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[AZDesertnomad]

I would like any suggestions on finding work in Portugal. It seems that the only way Americans can find work is through TESOL/TEFL. University work seems to be a little more difficult.

Any Advice?

[SW, too]

I had a post-doc in Portugal, paid for through EU grant money.  You can try applying for over-seas grants or fellowships, but I believe you are more likely to receive those positions if you have strong ties to researchers in Portugal and a faculty member there is willing to serve as a mentor or sponser for your work.  As for something more permanent. . .that depends on your field.  In my social sciences field there are more qualified Portuguese researchers than university jobs, and it would be very difficult for someone who is not even an EU citizen to get hired.  The system works very differently, too, so you are not very likely to be hired for a university position if you have not be working your way through their system from the beginning.  That said, there are a lot of foreign (mostly EU) faculty members at Portuguese universities in certain fields, particularly the hard sciences and engineering.  My advice would be to make contacts with Portuguese faculty in your field and ask them about the possibilities.  If you have a PhD your chances of getting a job might be better, since it is less common in Portugal than in the US for faculty members to have PhD's.

boa sorte!