Positions and Opportunities Available
Faculty | Lecturer | Postdoctoral | InstructorshipFaculty
Assistant Professor in Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Chemical Engineering
The Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level in all areas of chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering.
Assistant Professor of Early Modern English Literature
The Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) invites applications for a tenure-track position in early modern English literature at the assistant professor rank, beginning fall 2027.
Assistant Professor of Economics
The Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) invites applications for a tenure-track position in economics at the assistant professor level in the fields of experimental economics, behavioral economics, and economic history.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
The Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor rank in philosophy.
Faculty Position in Electrical Engineering
The Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for tenure-track/tenured faculty positions.
Faculty Position in Experimental or Theoretical Physics
The Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for faculty positions in all areas of experimental and theoretical physics.
Faculty Position in Molecular Cell Biology
The Division of Biology and Biological Engineering (BBE) at Caltech is seeking a faculty member in the area of Molecular Cell Biology.
Faculty Position in the Engineering and Applied Science Division: Information, Systems and Computing (ISC)
The Division of Engineering and Applied Science at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for tenure-track and tenured faculty positions.
Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Geology
The Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech invites applications for a tenure-track position in Geology.
Lecturer
Long-Term Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
The Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CCE) at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for a Long-Term Lecturer in Chemical Engineering.
Postdoctoral
Postdoctoral Positions in Computing + Mathematical Sciences (CMS)
Caltech's Computing + Mathematical Sciences (CMS) Department is a unique multidisciplinary environment with research activity spanning Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Communication & Networks, and Control & Systems.
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Social Science
The Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar research associate (postdoc) to start July 1, 2027.
Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow in History and Philosophy of Science
The Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellowship to begin in time for Caltech’s fall term 2027.
Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow in Philosophy of Science
The Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for a two-year Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellowship to begin in time for Caltech’s fall term 2027.
Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellow in Visual Culture
The Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for a two-year position as a Postdoctoral Scholar Teaching Fellowship in Visual Culture, to begin in time for Caltech’s fall term 2027.
Postdoctoral Scholars in Climate Science and Modeling at Caltech
The Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA) at Caltech invites applications for Postdoctoral Scholar positions.
The Foster and Coco Stanback Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in global environmental science beginning in the fall of 2027.
The Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Postdoctoral Fellowship and The O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Fellowship
The California Institute of Technology is offering two fellowships beginning in the fall of 2027: The Melza M. and Frank Theodore Barr Postdoctoral Fellowship and the O.K. Earl Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geological and Planetary Sciences.
Instructorship
The von Kármán Instructorship
The von Kármán Instructorship is open to candidates showing exceptional promise in research and teaching, and we invite applications from researchers in all areas of applied and computational mathematics including (but not limited to) mathematics of data science, statistics, machine learning, numerical analysis, PDE analysis, optimization, probability, scientific computing, signal processing, and uncertainty quantification.

