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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics is seeking applicants for the part-time job of Research Assistant. 
 

Job duties to include: 

• Contribute to laboratory research efforts, including calibration and instrument research for the BlackCAT CubeSat and its associated detector system.  

• Contribute to instrumentation maintenance, data collection, data analysis, and execute research work on X-ray detectors and associated instrumentation and X-ray data sets for the detectors themselves, as well as science data from flight mission observations.  

• Duties could also include studies of associated high energy astrophysical sources that are relevant to the above instruments. 

Schedule: 

• Expected hours will be approximately 20 hours/week. 

Compensation: 

The starting rate for this job is $15hour. 

The selected candidate will report to Dr. Abe Falcone.  Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. 

 

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