Science news and analysis platform for physics researchers
Physics World operates a dual-track business: a publishing arm delivering physics news and analysis to a global research audience, paired with what appears to be a separate R&D and manufacturing operation. The tech stack—Oracle HCM, MicroStrategy, PeopleSoft, plus domain-specific instrumentation tools (MATLAB, LabVIEW, ICP-MS, WinCC)—reflects heavy enterprise data management and scientific hardware integration. The 41 active roles across research, engineering, and operations, with particular weight in mid-level technical staff, suggest scaling both editorial capacity and internal R&D delivery against aggressive timelines and complex supply-chain constraints.
Physics World is a public company headquartered in Bristol, United Kingdom, with 11–50 employees. The company serves two distinct markets: scientists in academic and industrial research through daily news, opinion, and analysis from an in-house editorial team; and internal R&D operations spanning quantum computing, laser systems, detector readout, and precision manufacturing. Active hiring spans research, engineering, operations, and administrative functions across the United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, and the Dominican Republic. Current challenges include data validation between Oracle and MicroStrategy systems, workforce analytics, parts shortages, and delivery against compressed timelines.
Oracle, MicroStrategy, PeopleSoft, SQL, Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, Bash, C++, Rust, plus domain instrumentation (LIMS, ICP-MS, WinCC).
United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, Germany, Canada, Japan, and Dominican Republic.