Quantum Specialist (KTP Associate)
Hayes £51,753 - £56,535
Job sector
Manufacturing / Engineering
Job function
spectroscopy, quantum optics and atom-light interaction
Start date
01/12/2026
Job duration
28 months
Application closing date
28/10/2026
Job description
This position forms part of the Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme co-funded by a grant through Innovate UK. It is essential that the post holder understands that a KTP works across the business and the university, and the vital role you will play if you successfully secure this position. KTPs offer a wide range of benefits including access to management training, mentoring and a £6,000 Personal Development budget to enable you to upskill during the project.
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
Project description
Working with experts from the university and drawing on expertise from within the company, you will follow CPI-TMD Technologies Ltd’s New Product Introduction process (a gate stage engineering lifecycle) to translate the current system design from a research system to a commercial product.
About the business
CPI TMD Technologies Ltd’s core business is the design, manufacture, supply and repair of high-power microwave amplifiers and power supplies to the defence and communications industries. These products are typically high value and low-to-medium volume, requiring extremely specialist manufacturing and testing capability to realize. In order to achieve more significant growth, the company is pursuing development of a third revenue stream from quantum-enabled sensing and timing products.