Quantum Specialist KTP Associate

About the role

The University of Sussex and CPI TMD Technologies Ltd are looking to recruit a highly motivated and skilled research fellow in atomic clock development.

CPI TMD’s core business is the design, manufacture and supply of high-power microwave amplifiers and power supplies to the defense and communications industries. These products require extremely specialist manufacture and testing capability. The company is also pursuing the development of a third revenue stream of quantum-enabled sensing and timing products.

In this three-year project, you will complete the development of, and bring to market, a commercial off-the-shelf optical atomic clock based on a calcium ion frequency standard.

Why work with us as a KTP Associate

Working with experts from the university and drawing on expertise from within the company, you will use your skills to follow CPI TMD Technologies’ new product introduction process to

• Review and redesign atomic clock subsystems
• Source components and suppliers
• Test and characterize subsystems
• Integrate and characterize the atomic clock system

This 36-month project is funded through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) award, a UK Government scheme intended to promote beneficial relationships between universities and industry. You will be based with CPI-TMD and also have the opportunity to visit the beautiful University of Sussex campus.

As a KTP Associate you will receive:

• extensive practical and formal training
• gain marketable skills
• broaden knowledge and expertise within an industrially relevant project
• be supported by both industrial and academic mentors.

The KTP associate will benefit from a tax-free Personal Development Budget of £6,000 and there is the potential to publish project output.

About our School

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The School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences is proud to hold a Bronze Athena Swan Award.

Why work here

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Further Key Information

Please contact Matthias Keller on (m.k.keller@sussex.ac.uk)  for informal enquiries.

For full details and how to apply, click the 'Apply' button above.

The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex.

Please note that this position may be subject to ATAS clearance if you require visa sponsorship.

The successful candidate will be subject to mandatory security checks through the company before being confirmed in post.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK. 

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