Senior Physicist
Our Wimborne Curtiss Wright site is hiring! We are looking to add a Senior Physicist to our Nucleonics team. As the Senior Physicist, you will be responsible for providing Subject Matter Expertise to support delivery of both internal and customer funded projects & products. You will provide support, guidance and expertise to internal project teams, business development teams, as well as via consultancy to third parties. We are looking for a candidate able to work within a general operational framework rather than in a closely directed environment.
Location: Wimborne, UK
Your Challenge:
* Technically lead & support delivery of both internal and customer funded projects & products
* Directly support resolution of project technical issues within Engineering
* Work closely with project management and engineering teams to ensure projects’ technical requirements are met
* Review and verification of technical reports, drawings and designs for safety, functionality and regulatory compliance
* Support customer technical engagement, via sales/business development functions
* To carry out all work ethically, safely and in accordance with the relevant standards and best practice within the nuclear industry
* Advising and mentoring junior team members, including graduates and apprentices.
* Any other relevant duties as and when required.
What You Bring:
* Security contractual compliance will require incumbents to be a sole British National.
* A higher level Physics/Applied Mathematics degree (Masters or equivalent level of experience in a scientific role).
* Knowledge and/or implementation experience in one of the following areas:
o Nuclear/Reactor Physics
o Nuclear Instrumentation
o Nuclear engineering
o Radiation Metrology
o Medical Physics
o Radiometry
o Particle Physics
o Ultra High Vacuum
* A PhD in a relevant field would be advantageous, but not required
* Experience within a regulated industry (e.g. Nuclear, pharmaceutical, Aerospace, etc.) would be advantageous, but not required
* High level of computer literacy (Microsoft Office incl. Excel & data analysis)
* Good presentation, oral and written communication skills.
* Confident in own knowledge and understanding
* Able to make technically informed and balanced judgements
* Ideally membership of appropriate professional and industry bodies.
Who We Are
Curtiss-Wright Wimborne, a Business Unit of Curtiss Wright, is a global engineering and design manufacture leader with just over six decades of experience designing for heavily regulated markets, such as nuclear, aerospace, oil and gas, and more. We develop sensors and instrumentation and control solutions for harsh environments and mission critical applications when safety and reliability matter. We focus on our customers’ success in every step of our process from sales engagement, quality, delivery, and customer service. Our customers trust us and know our commitment to safety is our top priority.
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