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Adaptive optics engineer

Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) · State civil service

En français : Ingénieur optique adaptative

This job in plain words

The job is to study a new adaptive optics system for the 1-metre telescopes of the CHARA array, installed at Mount Wilson Observatory in California. The person will join the LAGRANGE laboratory, Fizeau building, Valrose campus in Nice.

Open to non-civil servants

Can you apply?

Open only to contract agents, so not to civil servants alone. Category A (management grade).

Category
Category A (executive)
Diploma
Not stated
Contract
Contract agent only. Contract type and length not stated.

The profile they want:

  • Very good knowledge of adaptive optics principles.
  • Good knowledge of wavefront sensors (Shack-Hartmann, pyramid).
  • Mastery of an adaptive optics simulation software, ideally CAOS.
  • Mastery of one or more programming languages (Python, IDL).
  • Good level of English, written and spoken.

What you would do

  • Simulate different adaptive optics system concepts using the CAOS software.
  • Compare the performance of the solutions studied.
  • Analyse the results and write a study report.
  • Present the conclusions of the work to the CHARA group.

How to apply

You apply on the employer's website, reached from the official offer.

Good to know:

  • Based in Nice, Fizeau building, Valrose campus.
  • Position vacant from 1 October 2026.

We wrote this summary automatically from the official offer. Only the offer published on Choisir le Service Public counts: read it before you apply. Source: Choisir le Service Public (DGAFP), Etalab 2.0 licence.

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