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Opto-Mechanical Engineer - Technical Project Manager

Develop the opto-mechanical aspects of robotic positioners used in optical/near-infrared ground-based telescopes, as well as to manage major astronomical instruments projects.

Contract Start Date : 01/04/2026

Closed Positions

Software Developer

Development of survey planner prototypes and fibre allocation code for the WST.

Application deadline: 17/08/2025 - Position filled.

Post-graduate position

Communication and dissemination activities

Application deadline: 15/02/2025 - Position filled

Post-doctoral position

Participation in the definition and implementation of a Survey Plan

Application deadline: 15/02/2025 - Position filled

Project manager

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Application deadline: 26/11/2024 - Position filled

Opto-Mechanical Lead Engineer

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Position filled

Mechatronics & Systems Engineer

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Position filled

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Horizon consortium

The Consortium institutes are distributed over nine countries in Europe and Australia.

Acronyms

TECHNICAL

WST: Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope

FoV: Field-of-View

IFS: Integral Field Spectrograph

IFU: Integral Field Unit

MOS: Multi-Object Spectrograph

MOS-HR: High-resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph

MOS-LR: Low-resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph

ToO: Targets of Opportunity

INSTITUTES & UNIVERSITIES

AIP: Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

ANU/Astralis: The Australian National University / Astralis

CRAL/CNRS: Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon / French National Centre for Scientific Research

EPFL: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

ESO: European Southern Observatory

IA/CAUP: Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences / Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Porto

IASF-MI/INAF: Institute for Space Astrophysics and Cosmic Physics of Milan / National Institute for Astrophysics

IP2I/CNRS: Institute of Physics of the Two Infinities of Lyon / French National Centre for Scientific Research

IRFU/CEA: Institute for Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe / French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

Lagrange/CNRS: Lagrange Laboratory / French National Centre for Scientific Research

LAM/CNRS: Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory / French National Centre for Scientific Research

MAQC/Astralis: Macquarie University / Astralis

NCAC: Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center

OAArcetri/INAF: Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory / National Institute for Astrophysics

OABrera/INAF:Brera Astronomical Observatory / National Institute for Astrophysics

OACapodimonte/INAF: Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory / National Institute for Astrophysics

OASBologna/INAF:Bologna Observatory of Astrophysics and Space Science / National Institute for Astrophysics

UKRI: UK Research and Innovation

UNIBO: University of Bologna

UNIGRO/NOVA: University of Groningen / The Netherlands Research School for Astronomy

UNISYD: The University of Sydney

UNIVIE: University of Vienna

UWA: The University of Western Australia

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This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action under grant agreement no. 101183153 -WST.
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Acronyms

TECHNICAL

WST: Wide-field Spectroscopic Telescope

FoV: Field-of-View

IFS: Integral Field Spectrograph

IFU: Integral Field Unit

MOS: Multi-Object Spectrograph

MOS-HR: High-resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph

MOS-LR: Low-resolution Multi-Object Spectrograph

ToO: Targets of Opportunity

INSTITUTES & UNIVERSITIES

AIP: Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

ANU/Astralis: The Australian National University / Astralis

CRAL/CNRS: Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon / French National Centre for Scientific Research

EPFL: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne

ESO: European Southern Observatory

IA/CAUP: Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences / Centre for Astrophysics of the University of Porto

IASF-MI/INAF: Institute for Space Astrophysics and Cosmic Physics of Milan / National Institute for Astrophysics

IP2I/CNRS: Institute of Physics of the Two Infinities of Lyon / French National Centre for Scientific Research

IRFU/CEA: Institute for Research into the Fundamental Laws of the Universe / French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

Lagrange/CNRS: Lagrange Laboratory / French National Centre for Scientific Research

LAM/CNRS: Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory / French National Centre for Scientific Research

MAQC/Astralis: Macquarie University / Astralis

NCAC: Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center

OAArcetri/INAF: Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory / National Institute for Astrophysics

OABrera/INAF:Brera Astronomical Observatory / National Institute for Astrophysics

OACapodimonte/INAF: Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory / National Institute for Astrophysics

OASBologna/INAF:Bologna Observatory of Astrophysics and Space Science / National Institute for Astrophysics

UKRI: UK Research and Innovation

UNIBO: University of Bologna

UNIGRO/NOVA: University of Groningen / The Netherlands Research School for Astronomy

UNISYD: The University of Sydney

UNIVIE: University of Vienna

UWA: The University of Western Australia

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This project has received funding from the European Union Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action under grant agreement no. 101183153 -WST.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.