Atomic Clock Technologies Engineer

Description:

The National Physical Laboratory is helping to combat issues on a global scale such as climate change, curing diseases and innovating communications technology.

As a Higher Scientist / Engineer within our world-renowned Time & Frequency Department, you’ll enjoy laying the foundations to expand our atomic clock technology into space and into demanding terrestrial applications. You’ll work as a team to plan and deliver a wide range of technical activities and advance our research to the next level. You’ll develop next-generation atomic clock technology that can provide transformative capability in position, navigation and timing applications.

This permanent position comes with a generous salary and benefits package.

Also, if commercial opportunities arise from your work, you'll need to flag these – as this is how new products and services are born. At NPL, we learn from each other, respect each other, and work together to do better for ourselves and our customers.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Working with autonomy to develop solutions to scientific and engineering problems.
• Working collaboratively as part of a team to develop atomic clock technology.
• Sharing your learnings so that we all benefit and mentoring those with less experience than you
• Developing partnerships to strengthen our capability
• Acting as an ambassador for our work externally and being willing to promote what we do
• Providing technical support for any bids we may be undertaking

We are now working in a hybrid way, with a mix of remote and office working. We strive to offer a great work life balance - if you are looking for full time, part-time or flexible options, we will try to make this work where business possible. This will be dependent on the kind of role you do and part of the business you work in.

• You have 3+ years of experience working in experimental Science or Engineering, or a PhD.
• You can apply your expertise to novel problems
• You communicate clearly and collaborate with colleagues within your multi-disciplinary team
• You understand the value of providing good customer service to both internal and external customers, exceeding customer expectations by delivering high quality work with proactive communications
• You are committed to personal development and take on new learning opportunities