Faculty Positions in Optical Engineering

Polytechnicpositions
Full-time Zürich, Zürich Other-General
Posted:
February 28, 2026
Location:
Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

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Faculty Positions in Optical Engineering

ETH Zurich Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Exoplanet and Habitability

2 Positions in Optical Engineering

TheLIFESpaceMissionisspearheadedby the Exoplanets & Habitability Group at ETH Zurich and has now reached anexcitingpoint where theproject needs to advance to the next stage. After the formulation ofan initialmission baseline description, missionrequirements, and recent successes with the ETH-owned laboratory testbed, the completion of a full missionconceptstudy is of highest priority.The mission concept study willfinalizethe required satellite architecture,conduct key technical trades, andfinalizethe overall mission development planand implementation strategy to drive the LIFE Space Mission to successful launch and operations. To support the mission concept study, we opened twopositions inOpticalEngineering.

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Posted: February 28, 2026
Deadline: April 09, 2026