DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE Salary
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DIAMOND HOUSE HARWELL SCIENCE AND INNOVATION CAMPUS DIDCOT OX11 0DE ENGLAND
TIN:
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Science & research

Earnings on positions in DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE

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technician
2.7K £
▲4%
senior software engineer
4.3K £
▲7%
senior engineer
4K £
▲4%

Changes in earnings for the position technician

Average annual salary

Current

2696£

latest offer

Total change

+4%

since 2024

Latest change

+4%

vs previous period

Average period

2645£

out of 2 points

0700 £1.4K £2.1K £
0700 £1.4K £2.1K £2.8K £
2024
2025

Changes in earnings for the position technician

Average annual salary

Current

2696£

latest offer

Total change

+4%

since 2024

Latest change

+4%

vs previous period

Average period

2645£

out of 2 points

0700 £1.4K £2.1K £
0700 £1.4K £2.1K £2.8K £
2024
2025

Changes in earnings for the position technician

Average annual salary

Current

2696£

latest offer

Total change

+4%

since 2024

Latest change

+4%

vs previous period

Average period

2645£

out of 2 points

0700 £1.4K £2.1K £
0700 £1.4K £2.1K £2.8K £
2024
2025

Data based on job offers published by the company

Earnings on positions in DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE

Average salary in this position
Average salary in this position in the country
senior engineer
4045 £
19%
4810 £
building services engineer
3358 £
-7%
3135 £
data scientist
3358 £
24%
4147 £
electrical design engineer
3546 £
14%
4007 £
electrical project engineer
3546 £
31%
4623 £
electrical technician
3358 £
-5%
3201 £
maintenance technician
2593 £
8%
2797 £

National average salary

2950 £

Average salary in this company

3544 £

Estimated salary

£ 3358

Median salary at DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE

£ 2593 Lowest salary
£ 3544 The average salary
£ 6309 Highest salary

DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE is looking for employees for positions:

engineer

Responsibility

  • design, development, installation, commissioning, and operational support of high-performance computing systems
  • troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution of faults in our clusters
  • develop of automation tools for system administration tasks
  • monitoring and analysis of cluster performance metrics, proactively identifying areas where improvements can be made in cluster operations
  • staying up to date with emerging storage technologies and trends, evaluating their potential impact on research computing for the facility
  • engaging closely with subject matter experts in a variety of technical fields to inform the development of new systems, services, and policies

mechanical engineering technician

Trade

  • electrical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering

Language

  • english

Responsibility

  • mechanical and electrical assembly and installation of bespoke, prototype, high-tech equipment
  • to have an interest in science and technology and a commitment to keep up to date with industry developments

Requirements

  • ability to follow instructions

team manager

Working hours

  • full-time | Permanent

Responsibility

  • about Us
  • diamond Light Source is one of the world’s most advanced scientific facilities
  • probing the structure and composition of matter, our work drives innovation in everything from vaccines to nanotech
  • about the Role
  • we’re home to the UK’s synchrotron light source – a giant microscope producing beams of light 10 billion times brighter than the sun
  • we now have an excellent opportunity for an Engagement Team Manager within our Communications Team, to provide operational leadership for all engagement activities at Diamond, including resourcing, content planning and delivery for educational outreach and public engagement activities, planning, budget management and delivery and evaluation of corporate events and workshops, and student engagement
  • to identify and manage partnerships and key relationships with external organisations and funders where these will deliver maximum value for the facility
  • deputising for the Head of Impact, Communications and Engagement as required

Requirements

  • working within a successful communications or public engagement group
  • managing the operational delivery of complex engagement, education and/or communications projects
  • using and designing campaigns with digital tools which are key to dissemination and engagement
  • you will demonstrate exceptional communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to work as a team and build strong working relationships at all levels

senior systems engineer

Working hours

  • full-time | Permanent

Responsibility

  • optimising storage performance, reliability, and scalability for research workloads
  • troubleshooting and resolution of storage-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime
  • monitoring and analysis of storage performance metrics, proactively identifying areas for improvement
  • staying up to date with emerging storage technologies and trends, evaluating their potential impact on research computing for the facility
  • about You
  • would you like to be a key player in the delivery of one of the biggest scientific upgrade projects carried out in the last 20 years? Would you like to be in at the start and really make a difference as to how Electrical and Electronic Safety Solutions that facilitate Science, Robots and Lasers are engineered and delivered?
  • due to commence in November 2027, Diamond-II will enhance the capabilities of the experimental facility in every dimension and require a digital infrastructure to match
  • to deliver this, you will work with Diamond and Scientific Computing colleagues, as well as third parties to combine traditional high performance/high throughput computing tools, with emerging cloud, DevOps, and networking technology

