Announcement – Project Research Fellow for TMT-J Project
Office at NAOJ
TMT-J Project Office at National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) isinviting applications for the position of project research fellow (Specially AppointedResearch Employee).
1. Position: Project Research Fellow (Specially Appointed Research Employee basedon annual salary system)
2. Number of vacancies: one
3. Assignment:(1)Division: TMT-J Project Office(2)Duty station: NAOJ in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, with possible business trips to
California, U.S.A.
4. Research Fields and Job Description:
Successful candidate will work on the development or scientific study of IRIS
(Infrared Imaging Spectrograph), which is a first generation instrument of TMT(Thirty Meter Telescope). The diffraction limited imaging will be provided by IRIS
and the support of adaptive optics system in near infrared. The wavefront error
budget of IRIS imager is quite tight around 40nm rms under the cryogenic conditionin order to realize the high sensitive observation with the help of the large telescope
aperture and the correction of adaptive optics system.
It is important that we have to work on the design, fabrication, assembly,
operation plans, observation strategies and science case study of IRIS imager tomaximize the astronomical achievement and results. Candidate is requested tounderstand this importance. We are in the final design phase of about 3 years fromOctober 2017 and followed by the fabrication phase of 2.5 years.
The following tasks are expected to be performed by the research fellow.
(1) The analysis of high precision astrometry.
(2) Development of performance analysis and evaluation of optics for IRIS imager.
(3) Research on the algorithm of data analysis produced by IRIS imager.
(4) Development of performance evaluation of science detectors for IRIS imager.
(5) Produce the observation sequences and develop the science case for IRIS.
The candidate is requested to pick up some of these task and to submit a
research plan, and is expected to spend up to 50 % of his/her time to the tasks.

5. Term:(1) The term starts on as soon as reasonably possible.
(2) The term is for three years, subject to annual review. ※At the end of the contract term, there is the possibility of extending the contractup to two years, based on a review. ※※If the applicant had been the project research fellow of NAOJ or theResearcher (Part-time Contract Employee) before, then the term may beadjusted so that the total length of employment does not exceed five years.
6. Qualification:
・The applicant must have a PhD degree or equivalent in physics, engineering orrelated fields.
・Experience on development of astronomical instruments at the wavelength of
optical and near infrared is preferable.
7. The application documents (either in Japanese or in English) must include(1) a curriculum vitae,(2) a summary of research activities in the past,(3) a list of publications (Separate refereed and non-refereed papers. For coauthored papers, list all the names of authors.),(4) PDF copy of three major publications, and(5) an outline of research plans.
In addition, the applicant should arrange one letter of reference, to be sent
directly from the person reviewing the applicant. The name of the person should
be identified in the application cover letter.
8. Deadline:
The application documents and the reference letter must be received by 17:00 JST(08:00 UT), 1 October, 2018.
9. Submission:(1) Application documents and reference letters should be sent to:apply-tmt-prorfellow20181001_AT_nao.ac.jp (replace “_AT_”with the @-sign.)
with a mail subject of “Application (or Reference) for Project Research Fellow for
TMT-J Project Office”.

(2) For inquiries, please contact
Assistant Prof. Ryuji Suzuki, TMT-J Project Office, NAOJ.
e-mail: ryuji.suzuki_AT_nao.ac.jp (replace “_AT_” with the @-sign.)
When the application documents are received, a confirmation mail willbe sent to the applicant. If you do not receive the confirmation within threeworking days, please notify the inquiry address.
10. Remarks:(1)Project research fellow is a full-time position (38h45min working hours/week)
employed under the scheme of the annual salary system of NINS.
(2)The fellow will receive a monthly salary of 350,000 JPY plus compensation forcommuting expenses (up to 55,000 JPY per month), and annual research fundsof 500,000 JPY. Social insurance will be applied. Bonus and retirement
allowances are not provided. The travel and relocation costs to NAOJ will becovered, subject to the travel regulations of NINS (the details have to bearranged with the administration office).
(3)The qualification to apply for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research is given.
(4)Application documents will be used only for the purpose of the selection of thisposition, and those documents of the applicants other than the successful
candidate will be discarded.
(5)Selected candidates in the final short list may be interviewed by the selection
committee either via internet or face-to-face. The expenses for the interview will
not be covered by NAOJ.
(6)Abiding by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act for Men and Women, NAOJ
is committed to the realization of a society with gender equality. If two candidates
are deemed equal in their performance evaluation, NAOJ will take positive
action to employ women. For details, see http://open-info.nao.ac.jp/danjokyodo/