Vacancies

NPL is seeking an experienced Higher Scientist based in Teddington to plan and deliver a number of technical activities to take our research to the next level. This full-time Research Scientist job comes with a generous salary and benefits package. As a Higher Scientist, you'll be expected to acquire new knowledge to find solutions to advance our research. Also, if commercial opportunities ...

U.K. Telecommunication Laboratory(UKTL) Led by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, the UK Telecoms Lab(UKTL), announced in October 2022, will give the UK the cutting-edge technology to keep our telecommunications networks safe, accelerate the roll-out of 5G,and grow our brilliant telecoms sector by bringing in new entrants to diversify the supply chain marke...

We have an exciting opportunity for a Higher Scientist specialising in gamma spectrometry to join our Nuclear Metrology Group. The Nuclear Metrology Group is a world leader in developing techniques for the measurement of radioactivity, including gamma spectrometry. We support a wide range of industrial and research customers within the medical and energy sectors by providing measurement...

The Talent Acquisition team are critical to the future of NPL's success . You will work closely with our Talent Pipelines and Early Careers Manager, along with our HR colleagues, business stakeholders and the external marketplace . We have created this new Our Talent Specialists to ensure we are outperforming the market in recruitment with a greater operational and strategic ...

Are you interested in furthering your career in optical radiometry? At NPL we are looking for a post-doctoral graduate (or equivalent) to join our Optical Radiometric Metrology group. In this role you will design, develop, and assemble optical instrumentation (sources and detectors) which operate in the UV, visible and near-IR for the lab and the field for pre-flight and in-fl...

As an Electronics Hardware Engineer, you'll be joining our world-renowned Time & Frequency department developing o ptical atomic clocks and enabling their performance to be compared between different National Measurement Institutes, along the way investigating applications in fundamental physics and working towards the redefinition of the SI second. Your primary responsibilities will inc...

Whether you're talking about length, mass, time, temperature, electric current, amount or the brightness of light, the National Physical Laboratory sets the standards by which these things are all measured. As we continue to explore the ways in which our work can be used around the world, we have to become even more strategic in our approach. As a senior member of the Transformation and ...

We are looking for a research scientist with a real passion for tackling climate change and an interest to develop their career in environmental measurement and metrology. The Emissions and Atmospheric Metrology group (EAM) provides science research, best practices, traceability and calibration for emission and atmospheric measurements, from the labora...

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Scientist/ Scientist to join the Thermophysical Properties area within the Advanced Engineering Materials group based in Teddington, which is home to some unique facilities that support UK industry. This full-time role comes with a generous salary and benefits package. Research and measurement sit at the very core of our business here at NPL....

The UK Telecoms Lab (UKTL), announced in October 2022, will give the UK the cutting-edge technology to keep our telecommunications networks safe, accelerate the roll-out of 5G, and grow our brilliant telecoms sector by bringing in new entrants to diversify the supply chain market. This role will involve understanding in depth the vulnerabilities and vuln classes present carrier-grade telec...