Our world-leading Time & Frequency department seek an experienced and practicing Senior Scientist / 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 associated with our dependency on global navigation satellite systems (such as GPS) that are vulnerable to both natural and intentional interference.

As Senior Scientist / Engineer, you will join a multi-disciplinary team of Scientists and Engineers in our National Timing Centre to develop new Time and Frequency infrastructure within the UK. You'll enjoy a pivotal role in creating robust systems for ground- and satellite-based Time and Frequency dissemination, based on Atomic Clocks located at several UK sites.

This will include testing and implementation of:

• Satellite communication
• Optical fibre, and
• GNSS-based and monitoring subsystems

Key responsibilities:

• Leading a team of System Engineers and Scientists to deliver high-quality projects to time, quality and cost
• Design and implementation of hardware and software for satellite communication, optical fibre and GNSS-based time and frequency transfer techniques for comparing distant atomic clocks
• Developing novel time dissemination systems, equipment and applications to support UK sovereign and industry needs
• Collaborating with wider teams to innovate high-specification solutions
• Interacting with internal and external stakeholders to determine their needs and meet their expectations