Requirements

  • A solid understanding of network protocols and technologies used in HPC
  • administration of Linux or Unix based systems
  • strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with a keen attention to detail
  • designing and implementing HPC storage systems , BeeGFS)
  • good interpersonal, communication and presentational skills in order to interact with staff, facility users and suppliers at all levels of seniority
  • proficiency in scripting languages commonly used in the HPC field
  • experience of working in a scientific environment and/or providing support to researchers will be advantageous
  • configuration management and automation tools and containerization and orchestration technologies would be beneficial

events coordinator

Working hours

  • full-time | Contract

Salary

  • salary

electronics engineer

Working hours

  • full-time | Permanent

Responsibility

  • assisting the Detector Group in the installation and commissioning of detectors and associated electronics for synchrotron X-ray experiments
  • design and prototyping of detector systems and associated electronics with particular reference to FPGAs
  • monitoring of the work subcontracted to external companies or organisations
  • detailed design of FPGA based firmware detector interfaces to data acquisition systems
  • detailed testing and benchmarking of commercial electronic equipment
  • testing and validation of equipment constructed or delivered by external companies or organisations
  • supervision of assembly for detector electronics including rack based systems such as NIM and VME
  • helping in the Installation of beamline detector and diagnostic systems

Requirements

  • FPGA firmware programming
  • VHDL or Verilog
  • high speed SerDes
  • electronics systems commissioning and fault finding
  • digital Signal Processing
  • xilinx FPGA and tools
  • use of electronic test equipment
  • version control

senior finance business partner

Working hours

  • full-time | Permanent

Requirements

  • financial management - covering budgeting, forecasting and “value added” reporting
  • financial Planning and Analysis
  • management accounting concepts and general accounting procedures
  • line management of a small team
  • finance systems

physicist

Working hours

  • full-time | Permanent

Salary

  • salary

science technician

Working hours

  • full-time | Permanent

Salary

  • salary

Responsibility

  • supervising and coordinating the installation and commissioning of specialist beamline equipment, with cross-group resource planning
  • preparing and installing equipment for upcoming experiments, removal afterwards and making safe
  • you may also be called upon during experiments to fault find and effect repairs or modifications at short notice
  • carrying out a variety of light mechanical and electrical assembly tasks , including one-off small-scale fabrications, machining, and modifications, including motorised stages
  • installation of new beamline mechanical components, detectors including in-vacuum items
  • working closely with other technical, engineering, and scientific staff to produce designs new systems, equipment, or processes
  • taking part in operational planning, liaising with, and coordinating tasks with members of other specialist technical and engineering support groups across the wider organisation to complete various works according to plan
  • interacting with both the scientific beamline staff and facility users to ensure the beamline’s facilities and equipment can meet the scientific requirements

Requirements

  • ultra-high vacuum systems, fittings, pumps and working practices
  • cryogenics and water-cooled systems
  • handling/disposal of hazardous substances and chemicals
  • high temperatures/pressures and the handling and use of specialist gases/vapours , PSSR assessments)
  • experience with cranes and slings etc. for heavy lifting would also be advantageous, as would experience of working at another large-scale science or technology orientated engineering facility

devops engineer

Working hours

  • full-time | Permanent

Salary

  • salary

Requirements

  • developing and deploying production quality software written in Java, Python or Golang
  • production ready monitoring and logging systems, preferably in a Cloud native environment using tools such as Prometheus
  • production systems such as Kubernetes that run containerised applications
  • configuration management and devops tooling
  • ansible, Gitlab, and Kubernetes is highly desirable
  • implementing CI/CD pipelines for business-critical applications
  • modern programming languages such as Golang, Java, or Python
  • customer/user facing issues