====== Job Postings for 2026 ====== Welcome to the 2026 rumor mill. It is once again time to start keeping track of this year's openings. Sorry for the delay in launching the 2026 page! Please help to keep this list updated with all 2026 job postings that are relevant to: * Condensed matter experiment and theory, * Atomic, molecular and optical experiment and theory, * Materials science, * Nanoscience, * Quantum information science, * Quantum materials, * And other fields. **Importantly:** we welcome all faculty positions as well as technical research staff positions at established research institutes. And don't forget to include a link to the job posting! Please help update the Faculty Shuffle if you have any info! Send questions/problems to rumors@cmamorumors.org. 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Please add entries with the table editor (as opposed to manually)! ^ Field ^ ^ Description ^ Deadline ^ Short list ^ Offer made ^ | Experimental AMO Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/192649| Rice University]] | Tenure-track faculty position | Dec 15, 2026 | | | | Quantum Information Theory | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/192710| The University of Tennessee at Knoxville]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | December 1, 2026 | | | | Quantum Sensing | [[https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34305| Indiana University, Bloomington]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | November 1, 2026 | | | | Quantum Sensing | [[https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34304| Indiana University, Bloomington]] | Tenured Professor | November 1, 2026 | | | | Experimental Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/188651| Middlebury College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 15, 2026 | | | | Physics | [[https://www.augustana.edu/about-us/offices/hr/employment/opportunities?gnk=job&gni=8a78859fa064222601a072c5cc774efb| Augustana College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 23, 2026 | | | | Condensed Matter/Quantum (experimental) | [[https://careers.msu.edu/jobs/assistant-professor-tenure-system-east-lansing-michigan-united-states-2bf2e536-bb31-48a7-a9e5-4735dd2ce58e| Michigan State University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | Review of applications begins on November 30, 2026. Open until filled | | | | Biophysics (experimental) | [[https://careers.untsystem.edu/jobs/assistant-associate-professor-of-biophysics-denton-texas-united-states| University of North Texas]] | Tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor | Open until filled | | | | Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/193015| Hillsdale College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | December 1, 2026 | | | | Experimental Physics | [[https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/wcupa/jobs/5474788/27-22-tenure-track-assistant-professor-of-experimental-physics| West Chester University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | November 15, 2026 | | | | Cluster hire in AI for Modeling the Physical World and Living Systems | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/191452| Washington University in St. Louis]] | Open Rank | Oct. 1, 2026; open until all positions filled | | | | Experimental or Theoretical Physics | [[https://applications.caltech.edu/job/physics| Caltech]] | Professor | February 28, 2027 | | | | Experimental Physics | [[https://berry.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=204208| Berry College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 15, 2026 | | | | Experimental / Theoretical quantum physics incl. condensed matter and optics | [[https://unimelb.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/UoM_External_Career/job/Lecturer--Senior-Lecturer-in-Quantum-or-Optical-Physics_JR-014024-1| University of Melbourne, Australia]] | Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (tenure track) | October 2, 2026 | | | | Physics (all subfields) | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/188444| University of Michigan]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | November 1, 2026 (to be guaranteed full consideration) | | | | Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/192170| Washington and Lee University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 21, 2026 | | | | Physics | [[https://nsucareers.nova.edu/jobs/assistant-professor-physics-991320-fort-lauderdale-davie-florida-united-states| Nova Southeastern University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | Rolling review | | | | Experimental Soft Matter or Biophysics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/192318| Tufts University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | November 1, 2026 | | | | Professor and Head of School; Physics / Maths | [[https://uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/uqcareers/job/Professor-and-Head-of-School--School-of-Mathematics-and-Physics_R-67591-1| University of Queensland, Australia]] | Professor / Head of School | October 11, 2026 | | | | Experimental Condensed Matter / Materials / Applied Physics | [[https://jobs.oberlin.edu/postings/17728| Oberlin College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 15, 2026 | | | | Physics with Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning | [[https://physics.gatech.edu/open-rank-tenuredtenure-track-position-physics-artificial-intelligencemachine-learning-job-id-276418| Georgia Tech]] | Open Rank | November 15, 2026 | | | | Quantum Information Science and Engineering | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/188336| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga]] | Two Tenure-track Assistant Professors | September 8, 2026 | | | | Experimental Soft (Living) Matter | [[https://careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/FWN-Assistant-professor-in-experimental-soft-matter-%281_0-fte%29Institute-of-Physics-%28LION%29/16735-en_US| Leiden University, Netherlands]] | Assistant Professor | September 30, 2026 | | | | Theoretical AMO Physics | [[https://erecruit.umsystem.edu/psc/tamext/ROLLA/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&SiteId=10&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=10&JobOpeningId=60654&PostingSeq=1| Missouri University of Science & Technology]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | August 20, 2026; open until filled | | | | Quantum Information Science / Quantum Computer Science | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/191224| Princeton University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | December 1, 2026 for full consideration | | | | Physics | [[https://marylandconnect.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/SU_Careers/job/Salisbury-University/Assistant-Professor---Physics_JR102106| Salisbury University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 15, 2026 | | | | Theoretical or Computational Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/191148| College of the Holy Cross]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | September 25, 2026 | | | | Theoretical or Computational Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/189958| Williams College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 11, 2026 | | | | Physics | [[https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32429| National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan]] | Open Rank | October 15, 2026 | | | | Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/190645| Whitman College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | September 15, 2026 | | | | Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/190460| Bates College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 5, 2026 | | | | Experimental Condensed-Matter Physics | [[https://careers.bowdoin.edu/postings/18115| Bowdoin College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 1, 2026 | | | | Theoretical or Computational Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/190300|Amherst College]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | November 1, 2026 | | | | Theorectical Condensed Matter Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/187934| University of Notre Dame]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | November 1, 2026 | | | | Physics and Astronomy - Precision Timing, Quantum Interconnects and Integrated Photonics, and PNT | [[https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/bcas-assistant-professor-in-precision-timing-physics-astronomy-529953-alabama-united-states| University of Alabama]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | August 15, 2026 for full consideration, but applications considered until position is filled | | | | Senior Lecturer in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics [Updated deadline of 14 Aug.] | [[https://irec.wits.ac.za/OA_HTML/OA.jsp?page=/oracle/apps/irc/candidateSelfService/webui/VisVacDispPG&IRC_EXT_SITE_VISITOR_APP=IRC_VIS_VAC_DISPLAY&p_svid=106442&p_spid=5153831&_gl=1*hieuam*_gcl_au*MTUyMTMxMzQ3OC4xNzc3OTg2MTEz*_ga*MTQ5OTg4NDk4OS4xNjMxMDkzNTIw*_ga_JPCF6M80CQ*czE3ODQ4ODAwNTUkbzMzMSRnMSR0MTc4NDg4NTI0NCRqNTIkbDAkaDU2NzE4OTQ5NQ..| WitsUniversity]] | Senior Lecturer | August 14, 2026 | | | | Materials Science (AI / self-driving laboratories / computational methods / quantum tech.) | [[https://aub.ie/materials-faculty-search| Auburn University]] | Open Rank | August 10, 2026 | | | | Next-Generation Electrical and Optical Devices | [[https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/working-teaching-and-research/faculty/faculty-affairs/ausgeschriebene-professuren/naturwissenschaften-und-mathematik/vp-aptt-next-generation-electrical-and-optical-devices.html|ETH Zurich]] | Open Rank | May 31, 2026 | | | | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics | [[https://ethz.ch/en/the-eth-zurich/working-teaching-and-research/faculty/faculty-affairs/ausgeschriebene-professuren/naturwissenschaften-und-mathematik/vp-aptt-experimental-condensed-matter-physics.html|ETH Zurich]] | Open Rank | May 28, 2026 | | | | Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics | [[https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/206136| University of Utah]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor/Open rank | December 1, 2026 | | | | Experimental Quantum Condensed Matter Physics | [[https://apply.interfolio.com/190050| Brown University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | December 1, 2026 for full consideration | | | | Theoretical or Experimental Quantum Science | [[https://wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Middletown-CT-Main-Campus/Assistant-Professor-of-Physics_R101237| Wesleyan University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 9, 2026 | | | | Theoretical Quantum Information Science (broadly defined) | [[https://jobs.uri.edu/postings/17055| University of Rhode Island]] | 2x Tenure-track Assistant Professor | October 15, 2026 | | | | Quantum Information Science | [[https://jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job/561830| San Jose State University]] | Tenure-track Assistant Professor | November 22, 2026 | | |