Updated April 3, 2023

The Energetic Particle Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has an opening for an early-career scientist interested in the origin of energetic particles in space and with experience in designing, building, and analyzing data from instruments that measure ionized and neutral high-energy particles in the heliosphere and magnetosphere.  The opening is for a GS-12 6-year Term-limit Civil Servant position with the potential for conversion to permanent Civil Servant after the six years.  The Energetic Particle Laboratory currently has instruments in development for the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission (launch in 2025), several cubesats for Low-Earth Orbit and interplanetary space, and the Lunar Gateway, as well as data from existing instruments on ACE, STEREO, IBEX, Van Allen Probes and Parker Solar Probe.  The laboratory is in the Heliospheric Science Laboratory (Code 672) of Goddard’s Heliophysics Science Division.  Because this is a US Government Civil Servant position, applicants are required to be US citizens, and are expected to have applicable experience.  A PhD in Space or Earth Science is highly desirable.  Applications are currently being accepted through the usajobs.gov website and will remain open until April 10.  The link to the vacancy is https://www.usajobs.gov/job/714742900

Questions can be emailed to Adam Szabo (adam.szabo at nasa.gov), Code 672 Lab Chief, and Eric Christian (eric.r.christian at nasa.gov), Code 672 Associate Lab Chief and head of the Energetic Particle Laboratory.