Job Description
As a Graduate Diagnostics Physicist, you will support diagnostic systems by operating, maintaining, and demonstrating equipment in line with procedures, as well as designing and manufacturing replacements or upgrades and developing analysis code for diagnostic outputs. You will also analyse diagnostic data to validate system performance and support effective fusion operations.
Other responsibilities:
* Contribute to research on MAST-U and other fusion work packages
* Report results at science and other regular progress meetings.
* Disseminate results through conferences and peer reviewed journal papers.
Qualifications
* Degree in Science or Engineering from 2024 or '25
* Confident with all Microsoft applications including Excel, Word and Powerpoint
* Hands-on experience operating diagnostics hardware and analysing experimental data
* Driven, with a strong appetite to learn and take on new challenges
* Able to collaborate effectively and communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
* Well organised and adaptable with the ability to plan and prioritise workload
Additional Information
A full list of our benefits can be found here but highlights include:
* £35,227 base salary
* Final salary defined benefit scheme with an equivalent of 21.5% employer pension contribution
* 25 days annual leave, plus 3 days Christmas closure and 2.5 privilege days, in addition to UK bank holidays
* Flexible and hybrid working options
UKAEA'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.
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