$21.75 - $28.50 hourly
Caltech
Pasadena, CA, USA
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Job Summary
The Faint Intergalactic Redshifted Emission Balloon (FIREBall) experiment is a complex, multi-object spectrograph designed to look for the faint and diffuse emission from gas outside of galaxies at low redshifts (with lines shifted into the near-UV). The FIREBall team is looking for a full-time Research Assistant to aid in the program in preparing and executing a balloon flight in 2023 and post-flight activities into 2024, and who is comfortable taking over aspects of the project.
Job Duties
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Contributing to alignment telescope and supporting systems....