Precision Time Scale Engineer for Secure National Timing

National Physical Laboratory; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

National Physical Laboratory's Time & Frequency department is looking for a Time Scale Engineer to advance the UK’s leading timing initiative. You will contribute to a resilient time distribution capability supporting essential services and infrastructure.

You will calibrate timing hardware, manage hardware assets, and prepare technical artefacts while collaborating across teams to ensure robust performance and documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience calibrating precision timing hardware.
• Strong data analysis skills.
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• 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 specification and procurement of equipment.
• Contributing to engineering artefacts (e.g., compliance reports, obsolescence planning).
• Testing and integration of new equipment (e.g., time interval counters).
• Maintaining accurate records and contributing to information management.
• Ad-hoc data processing / analysis to review performance of the time scale.

Skills

Calibration

Data analysis

Cross-functional teamwork

Tools

Time interval counters

Job description

National Physical Laboratory's Time & Frequency department is looking for a Time Scale Engineer to advance the UK’s leading timing initiative. You will contribute to a resilient time distribution capability supporting essential services and infrastructure.

You will calibrate timing hardware, manage hardware assets, and prepare technical artefacts while collaborating across teams to ensure robust performance and documentation.