Technical Officer
U
University of Sydney
📍 Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Job Description
- Casual Technical Officer (Tip-Tilt & Thermal Systems) - TOLIMAN Space Mission
- Casual position starting ASAP – based in the Physics Building (A28)
- HE06 Step 1 $73.45p/hour Plus Super
- Must be an advanced undergraduate or final-year student / Master’s student / early-career engineer / technician
About the opportunity
The TOLIMAN Space Telescope is an ambitious international space mission led by the University of Sydney, designed to search for planets orbiting Alpha Centauri, our nearest neighbouring star system.
The mission combines cutting-edge optics, precision mechatronics, advanced electronics, spacecraft engineering, and data science to achieve astrometric measurements at unprecedented levels of precision. To accomplish this, a unique optical system has been developed that uses a diffractive mask to imprint a highly stable optical ruler onto the telescope image, enabling the detection of minute stellar motions...