Because I am going to University later this year I've been thinking about jobs to do once I leave and being an ambitious person all of them are quite out there and really seem far fetched to those of us smaller vision (not to offend). As a physics student all of these jobs are physic and sci fi related, enjoy.
1. Asteroid Miner!
The latest of my finds which seems like the coolest thing ever, but is not quite what it seems like on the tin or in the old sci fi films. As much as I would like it to be a job where I would fly to the asteroid land on it with a pick axe or super high tech mining equipment and go to work, its not. Although the competion seems very aggressive as one company 'planetary resources' released its plans and within a few weeks they had already got over 2000 applicants. There plan is to mine near earth asteroids for platinoids ( Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Osmium, Iridium, and of course Platinum. If you didn't know).
So what does this job entail?
There seems to be 3 mains areas:
Systems Hardware Engineers, working on the embedded systems such as micro-controllers and data acquisition, design for of the front end for telemetry and other environment specific sensors.
Navigation and Control Engineers, Working on, as it says, the navigational and control aspect of the spacecraft. This will also include calculating its flight path and consulting on every stage of the development from initial design to launch.
Ground and Flight software Engineers, Again the job is as it says, running the life-cycle of the embedded software systems. This includes again the consultations on every stage.
http://www.space.com/15686-asteroid-mining-jobs-planetary-resources.html
http://www.planetaryresources.com/mission/
2. Any Job at CERN is a job worth having!
CERN is the coolest place on the planet in my own eyes. Being massively interested in particle physics, and the best thing about it is that my school has got a trip running as we have been given free pass for a tour. I was the first chosen to go as the only physics student out of 7 that has a massively over-keen interest in the field. Once I've done my degree and possibly a P.h.D I am looking to apply for a fellowship, as it is roughly where I'm working towards. The research here 30 years ago was focused and finished on the W boson as they discovered its existence and then they had turned their attention to the Higgs Boson (the quanta of the higgs field). Recently finding evidence to a high significance for its existence.
So what does this job entail?
There are hundreds of job at CERN with it employing thousands of people to run and maintain the systems. my favourite 2 jobs would have to be:
Theoretical Physicist, needing a P.h.D in Physics makes it sounds fun all on its own (to me at least). The job entails that you will have to develop new theoretical ideas aimed at understanding the fundamental forces of nature, Develop the relevance of the experimental programmer and take advantage of the large laboratory available Finally you will have to contribute to the general scientific culture though active participation in training programmes and promotional events on site. Have to admit that sounds like my dream job.
Process operators on CERN's technical facilities - cryogenics, cause who doesn't love a job in cryo-physics. That serious lack on energy makes systems more fun and cool (pun intended) to work with. The systems of the LHC constitute nearly half the worlds stock of liquid helium liquefiers in order to keep the equipment as near to 0K as possible. your job would be to maintain these systems!
https://ert.cern.ch/browse_www/wd_portal.show_page?p_web_site_id=1&p_text_id=1
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