L4 – UK FUSION RESEARCH – Plasma Physics – Turbulence Modeller (PERMANENT)

Job title:

L4 – UK FUSION RESEARCH – Plasma Physics – Turbulence Modeller (PERMANENT)

Company

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Job description

Company DescriptionBy 2050, the planet could be using twice as much electricity compared to today. Are you interested in contributing and helping to shape the future of the world’s energy? If so, read on.Fusion, the process that powers the Sun and Stars, is one of the most promising options for generating the cleaner, carbon-free energy that our world badly needs.UKAEA leads the way in realizing fusion energy, partnering with industry and research for groundbreaking advancements. Our goal is to bring fusion electricity to the grid, supported by tomorrow’s power stations. In pursuit of our mission, UKAEA embraces core values: Innovative, Committed, Trusted, and Collaborative.As an employee of UKAEA you will benefit from:

• Outstanding defined benefit pension scheme, details of which can be found at the end of this advert.
• Corporate bonus scheme up to 7% and a Relocation allowance (if eligible).
• Flexible working options including family friendly policies and the right to request flexible working from the start of your employment.
• Employee Assistance Programme and trained Mental Health First Aiders,
• Generous annual leave allowance starting with 25 days, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
• Wide range of career development opportunities
• A vibrant culture committed to equality and being fully inclusive

Job DescriptionThe salary for this role is ££40,609 (inclusive of a Market Premium Payment (MPP)). Onsite working is expected for 3 days a week, however, we actively support requests for flexible working.This role is based at the following site; Culham, Oxfordshire.This role requires employees to complete an online Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS), including The Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks for criminal convictions and possibly a search of open source data.The RoleAre you looking for an exciting opportunity to make a difference? Join our team and contribute to the future of fusion energy.As a member of the Turbulence group, you will play a pivotal role in building and refining reduced models to describe the turbulent transport in devices such as MAST-U, and JET, as well as future burning plasmas such as STEP. You will exploit and/or develop advanced computational tools (e.g. flux-driven transport calculations using gyrokinetic simulations and/or reduced models) and use these simulations to improve reduced transport models and predict turbulence and transport in conceptual high beta burning plasmas.In addition, you will be involved in validating calculations of the turbulence and reduced models of the associated transport, against data from MAST-U and other experiments, as well as predicting performance and exploring routes to optimise reactor designs. You will disseminate these results regularly via reports, presentations, and external conferences.Your career development as a scientist will be strongly supported, including working towards chartership with the Institute of Physics.Additional Responsibilities:

• Disseminate outputs at conferences and in journals where appropriate.

• You will be expected to collaborate with turbulence modellers and developers based at UKAEA and in external collaborating organisations.

QualificationsEssential Requirements:

• PhD (or equivalent experience) in relevant field

• Experience in numerical modelling of plasma turbulence

• PhD level of knowledge of plasma turbulence transport

• Interest in model validation by testing models against experiment

• Experience with programming

• Self-driven researcher

• Good team player

• Relevant publications

Additional InformationA full list of our benefits can be found hereUKAEA’s mission is clean energy for all, and we welcome talented people from all backgrounds who want to help us achieve our mission. We are under-represented from some groups and so want to encourage applications in particular from women in STEM, people from Black British Caribbean and African backgrounds and from Pakistani and Bangladeshi British backgrounds. Our Executive team, supported by our ‘Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion’ (EDI) and Wellbeing and our EDI Networks actively promote Inclusion and takes steps to increase diversity within our organization. We reinforce best practices in recruitment and selection and evaluate approaches to remove barriers to success.UK Atomic Energy Authority is committed to being accessible. Please email if you have any questions or require help or adjustments to compete on a fair basis, for example, changes to the way we interview or share information.Please note that vacancies are generally advertised for 4 weeks but may close earlier if we receive a large number of applications.

Expected salary

Location

Culham, Oxfordshire

Job date

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 23:49:12 GMT

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