We face the reference.
We start with the most stable available truth and arrange our work around it.
Careers / Current opportunities
Do the most important work
of the next 11,701 years.
Join engineers, researchers and continuity professionals working to ensure that when the reference returns to its proper position, the organisation is ready to receive it.
View open roles ↓01 / Culture & values
Bring your whole self.
Face the same direction.
We are united not by background or belief, but by a shared commitment to technically excellent work performed within a narrow range of approved orientations.
We preserve the signal.
We protect meaning through every layer of measurement, management and approved revision.
We prepare the North.
We make decisions whose beneficiaries may not yet have entered the recruitment pipeline.
“Together, we make the inevitable deliverable.” — proposed EVP strapline / approval withheld
02 / Life at Core Vega
One company.
Several levels of enthusiasm.
Most people here are not waiting for anything. They have invoices to approve. This may be why the institution survives.
PAYROLL OPERATIONSMH
“I process salaries, resolve mileage claims and remind the Polar Restoration team that an 11,702-year programme still needs an annual budget owner.”EMPLOYEE LISTENING EXERCISE / 2025
FACILITIESPD
“New starters ask why every desk faces the same way. That’s where the sockets are.”
EMPLOYEE LISTENING EXERCISE / 2025REFERENCE RESEARCH / LAB 3IM
“Management keeps calling this a roadmap. A road does not know you are coming.”
knows you are cominghas no defined delivery dependency
PERSONNEL & LEGALEP
“Research may describe a signal as a command in raw field notes. It may not describe it that way in a customer contract.”GUIDANCE REMAINS IN EFFECT
7.2 yearsAverage employee tenure11,701 yearsStrategic planning horizon0%Personal belief required100%Procedural alignment required
03 / Open roles
Find your place
in the programme.
7 current vacancies · 1 vacancy current for the duration of the documented record · speculative applications retained until relevant
CV-4181REFERENCE INTEGRITYPrincipal Engineer — Non-Preferred Stellar Systems
NORTH YORKSHIRE / NIGHT SHIFT · PERMANENT
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Principal Engineer — Non-Preferred Stellar Systems
NORTH YORKSHIRE / NIGHT SHIFT · PERMANENT
Lead the controlled characterisation of Sirius, Altair and other non-preferred sources. You will distinguish equipment faults from the ordinary sensation that something important has been left unattended.
Apply for this role ↗CV-4203LONG-RANGE DELIVERYSenior Manager, Polar Restoration Readiness
HYBRID / NORTH-FACING · 11,701-YEAR PROGRAMME
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Senior Manager, Polar Restoration Readiness
HYBRID / NORTH-FACING · 11,701-YEAR PROGRAMME
Own an intergenerational delivery roadmap through its present preparatory phase. The successful candidate will establish measurable outcomes for successors they cannot reasonably expect to meet.
Apply for this role ↗CV-4174RECOVERED MATERIALSArchive Chronology Reconciliation Analyst
LONDON / SECURE BASEMENT · PERMANENT
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Archive Chronology Reconciliation Analyst
LONDON / SECURE BASEMENT · PERMANENT
Reconcile technical records that have been duplicated, mistranslated, issued out of sequence or received before their documented preparation date.
Apply for this role ↗CV-4198PEOPLE & ALIGNMENTReference-Facing People Partner
MULTI-SITE · PERMANENT
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Reference-Facing People Partner
MULTI-SITE · PERMANENT
Support researchers during extended alignment programmes and translate employee statements into consistent, actionable wellbeing categories.
Apply for this role ↗CV-2740INDICATOR ASSURANCEReference Lamp Status Technician
NORTH YORKSHIRE / ON-SITE · FIXED TERM
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Reference Lamp Status Technician
NORTH YORKSHIRE / ON-SITE · FIXED TERM
Maintain documentary awareness of reference-lamp condition across the HRO estate. This is a status-monitoring role. Replacement activity is outside scope and must not be inferred.
Apply for this role ↗CV-0001INSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITYDeputy Director of Reception (Acting, Pre-Appointment)
LOCATION RESERVED · START DATE PENDING
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Deputy Director of Reception (Acting, Pre-Appointment)
LOCATION RESERVED · START DATE PENDING
Prepare the Office of Reception for a leadership requirement not expected during the current employee lifecycle. The post reports to the Director of Reception upon occupancy.
Apply for this role ↗CV-4212ADVANCED TRANSIT / HUMAN SYSTEMSCrew Systems Lead — Vega Transit Demonstrator
NORTH YORKSHIRE / VESSEL BAY 2 · OUTBOUND READINESS
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Crew Systems Lead — Vega Transit Demonstrator
NORTH YORKSHIRE / VESSEL BAY 2 · OUTBOUND READINESS
Define crew-survival, habitat and human-factors requirements for a proposed voyage to the reference. Present transit duration is commercially unacceptable; Propulsion Research has been authorised to challenge the duration rather than the destination.
Apply for this role ↗Review the VTD-1 programme →04 / Benefits
Rewarding work.
Eventually.
Our benefits are designed around employee wellbeing today and institutional continuity over considerably longer periods.
May not be taken during a forecast reacquisition window.
First scheduled disbursement: 13,727 CE.
Applied to qualifying non-preferred target work.
Orientation audited twice annually.
SCHEME NOTE 14M
One legacy form describes the scheme as maturing in the “13th millennium.” The correct classification is the 14th millennium. Payroll has determined that the discrepancy is not material to current recipients.
AMENDMENT DEFERRED05 / Candidate guidance
How to prepare
for an interview.
Our process is designed to be rigorous, welcoming and consistent across all roles except those for which chronology makes consistency impractical.
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Know the organisation.
We do not expect prior specialist knowledge of Vega. Candidates should nevertheless be able to identify it without prompting.
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Meet the panel.
Your panel may include a representative of Institutional Continuity. They may not introduce themselves. This should not affect your answers.
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Complete the exercise.
There are no wrong answers. Some answers are non-preferred and will conclude the exercise immediately.
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Ask us anything.
We welcome thoughtful questions about the work, our culture and why the chair has been positioned at that angle. Please do not reposition it.
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Final orientation check.
If asked where North is, answer verbally. Pointing is not part of the assessment and creates avoidable ambiguity.
Speculative applications