Jobs at the SETI Institute

Senior System Administrator
We are looking for an exceptional, self-starter Linux/Unix Administrator to take responsibility for our DMZ, and internal Linux/Unix hosts.

ATA Software Engineer 
Join an exciting group of engineers and scientists at the SETI Institute and UC Berkeley as we develop a unique, world class radio telescope for SETI observations and radio astronomy. The Allen Telescope Array is a new radio telescope in Northern California, commissioned by the SETI Institute and UCB to simultaneously perform searches for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) and radio astronomy observations (galaxy-galaxy interactions, star formation, dark matter, etc.).

ATA Postdoctoral Associate 
The SETI Institute seeks an EE, EECS, CS, Physics, or Astronomy Postdoctoral Associate to be resident at the Institute in Mountain View, California for a negotiable period of one to three years to study the characteristics of the interstellar radio channel in conjunction with broadband signals and array antenna processing in a NASA-supported project. The goal is to expand the repertoire of signals that are searched using the new Allen Telescope Array. 

Laboratory Tech
The SETI Institute is seeking a Laboratory Technician with wet lab training and/or experience. The Lab Technician will work on a variety of projects where concentration will be placed on studying chemical processes that were important to the chemistry of early terrestrial planets. In particular, processes that affected planetary habitability and the origin of life where specific focus on the chemistry of nitrogen and carbon in relation to minerals, aqueous catalysts, and reactants will be observed. Projects include modeling chemistry of the early Martian atmosphere which seeks to model how photosynthesis may have arisen to protocellular life, and specific measurement of how abiotic reactions have fractionated stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen.

Research Associate
The SETI Institute is seeking a Research Associate to work on a number of different laboratory based projects. The goal of these projects is to understand chemical processes that were important to the chemistry, origin of life, origin of photosynthesis, and habitability of early terrestrial planets. Specific laboratory projects include: modeling the chemistry of the early Martian atmosphere; understanding the chemistry of photosynthesis and how it may have given rise to protocellular life; and the measurement of how abiotic reactions may have fractionated the stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen.