SKA-Mid Commissioning Scientists

SKA Observatory
Full-time iKapa, INtshonalanga Kapa Other-General
Posted:
February 20, 2026
Location:
iKapa, INtshonalanga Kapa, South-Africa

Job Description

These roles are based in Cape Town, South Africa.
At the SKAO we are coordinating a global effort to deliver one of the largest science facilities on the planet. The SKAO telescopes will be next-generation instruments that will help to answer key questions in astrophysics, drive technological innovation and support human capital development.
More than a dozen partner countries and over a thousand scientists and engineers around the world are already on board, making the SKA project an international collaboration like no other, and one of the most ambitious science and engineering endeavours of the 21st century.
Headquartered in the UK, with telescope sites in Australia and South Africa, the SKAO will be one observatory operating two telescopes, an endeavour spanning three continents. Multinational by design, in early 2021 the SKAO became an intergovernmental organisation, one of only a select handful of science infrastructures to do so worldwide.
Construction activities for...

Apply for this Job

Submit your application for the SKA-Mid Commissioning Scientists position at SKA Observatory.

Apply Now Save for Later

Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: iKapa, South-Africa
Posted: February 20, 2026
Deadline: April 01, 2026