First consideration may be made 14 days after the opening date. Selection may be made at either of the above grade levels. If selected at grade 11, the employee may be non-competitively promoted to grade 12 upon the recommendation of the supervisor, based on the position classification as well as the qualifications and satisfactory performance of the employee. The Research Astrophysicist will participate in a research program studying the properties of normal and starburst galaxies using Chandra and XMM data, together with previous archival data.
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