Operations Engineer / Scientist (OES) – 2026

The Carnegie Science Las Campanas Observatory (LCO), located in Chile’s Atacama Desert, is one of the world’s premier astronomical observing sites, renowned for its exceptionally dark skies, stable atmosphere, and outstanding seeing. LCO enables cutting‑edge research across a wide range of astrophysical fields using a suite of powerful, state‑of‑the‑art telescopes, including the twin Magellan Telescopes (operated for a consortium of institutions including Carnegie, Harvard, MIT, U. of Arizona, and U. of Michigan), the du Pont telescope and the Local Volume Mapper Instrument (LVM‑I), which currently conduct the Sloan Digital Sky Survey V (SDSS‑V), and suite of other hosted facilities operated by different world‑class universities and institutions around the world. LCO is also home to the Giant Magellan Telescope Observatory (GMTO), which is currently under construction.

The observatory combines scientific excellence with a collaborative, international research environment,



offering its staff the rare opportunity to work at the forefront of discovery while living and working in a place of remarkable natural beauty. With a strong commitment to innovation, safety, and professional growth, Las Campanas Observatory is an inspiring setting for those passionate about advancing astronomy and supporting world‑class science.

The Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) of the Carnegie Institution for Science Observatories – a world‑class astronomical institution – has an opening for an Operations Engineer / Scientist the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. Carnegie astronomers and researchers representing a wide international consortium of institutions are engaged in SDSS‑V, an ambitious, multi‑year, integrated visible and near‑infrared spectroscopic survey including the Milky Way Mapper (MWM), Black Hole Mapper (BHM), and Local Volume Mapper (LVM) projects. The MWM and BHM surveys employ new state‑of‑the‑art, robotic, multi‑optical fiber p

📌 LCO Operations Engineer/Scientist (Chile)
🏢 Las Campanas Observatory
📍 Chile