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Adaptive optics engineer
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · no closing date given
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1 Check the conditions You are here
Open only to contract agents, so not to civil servants alone. Category A (management grade).
Category: Category A (executive)
The profile they look for:
- 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.
2 Résumé and cover letter
A one- or two-page résumé and a short cover letter that takes up the duties of the offer with your examples. If you are a civil servant, you are often asked for your latest status decision (arrêté) and your latest annual review reports.
3 Apply
No deadline given: the offer can be withdrawn at any time, do not wait.
You apply on the employer's website, reached from the official offer.
4 Interview and answer
If your application is shortlisted, the employer contacts you for an interview, often with two or three people. Prepare: why this job, your experience close to the duties, and your questions.
Good to know:
- Based in Nice, Fizeau building, Valrose campus.
- Position vacant from 1 October 2026.
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