Vacancies

Who sets the standards, to ensure that anything that can be measured is done so with consistency and reliability? We do. Through our vital research, the National Physical Laboratory is helping support scientific and commercial innovations, international trade, environmental protection and health and wellbeing . It's why our people mean everything to us, as they're the ones behind our gr...

Put simply, we set the standards by which everything is measured. In doing so, the National Physical Laboratory is helping to combat issues on a global scale such as climate change, curing diseases and the development of cutting-edge communications technology. At NPL, we touch ordinary lives in extraordinary ways and you could too. Our research teams need to focus on the task in hand to pr...

Research sits at the very core of our business. This is your chance to make an impact to our ground-breaking work as you apply your established knowledge and solutions to a range of technical activities. As we're always looking to stretch our capabilities, we'll look to you to spot potential commercial opportunities and to help raise our profile as and when you can. We work as a team here, so an...

If you already have experience in a website co-ordination role, here's your opportunity to work on the technical elements of the NPL website – the main platform for communicating our cutting-edge work in science and engineering. Based within our Marketing Department and Communications team, you'll support our Web Manager in delivering NPL websites and content . There's...

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 worth of expe...

NPL is the UK`s National Measurement Institute providing the measurement expertise that underpins UK prosperity and quality of life. We are a world-leading research facility, bringing together scientists and engineers from almost every field to help save lives, protect the environment and enable citizens to feel safe and secure as well as support global trade and innovation. We are inve...

NPL is the UK`s National Measurement Institute providing the measurement expertise that underpins UK prosperity and quality of life. We are a world-leading research facility, bringing together scientists and engineers from almost every field to help save lives, protect the environment and enable citizens to feel safe and secure as well as support global trade and innovation. We are investi...

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. At NPL, we touch ordinary lives in extraordinary ways and you could too. NPL's Quantum Technology (QT) Department is seeking applicants to join our Microtraps research team. I...

NPL is looking for an enthusiastic and collaborative Non-Executive Director and Chair of the NPL Audit and Risk Committee. As a Non-Executive Director and Chair, you will be joining a skilled and high-performing Board comprised of individuals with a wide range of professional backgrounds and lived experience. You will also partner with your fellow board members, the CEO and ...

The UK's National Physical Laboratory is seeking a Non-Exec utive Director and Chair of its Science and Technology Advisory Council to join our B oard. In this role, you will chair our Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) and enjoy advocating for NPL as an external ambassador. The role will suit someone with experience in governance and le...