Vacancy for Research Data Engineers at NPL

Digital Preservation Coalition; Teddington, Glasgow; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Data Science team at NPL is expanding and seeks Research Data Engineers to enhance scientific data management and support various projects. Successful candidates will integrate software development practices into data infrastructures, ensuring research data is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable. This role offers competitive salaries and career opportunities within a renowned research facility focused on health, environmental, and manufacturing advancements.

Benefits

Great work environment

Competitive salaries

Career opportunities

Wide range of benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in developing data architectures and protocols.
• Knowledge of FAIR principles for data management.
• Ability to work with multiple teams and platforms.

Responsibilities

• Integrate best practices from software development into scientific data management.
• Develop data architectures, protocols, and software tools.
• Support knowledge management projects across various science and industry domains.

Skills

Data architecture

Software development

Data management

Job description

Vacancy for Research Data Engineers at NPL

6 July 2021

Locations: Glasgow & Teddington

NPL is the UK’s National Measurement Institute, providing measurement expertise that underpins UK prosperity and quality of life. We are a world-leading research facility, bringing together scientists and engineers from various fields to help save lives, protect the environment, and support global trade and innovation.

We are investing in Data Science to address scientific challenges in Advanced Manufacturing, Energy & Environment, and Life Sciences & Health, aligned with our organizational growth and transformation plans.

The Data Science team at NPL is expanding, and we are seeking motivated candidates at all levels, from early career to experienced scientists, data engineers, and software developers. We offer a great work environment, competitive salaries, career opportunities, and a wide range of benefits.

Your role will focus on integrating best practices from software development into scientific data management to drive NPL’s Scientific Digital Transformation. Working alongside leading scientists at NPL and our partners in academia and industry, you will help advance research by creating optimal data infrastructures across various projects.

You will work across the entire data pipeline, from configuring data sources to integrating analytical tools. Responsibilities include developing data architectures, protocols, and software tools to promote the FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) and enabling knowledge representation and reasoning. We seek self-motivated individuals capable of supporting the data needs of multiple teams and platforms.

You will be involved in a range of knowledge management projects across different science and industry domains, such as:

• Developing ontologies to support automation in advanced manufacturing
• Creating data structures and storage architectures for advanced materials
• Defining data quality metrics for medical datasets used in machine learning
• Building information models to represent scientific experiments
• Improving research data processing through automation, scalability, and infrastructure redesign

The NPL Data Science Team, comprising around 30 members across Teddington, Cambridge, and Glasgow, is currently working remotely due to COVID-19. We are hiring in both Glasgow and Teddington, with occasional travel between sites. Please note, while flexible working arrangements are possible, this role is not fully remote.