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Job titles for graduates with physics or astronomy degrees:

• Acoustics Physicist
• Air Traffic Control Specialist
• Applied Physicist
• Astronomer
• Astrophysical Research Specialist
• Automotive Engineer
• Biophysicist
• Chemical Physicist
• Computer Programmer
• Environmental Analyst
• Environmental Health Specialist
• Fluids Physicist
• Forensic Scientist
• Geodesist
• Geophysicist
• Laboratory Technician
• Meteorologist
• Mathematician
• Metallurgical Engineer
• Molecular Physicist
• Nuclear Power Plant Specialist
• Observatory Data Specialist
• Occupational Safety Specialist
• Physicist
• Physics Design Engineer
• Physics Researcher
• Physiognomist
• Planetarium Assistant
• Plasma Physicist
• Project Manager
• Quality Control Specialist
• Radiological Laboratory Technician
• Research & Development Engineer
• Satellite Data Analyst
• Satellite Missions Analyst
• Science Laboratory Technician
• Science Museum Administrator
• Science Writer/Editor
• Seismologist
• Solid Earth Physicist
• System Analyst
• Teacher, Science or Math
• Technical Illustrator
• Test Engineer

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