Our world-leading Time & Frequency department are seeking an experienced and practicing Timing and Synchronisation Engineer with a background in Electronic Engineering.
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.
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of time synchronisation technologies (such as NTP (Network Time Protocol) and PTP (Precision Time Protocol)) coupled with hands-on experience in designing and implementing network-based timing solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design, implement, and maintain synchronisation systems using NTP/PTP
* Troubleshoot and optimise timing protocols across layers of IP networks
* Lead technical projects focused on timing architecture for critical national infrastructure (CNI) or communication systems.
* Contribute to documentation, white papers, or research related to timing protocols and network synchronisation
* Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams; including Network Engineers, Researchers, and academic staff.