrative jobs in nearly fifty four-year colleges, universities, and community college districts.
• TedJob.com — jobs in higher education, including faculty and posdoctoral positions.

Part-time, temporary, and summer jobs for students

• Undergraduate Research Opportunities — Do research and get paid for it.
• Summer Jobs — all types, worldwide.
• Seasonal Employment — in national parks,resorts, etc. — from Cool Works.
• Environmental Careers Organization — free information on internships.
• Student Employment with NASA
• Student Jobs at Lawrence Livermore National Lab
• Summer jobs for students at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory
• SSU Career Services — for SSU students and alumni.
• Net-Temps — temporary and contract jobs in engineering and other fields, plus some permanent ones, free to jobseekers.