Location: | London, Hybrid |
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Salary: | £45,700 to £55,240 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 6th June 2025 |
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Closes: | 3rd July 2025 |
Job Ref: | NAT01975 |
Location: South Kensington Campus
About the role:
Are you highly collaborative? Do you have an impressive background in scientific instrumentation? Does the idea of applying your talents and creativity to the future of space exploration excite you? If so, then this could be the perfect career opportunity for you.
The Space Magnetometer Laboratory is in search of an Instrument Engineer to become part of the highly successful, multi-disciplinary team. This unique opportunity will enable you to contribute to the development of the magnetometer onboard European Space Agency’s new space weather monitoring satellite, Vigil.
What you would be doing:
You will work within a cross-disciplinary engineering team developing the Vigil Magnetometer. Working across the engineering specialisms, you will be involved in all aspects of the instrument design, build and test programme. There will be the opportunity to engage in a range of tasks, key examples of which are shown below.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for a proactive engineer who is comfortable working across multiple engineering domains and willing to get involved in all aspects of the instrument development.
You must have a degree in an engineering, physics or closely related discipline. You will have experience in the design or use of high-end scientific instrumentation and worked in a project to deliver within required timelines. We are also interested in hearing from experimentally minded graduates who excel at problem solving and like to be challenged or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of research,
This career opportunity will suit a motivated individual who would relish working with a small team who have developed instruments that have produced outstanding science on missions such as Cassini, Rosetta, Cluster, Solar Orbiter and JUICE.
What we can offer you:
Further Information
The Space Magnetometer Laboratory at Imperial College London sits within the Space, Plasma and Climate Group, part of the Physics Department. We are a world leading centre of excellence for space instrumentation, responsible for the design and build of magnetic field instruments currently flying on the European Space Agency (ESA) Solar Orbiter and JUICE missions
This is a full-time fixed-term contract for 12 months.
If you require any further details about the role, please contact:
Richard Baughen r.baughen@ic.ac.uk
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