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Physics Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 26+ physics jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and compressed weeks—for a better work-life balance. 4 new this week. Hiring companies include Helion, CERN, and Syracuse University.

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4-day weeks (80% pay) 1
9-day fortnights 5
compressed weeks 6
generous PTO 7
unlimited PTO 5

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Senior ML/AI Modeler, Risk Automation Machine Learning

1mo

Block · Remote · California, USA

61 · GoodUnlimited PTO$229k – $343k

Anthropic Fellows Program, AI Safety & Security

4mo

Anthropic · Remote · USA

55 · GoodGenerous Parental Leave$3,850/wk

Research Associate on the Mechanics of Floating Structures

University of Manchester · Onsite · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

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Software Developer

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CERN · Hybrid · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Senior Systems Programmer - 7 Days to Die

1mo

Behaviour · Hybrid · Montreal, QC, Canada

87 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

IR Designer and Analyst

NEW

General Atomics · Hybrid · Poway, CA, USA

58 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Hardware Intern

Arista Networks · Onsite · Nashua, NH, USA

57 · GoodBest Place to Work

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Hydrogen Permeation Testing and Characterisation

14d

University of Manchester · Hybrid · Manchester, UK

70 · GreatCompressed Work Week

Detector Simulation Physicist (EP-SFT-2026-152-GRAP)

14d

CERN · Hybrid · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 6k – CHF 7k

Applied Physicist (EP-ATL-TRK-2026-192-LD)

25d

CERN · Onsite · Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

64 · GoodGenerous PTOCHF 9k

Postdoctoral Research Associate - AI and CFD

1mo

Oak Ridge National Laboratory · Hybrid · Oak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Associate, Optical Engineer

4mo

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Tulsa, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Post Doctoral Scholar

1mo

Ohio State University · Onsite · Columbus, OH, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Postdoctoral Researcher- Experimental High Energy Physics

4mo

Syracuse University · Onsite · Geneva, Geneva or Syracuse, NY

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Postdoctoral Researcher - Gravitational Wave Detector Technology

4mo

Syracuse University · Hybrid · Syracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Postdoctoral Researcher - Quantum Optics

4mo

Syracuse University · Hybrid · Syracuse, USA

61 · GoodCompressed Work Week

Materials Engineer, Dielectrics

2mo

Helion · Onsite · Everett, WA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$164k – $236k

Senior Applied Plasma Data Scientist

2mo

Helion · Onsite · Everett, WA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$210k – $250k

Principal Applied Plasma Data Scientist

2mo

Helion · Onsite · Everett, WA, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$230k – $270k

AI Research Engineer

2mo

Graphcore · Hybrid · Bristol +2 more

57 · GoodUnlimited PTO

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Employers hiring for Physics on this page include Helion, CERN, and Syracuse University. Physics roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Physics is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Physics roles span the full seniority range — we list 26 open roles requiring Physics across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Physics hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Physics roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Physics candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Physics on current listings.

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