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Postdoctoral position PSL Science and New space chair at CENSUS, Meudon

Created in 2025, hosted by the Académie Spatiale d’Île-de-France at the CENSUS space center, the Science and New Space Chair of PSL develops the activities of CENSUS, in connection with the space research projects carried out at the Paris Observatory – PSL. As part of this chair, the Paris Observatory offers a junior / senior postdoctoral position.

The selected candidate will strengthen the CENSUS project team led by Boris Segret, technical director of CENSUS. She/He will participate in the development of the space lab, its actions and projects, more particularly for the progress in the maturation of projects and their implementation phase; will develop specific tools for the cluster, such as the DOCKS software suite or the test facilities; will supervise trainees and participate in training activities of the Space Academy; will interact with the PSL Fablab network, with the sector’s competitiveness cluster; will interact with New Space stakeholders and the Space Academy’s industrial partners; will participate in the development of the economic model for scientific space activities within the framework of NewSpace.

Application deadline: 15 mai 2025

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