Work packages
A board for proper jobs
Publish the scope. Receive applications. Nobody has to decode a LinkedIn post written at eleven.
Scoped jobs with a budget band, a deadline, deliverables, evaluation criteria and milestones. Applications go straight to the publisher; we do not score them.
- Read the constraints before the scope. That is where the awkward facts live.
- The evaluation criteria are in the order publishers actually apply them.
- Packages that are closed or awarded stay on the board as worked examples of scoping.
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design · £40–70k · closes 20 Sept 2026
Design a hydrogen-ready combustor liner for a 2 MW industrial turbine
Hearthline · Sheffield
A liner that can live with hydrogen without becoming modern art. Thermal, materials and a drawing pack a foundry will not laugh at.
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characterisation · £25–45k · closes 30 Sept 2026
Characterise graphene-enhanced concrete for rail sleepers
Swansea University partners · Swansea
Mixes, coupons, and the difference between a press release and a sleeper. Freeze–thaw, fatigue, and a report a track engineer can read.
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prototype · £30–55k · closes 10 Oct 2026
Build a digital twin of a tidal barrage lock
Tidewright · Orkney
A twin that predicts gate loads and silt, not a dashboard that looks like a video game. Must run on a laptop in a harbour office.
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trial · £18–32k · closes 12 Sept 2026
Thermal-vacuum campaign for a 6U photonic payload
Lumen Forge · Cambridge / facility TBC
Book the chamber, write the procedure, and do not cook the optics. We have a payload. We need a grown-up campaign.
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trial · £22–38k · closes 25 Sept 2026
Trial a confined-space inspection robot on a retired airframe
Quill Robotics · Bristol / Filton area
A wing that is no longer flying, a robot that would like to be trusted, and a defect set that is not a stock photograph.
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research · £15–28k · closes 18 Sept 2026
Field survey: quantum magnetometer in an aircraft hangar
National Physical Laboratory partners · Teddington / host hangar
Hangars are magnetic in all the wrong ways. We need a host site and a team that can survey without shutting the airport.
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trial · £12–20k · closes 22 Sept 2026
Usability study for a point-of-care diagnostic
Independent medtech sponsor · London
Nurses, a device, and the moment it becomes obvious the lid is on the wrong side. Formative usability before anyone mentions a pivotal trial.
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advisory · £20–35k · closes 28 Sept 2026
Integration study: 180 °C heat pump on a finishing line
Hearthline · West Midlands
A factory that still believes steam is a personality. We need a process-integration study that a finance director and a fitter can both survive.
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advisory · £45–80k · closes 24 Oct 2026
Remaining-life assessment of a masonry viaduct
Regional infrastructure asset owner · North of England
A nineteenth-century structure, a renewal programme that cannot afford it yet, and a question that has to be answered with evidence rather than instinct.
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characterisation · £25–40k · closes 17 Oct 2026
Bench validation of a point-of-care assay against a comparator method
Ridgeway Diagnostics · Oxford / laboratory TBC
An accredited laboratory, a recognised comparator, and a dataset that will go into a regulatory submission. Precision matters more than speed here.
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prototype · £35–60k · closes 31 Oct 2026
Ground-segment prototype for a two-satellite constellation
Lumen Forge · Cambridge / remote
Scheduling, telemetry and a tasking interface for two spacecraft. Boring, essential, and the difference between a constellation and a hobby.