Engineer - Time Scale

Our world-leading Time & Frequency department seek a Time Scale Engineer.

This is an exceptional opportunity to join the global authority in precision timing at a defining moment for UK digital infrastructure.

Backed by a government investment of £180 million in the National Timing Centre (NTC) programme, we are developing a world-first resilient time distribution capability that will provide industry with a robust complement to satellite systems (such as GPS) – which are increasingly vulnerable to disruption from solar storms, jamming and spoofing. This will underpin essential services, including

• Telecommunications,
• Online banking,
• Emergency response,
• Transport networks, and
• Wider digital and data-driven operations.

Together, these services form the backbone of modern society - and you will help ensure they remain secure, reliable and robust even if global navigation satellite systems fail.

Key responsibilites:

• Building domain-specific knowledge to support cross-functional teams

• Performing calibration and measurement activities in our laboratories

• Supporting through-life management of hardware assets; including

• Specifying and procuring equipment

• Contributing to engineering artefacts (e.g., compiling compliance reports or supporting obsolescence planning)

• Testing & integration of new equipment (e.g., time interval counters)

• Maintaining accurate records and contributing to information management

• Ad-hoc data processing / analysis to review the performance of the time scale and constituent components.