Vacancies

Test and evaluation of systems and devices for superconducting quantum computing is becoming increasingly important for academia and industry. At the National Physical Laboratory this has been an active area of research for several years and is carried out in collaboration with a range of UK and international partners. We are now seeking a highly motivated full time Higher Research scientis...

This is a two prong project. The student will develop skills running small clinical studies that implement data-driven prediction algorithms to identify and test for cancer people who are at an increased risk. The focus will be on pancreatic cancer. The prediction algorithms already exist, they were developed for routine data, and they could be used to identify people at risk and test them f...

The Management Support Unit (MSU) is a dynamic group within NPL, administering large-scale collaborative research programmes on behalf of EURAMET eV. The currently running programmes (EMPIR and the European Partnership on Metrology) represent funding with a budget of over EUR 1 Billion, jointly funded by the European Union and participating countries within EURAMET. As Senior MSU Project Office...

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is recruiting for a Senior Engineer or Scientist with a strong background in the development, management and use of optical fibre links to transfer time and frequency signals for metrological applications. You will be leading research in novel time and frequency transfer techniques and developing a UK-based optical fibre network to disseminate stable and ac...

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Principle Electronic Design Engineer to join our Engineering Design Group, part of the Engineering Department, located in Teddington, London. NPL are the UK's National Metrology Institute, providing the measurement capability that underpins the UK's prosperity and quality of life. NPL are looking for a Principle Electronic Design Engineer with...

NPL's Intellectual Property underpins much of NPL's work and supports the real-world impact created through adoption of NPL technologies. We have a proud record of commercialisation - our IP has supported the growth of UK companies as well as commercialisation through routes such as spin-outs, licensing and NPL's products and services. This is an exciting opportunity for an IP special...

The Time and Frequency Department at NPL is seeking an experimental physicist to contribute to our expanding portfolio of projects involving optical frequency combs. These sit at the heart of our programme to develop a new generation of optical atomic clocks in anticipation of a redefinition of the SI second. Femtosecond combs allow clocks operating at different frequencies and in differen...

The Optical Frequency Metrology (OFM) group at NPL invites applications from experimental physicists with a strong background in cold atom research to contribute to development of the next generation of neutral atom based optical lattice clocks. Optical lattice clocks are at the forefront of frequency metrology and embrace the latest developments in cold atom experimental techniques to push...

Join NPL to design and deliver the data capability at the heart of a major digital transformation. NPL has an ambitious vision for our digital transformation and the difference it can make to our work and real world impact. Underpinned by best-in-class infrastructure, the transformation will empower our workforce, unlock the potential in data, strengthen governance and enhance our customer ...

We have an opportunity for a network engineer to join our expanding National Time Scale Group, which forms part of the Time & Frequency Department. The successful candidate will be part of a team developing IT infrastructure for a distributed time scale for the UK and globally. This will involve the design, implementation and testing of data transfer through optical fibre, along with satell...