About SARAO - South African Radio Astronomy Observatory
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), a facility of the National Research Foundation, is responsible for managing all radio astronomy initiatives and facilities in South Africa, including the MeerKAT Radio Telescope in the Karoo, and the Geodesy and VLBI activities at the HartRAO fa... read morecility. SARAO also coordinates the African Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (AVN) for the eight SKA partner countries in Africa, as well as South Africa’s contribution to the infrastructure and engineering planning for the Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope. To maximise the return on South Africa’s investment in radio astronomy, SARAO is managing programmes to create capacity in radio astronomy science and engineering research, and the technical capacity required to support site operations.
SARAO - South African Radio Astronomy Observatory Jobs in South Africa
Coordinate the various SARAO Robotics initiatives and programmes in the various towns surrounding the Telescope.
Key Responsibilities:
Plan and implement robotics activities.
Manage lo
This includes maintaining physical and virtual storage systems, configuring data redundancy, support disaster recovery, monitor capacity usage and ensuring consistent access to business-critical in
This position supports the Electrical Technicians and other Electricians in the maintenance and upkeep of electrical lines and power systems across the SARAO Electrical Network.
Key Responsibi
The Quantity Surveyor role is required to manage and optimize the financial aspects of engineering and construction projects. This role includes expertise in cost estimation, contract administratio
The primary purpose of this role is to coordinate ground and air travel arrangements for staff and visitors between Cape Town/Gauteng and the SKA-Mid telescope site near Carnarvon in the Northern C
The SKA-Mid People & Culture Business Partner supports the SKA Mid collaboration team, comprising of SKAO and SARAO employed staff, with the delivery of end-to-end people solutions that priorit
The production technician is required to assemble and test electronic modules and systems designed and produced by SARAO.
Key Responsibilities:
Produce Receiver Systems, modules and comp
To be responsible for planning maintenance and technical services work. Provides support to storeroom operations. Administer the maintenance management system (CMMS – RAMLOG), monitor and gen
To provide clerical support to maintenance function administration and data, to furnish administrative back-up for maintenance management and scheduling, to assist with procurement processes and to
The Senior Data Analyst/Telescope Operator will be part of the science operations team and will lead a team of 4-5 data analysts/operators to support SKA-Mid science operations and development acti
Purpose of the Role
The SKA-Mid Power Project Manager will manage the procurement and delivery of the Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) for the SKA-Mid telescope. The PPA will need to meet the tec
Purpose of the Role
The Pipelines Developer works within the Pipelines Team in the Data Processing and Pipelines department. The core purpose is to develop radio astronomy pipelines and data pro
Role Overview
This role involves providing project management services for Engineering, Technology Research, and Development initiatives that facilitate the construction of major Radio Astronomy
Position Overview
The successful candidate will oversee the day-to-day requirements for local and international travel specific to business needs. This function must be completed within the poli
The SKA-Mid Compute Systems Engineer supports the development, integration, and maintenance of computer hardware and related systems that enable the telescope technical and operational goals. This
Purpose:
The SKA-Mid Senior Computer Systems Engineer, will lead the compute and storage systems team for SKA-Mid and will report to the SKA-Mid Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Manager within
The SKA-Mid Storage Engineer supports the design, implementation, management, and optimisation of enterprise storage systems that enable the Telescope technical and operational goals. This role ens
The main purpose of the job is to provide housekeeping to SARAO. Ensure the offices and other venues is kept in a clean and safe working environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Clean and main
