Caltech Jobs and Profile

With an outstanding faculty, including four Nobel laureates, and such off-campus facilities as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Palomar Observatory, and the W. M. Keck Observatory, the California Institute of Technology is one of the world's major research centers.  The Institute also conducts instruction in science and engineering for a student body of approximately 900 undergraduates and 1,000 graduate students who maintain a high level of scholarship and intellectual achievement.

Caltech's 124-acre campus is situated in Pasadena , California , a city of 135,000 at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, approximately 30 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean and 10 miles northeast of the Los Angeles Civic Center .

Caltech is an independent, privately supported university, and is not affiliated with either the University of California system or the California State Polytechnic universities.

Benefits

The Caltech benefits program is designed to provide quality, competitive benefits that are affordable for you and the Institute. Caltech shares the cost of most benefits with you, and gives you the opportunity to supplement your coverage with certain voluntary plans. The program provides a strong base of coverage for you and your Dependents, and the ability to choose the plan and the level of coverage that best meets your needs.

The following is a list of benefits available to Caltech Staff employees:

Vacation days, holidays and sick leave; medical, dental and vision insurance plans; personal accident insurance; long term disability; health care and dependent car spending accounts; 403(b) and a retirement plan; tuition support; direct deposit and membership to the Caltech Credit Union onsite.

For more detailed information on these benefits, please visit our website at www.Caltech.edu.