Assistant Research Technologist
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Job Title: Assistant Research Technologist
Salary: £37,744 to £42,631 plus a Location allowance of £1,721. You will receive £37,744 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £42,631 will be via incremental progression.
Location: Southwark
We are leading advancements in emerging technologies to deliver bespoke solutions to niche and specialist areas of the Met. The only way you can appreciate our sophisticated technologies, and how we’re using them to protect the public and fight crime across London, is to see them for yourself.
This is a unique opportunity for an Assistant Research Technologist who wants to develop and progress their research skills by working in an exciting engineering and science environment, offering excellent employee benefits, delivering concept demonstrators of technology solutions that will make London safer.
About us
The Technology, Research and Innovation (TRI) team keeps the Met at the cutting-edge of technology. Our work is highly innovative and no two projects are ever the same. Some initiatives involve undertaking research with academia or exploring new off-the-shelf technologies. Others involve modifying commercially available products or developing our own software and electronic solutions. Delivery of our solutions involves the complete lifecycle from capturing requirements with customers, producing designs, and turning these designs into a proof-of-concept or a fully functional system for operational use.
The role
As an Assistant Research Technologist, you will be part of the Research team who liaise with academia and research-based industries to create and test concept demonstrators of emerging technology. These pieces of technology will be focussed towards making London safer and delivering the requirements of our customers. Your main role will be to perform rigorous, scientific testing of equipment and algorithms in a lab-based environment, following a defined test strategy.
Under the guidance of the Research Technologist, your role will involve working effectively as part of a team in the laboratory or working individually to complete testing. You will also assist the research technologist in determining the tests required, including control samples. Once the testing data is collected, you’ll also assist in performing basic statistical analysis and visualisation techniques. You’ll also be involved in setting up and configuring technical demonstrations to both customers and senior members of the Met. You will also assemble any apparatus required to perform the testing or the concept demonstrators provided by academia. You’ll be co-operating and collaborating with members of the IT and Electronics development teams in order to leverage their expertise. We give you the time and space to nurture your interests, and you’ll be surrounded by a warm and inclusive team who will share your enthusiasm for technology.
Vetting
This post requires access to the most sensitive intelligence material on a daily basis. Applicants must hold or be prepared to undergo National Security Vetting (NSV) Security Check (SC) level before taking up the post.
Please click on the below link to view an online candidate information pack that will you give you an insight into the Met, the competency framework we use which shapes our daily work behaviours, the application process and a host of other information, that will help inform and support your application:
https://sscl-innovation.com/MPScandidatepack/
Click the apply now button below and start your career at the Met. Applications will be via a detailed CV, Personal Statement and online application form. Your personal statement should be a maximum of 2 sides of A4, outline why you are interested in the role and how your skills and experience demonstrate your suitability for the role. (NB. Please do not attach 2 copies of your CV).
Completed applications must be submitted by 12th December 2022.
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer the Met have committed to ensuring that disabled people and those with long-term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations.
What you bring along:
You will have a degree in a relevant technology related discipline. Good communication skills are key and you will need the ability to work as part of a team or trusted to work your own, along with attention to detail and accuracy. You’ll have the commitment and enthusiasm to see technically challenging tasks through to completion, whilst following a strategy and health & safety requirements. You’ll be passionate about new and emerging technologies and be excited to work on cutting-edge technology developed by universities and industries across the UK.
We need you to have:
You’ll need to have the ability to perform scientific testing in a lab-based environment, accurately using equipment and diligently recording results. Experience of building, assembling, and configuring test apparatus (whether hardware or software) is a must. You’ll need to be able to work independently to solve problems as well as contribute to team discussions and work collaboratively with others. You will also need either computing knowledge (i.e. basic scripting, comfortable in command line use) or electronic skills (i.e. soldering, use of a multi-meter, oscilloscope). Maintaining health and safety standards, especially when using equipment, is vital. You will be required to hold or undergo security clearance to MV/SC level in order to perform this role.
We’d love for you to have:
If you have some of the skills and experiences below, then we’d love to hear from you. If you have had experience with testing and building technology demonstrators, or experience of working with emerging technologies, then that is a bonus. Awareness (but not necessarily the experience) of various statistical analysis and data visualisation methods would be advantageous.
We’d be interested if you had:
We’re excited about a wide range of technologies and if you had any experience or interest in the following: embedded systems and IoT devices (e.g. Raspberry Pi, Arduino), cameras, materials science, electronic circuit design, MatLab, or Python, then we’d be really keen to hear about it. If you’ve had experience of an academic or a research and development environment, then please do let us know.
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
Read our full disability confidence statement.
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