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NPL is looking for a Linux system administrator for its small, HPC cluster,Minerva. Minerva is a HPC cluster running Rocky 8 with 8 CPU nodes (2x28 coreseach, Intel Icelake chipset) and 2 GPU nodes (4x NVIDIA A100-80 GB cards and1TB RAM each) with Infiniband interconnection. It was recently updated by our external partners, Cambridge Research Computing Ltd, who are also helping ...

NPL is the UK`s National Measurement Institute providing the measurement expertise that underpins UK prosperity and quality of life. From unhackable quantum communications and superfast 5G to antibiotic alternatives and more effective cancer diagnosis/treatments; technological advances must be built on a foundation of reliable measurement to succeed. Building on over a century`s wor...

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. At NPL, we touch ordinary lives in extraordinary ...

The National Physical Laboratory, UK, seeks a PhD candidate for a prestigious MSCA Doctoral Network position. The candidate will play a pivotal role in the MENTOR project on environmentally friendly indoor photovoltaics. Working on the topic "New methods for accurate and reproducible assessment of performance, losses and reliability in indoor PV cells and modules", they will be responsib...

We're seeking a talented Hard Services Leader to manage, assure and lead the governance of the hard services provided to NPL. Working as a leader in the NPL Estates department the role is required to ensure NPL's building services engineering requirements are identified, understood and delivered effectively. Reporting directly to the Head of Estates and working closely with service deliver...

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 move forward, we're putting our customers at the heart of what we do. As a Customer Service Executive, it's down to you to treat our customers as you'd like to be treated. So that if the...

NPL is tasked with developing and maintaining the UK's national primary measurement standards: time, distance, mass, temperature and many more. Our focus is real world impact – we apply advanced science and engineering to boost the UK's prosperity and quality of life. Our work is crucial to accelerating research, development and testing for new products and processes – from anti...

Scientists in DNA synthesis NPL wishes to appoint a Higher Scientist in Biomolecular Synthesis and Assembly to support the lab's ambition to establish a National Institute in Engineering biology. The post will be integrated within the NPL's Centre for Engineering Biology, Metrology, and Standards and Cryo-EM laboratories . The Centre is a multidisciplinary team developing...

Our world-leading Time & Frequency department  are seeking an experienced and practicing Lab Manager. As Lab Manager, you'll enjoy collaborating with prominent Scientists, Engineers, and Specialists in Time & Frequency; to ensure - Our laboratories and assets are fit for purpose and well maintained, - Our procedures and activities are compliant, and - O...

Our world-leading Time & Frequency department are seeking a Senior Network Engineer with hands-on infrastructure and network design and implementation experience. You will be joining our team at an exciting time - we maintain the UK's National Time Scale, UTC (NPL), and are currently developing a new resilient Time Scale facility that will underpin our Critical National Infrastr...

Our world-leading Time & Frequency department are seeking an experienced and practicing Senior Software Engineer. You will be joining our team at an exciting time - we maintain the UK's National Time Scale, UTC (NPL), and are currently developing a new resilient Time Scale facility that will underpin our Critical National Infrastructure. This will address the risks associa...

We're seeking an experienced Higher Scientist to join our  Microphotonics team within our world-leading Time & Frequency department . You will be joining our Microphotonics team at an exciting time – we are leading the national effort to develop compact and chip-based microresonator -based frequency combs, or microcombs , as par...