Laser Scientist - Fusion Laser Driver Development UPLiFT
Salary: £31,298 - £33,472 per annum (dependent on skills and experience)
Hours: Full-Time
Contract Type: 1 Year Fixed Term Contract (with the intent to extend to 3 years)
Location: STFC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 0DE
Come and discover the kind of impact you can make when you work with some of the best facilities and brightest scientists in the world.
An exciting opportunity exists to join the Central Laser Facility (CLF), at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, to work on the UK Programme of Laser Inertial Fusion Technology for Energy (UPLiFT). This is a 4 year £10M research programme funded by the UK governments Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. UPLiFTs goal is to develop key science and technologies which will be required to realise power generation via laser driven inertial fusion energy (IFE). The successful candidate will be a member of a large multi-disciplinary team working on UPLiFTs Laser Development work package.
We are seeking to develop an efficient, high energy laser driver concept, with the potential to provide a low-cost solution to meet the requirements of a future power plant. The work package is tasked to deliver a practical demonstration of key component technology for development of a pro...