The range of skills and knowledge required and available is extensive.
Engineering is organised into specialist groups, as detailed below.
Members of different groups routinely work together in Operations and Project Teams. This includes telescope, and instrument control systems together with data acquisition systems. Electronics The Electronics Group provide design, installation and maintenance electronic systems for telescope, instrument and detector control. Ancillary items including the time service, auto-guiders and acquisition TVs are also supported. Facilities include workshops and detector labs both at the observatory and sea level.